And so Denzel Mims remains a New York Jet, at least for now.
Following Tuesday’s cutdown day, Mims is still on the Jets’ roster after a preseason spent on the bubble, which reached its crescendo in a public trade request issued via his agent. Evidently, that didn’t deter Jets GM Joe Douglas from keeping Mims around for the time being, as the Jets work to resolve the situation one way or another.
If the Jets do end up keeping Mims on their own roster, he’s unlikely to see the field often. The 2020 second-round pick isn’t a special teams contributor and is buried on the depth chart at wide receiver, a situation that led him to request a trade to begin with. If Douglas can squeeze a late-round pick out of another team for Mims, it seems that would be a victory here, albeit an empty one.
Amid the storylines swirling around Mims, the Jets did cut tight ends Trevon Wesco and Kenny Yeboah, safeties Will Parks and Jason Pinnock, running backs Tevin Coleman and La’Mical Perine, quarterback Chris Streveler, defensive end Bradlee Anae and defensive back Javelin Guidry. The Giants let go of quarterback Davis Webb, receivers Alex Bachman and C.J. Board, defensive backs Trenton Thompson and Khalil Dorsey and linebacker Quincy Roche. Both of those lists, to be clear, are far from complete.
