The Jets’ 2022 schedule includes some of the best teams in the league. D.J. Reed can’t wait to face them.
“I wanna play against the best,” the cornerback told team reporter Caroline Hendershotsaid, “and we’re playing against a lot of good teams. I’m looking forward to it.”
The Jets open the year against all four AFC North teams, which boast quarterbacks Lamar Jackson, Joe Burrow, Deshaun Watson (if he isn’t suspended) and either Mitchell Trubisky or Kenny Pickett for the Steelers.
“All of those teams are really great teams,” Reed said about the AFC North. “You think about the Ravens, you think about Lamar Jackson. You think about the Pittsburgh Steelers, I think about their wide receiver corps. The Browns, man, they just got Deshaun Watson, so I get to play against him.”
New York will also match up with Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson before the team’s Week 10 bye. Both are among the best quarterbacks of all time, but Reed believes he can play against them well after seeing them throughout his time in the NFC. He faced Rodgers three times in his four-year career and practiced against Wilson over the past two seasons.
“I’m looking forward to it, especially playing against Russell Wilson,” he said.
Gang Green also has to play Josh Allen twice. New York has one of the softest schedules in the league after a Week 10 bye, though. Until then, Reed will get to test his CB1 mindset early in his Jets career.
