There have been reports out of Jets minicamp that Kris Jenkins has been loosing weight for the Jets. Jenkins was traded to the New York Jets last March in exchange for a third and fifth round draft selections, and this wasn’t the first year Jenkins was reported to be on the trading block. There may be worries that Carolina made a big mistake in trading Jenkins, who does seem to be getting things back in order, but I still think it was the right move to get rid of Jenkins.

Jenkins had not been happy the last few years in Carolina, being put on the trading block by the Panthers and constantly struggling to maintain his weight, its obvious that he wanted a fresh start somewhere else. If Jenkins had not been traded, he would still be in the same situation he was in last year. Jenkins is losing weight in New York because he has a fresh start and a new beginning. We’ll have to wait until the season starts to asses whether or not those draft picks were that valuable- they did give Carolina room to trade back into the first round and get Jeff Otah and select Dan Connor in the third round. As for now there is no need to worry, lots of guys go through the same type of thing when they are traded, and Carolina did make good use of the draft picks they acquired as well.

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