Jachai Polite’s talent suggests a team should have drafted him

earlier than the Jets did. But after a poor Combine and complaints that teams were “bashing” him White Brandon Copeland Jerseys , Polite had to wait until the third round.It might prove a blessing in disguise considering he is a “perfect fit” scheme-wise.“I know this road has been bumpy with ups and downs,” Polite said, via Manish Mehta of the . “It was a great learning experience going into this league. Just humbling myself. . . .I learned how to take care of business. I was kind of blinded before, being young and immature. But I’ve accepted all my flaws and have been working on it this offseason.” The Florida linebacker made 11 sacks, 17 tackles for loss and six forced fumbles last season. But he ran the slowest 40-yard dash time (4.84 seconds) among all participating edge players at the Combine and had the fourth-worst vertical jump (32 inches). His day ended with a hamstring injury.Interviews didn’t go any better.“I regret saying that [anyone] was bashing me, because they weren’t really bashing me Brandon Copeland Jerseys 2019 ,” Polite said. “There were just trying to interview a guy to come play for their team. They just wanted to see how I reacted. It was all my fault, and I learned from it.”The Jets hope he proves them right, which in turn will prove others wrong.“I have a lot of people to prove wrong,” Polite added. “I’m ready to work. Growing up, there’s always been a lot of negative things about me. And I’ve just worked my whole life.” What better way to celebrate a Jets two game winning streak than with a Thursday mailbag podcast?Thanks to everybody who submitted questions for this week’s mailbag. As I frequently say, it would be difficult to put together a mailbag show without mailbag questions. If your question went unanswered in this episode White Trumaine Johnson Jerseys , feel free to resend it next week.On today’s show we look at what chance the Jets have to salvage a longshot Playoff bid, how Marcus Maye has performed in 2019, how the Jets have handled the Kelechi Osemele and Quincy Enunwa situations, some different personnel groupings the Jets might try to generate offense, the odds of the Jets addressing offensive line in free agency, the extent to which Le’Veon Bell’s lack of production can be explained by offensive line play Trumaine Johnson Jerseys 2019 , the reported meeting between Sam Darnold and Adam Gase on the offense, and more.Thanks for listening to the show.