Kerley Craves the Wildcat “Let me Loose”

Per Jenny Vrentas – Kerley, the Jets’ confident fifth-round pick, craves chances to get his hands on the football. In Monday’s 17-3 preseason victory against the Giants, four of those chances came via direct snaps in the team’s Wildcat package — the first time the Jets had used it in a preseason game this summer, in the post-Brad Smith era.

The results? Encouraging. The Jets gained 39 yards on those four plays — plus another for no gain that was negated by a holding penalty — as Kerley kept the ball, pitched it and passed, putting his training as a high-school option quarterback to good use.