New York Jets Week 1 Stock Report

The New York Jets are shaking things up at wide receiver and on the offensive line.

Those developments underscore the reasoning behind several players whose stock is on the rise and others whose stock is taking a hit headed into the 2015 regular season.

With the Jets' first game of the season against the Cleveland Browns just four days away on Sunday, the time for competition is over, and the time for real, meaningful battles has come. Make no mistake, though: There will be some fluctuation with regard to the starting roster over the course of the season as some players prove they are worthy of the jobs they earned this summer while others fall off.

For now, though, the Jets can finally rest easy knowing that their position battles have played out. They can enter the season with a starting lineup that inspires confidence in the coaching staff. 

So here's a quick look at a handful of players whose stock has either risen or fallen ahead of Week 1. 

Stock Up: Quincy Enunwa

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Quincy Enunwa (82, above) can line up almost anywhere on offense for the Jets.

There's not always room for a niche player on an NFL roster, but when a team has a few versatile multi-dimensional threats at other spots, it can make room.

Wide receiver Quincy Enunwa has proved himself worthy of a spot on the Jets' 53-man roster by displaying his versatility. The 6'2", 225-pound pass-catcher has lined up on the outside as a boundary receiver, in the slot and even as an H-back. The Jets carried only two tight ends on their initial 53-man roster, so they may need some other players (Enunwa, fullback Tommy Bohanon and others) to step up.

Offensive coordinator Chan Gailey lives for the spread offense and can use Enunwa to create matchup problems in forcing extra defensive backs or linebackers onto the field. 

He's not suddenly going to develop into a world-class blocker, but just lining up in different spots could be enough to give the Jets an advantage. 

Stock Down: Jeremy Kerley

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Jeremy Kerley was one of the Jets' best and most important receivers from 2012 to 2014. That stretch appears to be over in 2015.

With Brandon Marshall and Eric Decker eating up the majority of the playing time at wide receiver, that will leave Kerley to compete with Enunwa for the third spot. While Kerley will get the nod at times, so will Enunwa.

That being said, when Kerley is on the field, he could be a focal point in the offense by default. Quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick loves the short and intermediate passes over the middle, which is where Kerley does most of his damage. The two could develop a connection.

After hauling in 38 passes for 409 yards and a touchdown in 2014, Kerley could go any direction from here. He could be an underrated key to the offense in certain packages (and with Gailey's affinity for three- and four-receiver sets, there will be plenty of those packages), or he could be pushed aside in favor of Enunwa.

Only time will tell.

Stock Up: Willie Colon

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Willie Colon (66) held onto his spot as the starting right guard.

The Jets held a five-way competition for the starting right guard spot on their offensive line, and incumbent veteran Willie Colon retained his spot ahead of four young backups who were vying for an opportunity to start.

Colon signed his third straight one-year contract to stay with the Jets, where he has started 32 straight games at right guard already. The Jets have had designs on initiating a youth movement on the interior of the line for years, but with a new regime in place, the focus has shifted to veterans. 

Instead of Brian Winters and Oday Aboushi, who both appeared to be climbing up the depth chart, the Jets re-signed Colon and also brought in Seattle Seahawks left guard James Carpenter. Now, add that group to D'Brickashaw Ferguson, Nick Mangold and Breno Giacomini, and the Jets' offensive line is a combined 149 years old, close to an average age of 30 years old. 

It may be time for the Jets to start looking at younger options sooner than later.

Stock Down: Brian Winters

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Brian Winters (67) might not be the Jets' starting left guard in 2015, but he can still be a formidable backup.

Jets left guard Brian Winters tore his ACL six games into the 2014 season. That might be the last we see of him in the starting lineup on the offensive line.

The Jets are going with veterans Willie Colon and James Carpenter as their starting guards, which means Winters enters the third year of his career as a backup for the first time.

And to think, it all started with a torn ACL that was completely out of his control. 

What was in his control, however, is whatever led to his yielding 15 hurries, six hits and 10 sacks as a rookie and 16 hurries, three hits and a sack in six games in 2014. If he wants to get back on the field, he'll have to prove he's better than that. But in order to prove he's better than that, he must get back on the field.

It's a catch-22, but it's the situation Winters finds himself in right now. 

Stock Up: Erin Henderson

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Erin Henderson (58) rebounded from a sprained MCL to make the Jets' initial 53-man roster.

Between Jamari Lattimore, Joe Mays (since cut) and Taiwan Jones, the Jets seemed to have plenty of alternatives to Erin Henderson at inside linebacker. So, when Henderson sprained the medial collateral ligament in his left knee during the Jets' first preseason game against the Detroit Lions, it made sense for him to the back of the pack in the battle for backup spots at linebacker.

Henderson was out of action for a week, and in the time following his return, he did enough to convince the coaches he is worth a roster spot ahead of Mays and Jones. The Jets had no financial investment in Henderson, who signed a one-year contract at the veteran minimum of $745,000. 

Now, with Lattimore and Henderson as the backups at linebacker, the Jets have two veteran options to fall back on if either David Harris or DeMario Davis gets injured.

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