New York Jets training camp preview: Key dates, notable additions, biggest storylines

With NFL training camps kicking off in July, it's time to get up to speed on all 32 NFL teams. Jeremy Bergman has the lowdown on position battles, key players and notable subplots across the AFC East.

Catch up on the New York Jets' offseason developments and 2024 outlook below.

Training Camp Dates/Information

• Players report: July 18 (rookies); July 23 (veterans)
• Location: Atlantic Health Jets Training Center | Florham Park, N.J. (fan information)

Notable Roster Changes

Preseason Schedule

• Week 1: vs. Washington Commanders | 12 p.m. ET on Sat., Aug. 10
• Week 2: at Carolina Panthers | 7 p.m. ET on Sat., Aug. 17
• Week 3: vs. New York Giants | 7:30 p.m. ET on Sat., Aug. 24

2024 Schedule Notes

• The Jets are one of four teams to open with back-to-back road games.
• The Jets are one of two teams to play their final three games against 2023 playoff teams.

-- NFL Research

What You Need To Know

1) Just 10 months after the Achilles Pop Heard 'Round the Football World, we're back at square one with Aaron Rodgers and the Jets. The future Hall of Famer has been cleared to practice all offseason and was participating in team workouts … until he wasn't. Rodgers, mercurial as ever entering his 20th season in the league, was an "unexcused" absence for mandatory minicamp, rendering him subject to fines and backpage fodder. Once camp opens, Rodgers will look to build on the brief progress he made last season (a few preseason drives and four regular-season plays) with an improved supporting cast in hopes of salvaging a franchise that mortgaged a lot for his services. Speaking of ...

2) Rodgers' season was undone after the Bills' pass rush broke through the Jets' offensive line early in Week 1. General manager Joe Douglas finally patched the holes this offseason -- or so Gang Green hopes. The massive investment in the big men up front -- two-time All-Pro Tyron Smith, 11th overall pick Olumuyiwa Fashanu and former Ravens John Simpson and Morgan Moses -- is the sign that New York is doing all it can to protect Rodgers this season. But how will this new crop of pass blockers jell in training camp? Smith may not see a ton of reps or any preseason action if the Jets ease the 33-year-old in. Fashanu will have growing pains. Simpson and Moses are acclimating to a new offense; the latter is coming back from a torn pec, while Alijah Vera-Tucker isn't a sure thing after his second season-ending injury in two years.

3) The chronicles of Haason Reddick have taken the pass rusher from the Cardinals to the Panthers and Eagles, and, this season, to the Jets. But Reddick didn't report to mandatory minicamp, and he wants a new deal, which was considered a perfunctory afterthought after his trade from Philly. The Jets appear to be standing pat. Where does that leave New York's big pass-rush acquisition, who was meant to replace the departed third-down stud Bryce Huff? Stay tuned. A holdout -- or hold-in -- seems possible.

4) Overcoming a quarterback carousel and injury issues, respectively, Garrett Wilson and Breece Hall have become bona fide stars on the field and in fantasy circles over their first two years in the league. But Rodgers can't rely on just two playmakers to take New York back to the postseason. Who's ready to show out with them? Mike Williams, the former first-round WR, needs reps with the QB, but he's recovering from a torn ACL. Malachi Corley might live in Rodgers' guest house, but that's no sure sign the QB will lean on the rookie; he rarely treats first-year WRs that way. The Jets didn't do much to improve their tight end room and enter with holdovers Tyler Conklin and Jeremy Ruckert. And then there's Allen Lazard, who followed Rodgers from Green Bay and didn't make much of an impact in 2023.

5) This time last year, all eyes -- and NFL Films lenses -- were on Aaron and the Jets. But New York went through enough Hard Knocks in 2023 and should enter this season with less attention paid, even if there are higher expectations with an improved roster. Will a less exhausting and fascinated media ease the Jets through the summer? As long as the bull---- is kept outside the facility, New York should be able to focus on football ahead of a critical season. Emphasis on should.

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