Position battle - RB/FB

He also understands how not to run head-first into the strong safety or MLB.

That can be a plus.

 

Powell looked awesome against JAX.

Direct snaps and behind the QB.

 

Looks life Tommy Bohanon locked it up by default

Jets lose Lex Hilliard for the season, rookie Bohanon apparently wins job

Posted by Mike Florio on August 21, 2013, 10:14 AM EDT

One of the lingering camp battles for the Jets has been resolved, by default.

Jets fullback Lex Hilliard, who appeared in 12 games and started nine last season, has been lost for the season. He’ll have surgery to repair a broken scapula suffered on Tuesday in practice.

Hilliard’s exit opens the door for Tommy Bohanon, a seventh-round rookie from Wake Forest who had been battling Hilliard for the job.

After three seasons with the Dolphins, appearing in every game, Hilliard signed with the Vikings, who cut him prior to the start of the regular season. After two games with the Patriots, Hilliard was available again. The man who coached him in Miami, Tony Sparano, brought him to New York.

Hilliard will land on injured reserve, collecting the full amount of his $715,000 base salary. And that may be the best news for Hilliard; if he’d lost the job to Bohanon and been cut, Hilliard may have earned roughly $715,000 less than that this season

 

Bohanon looked good in the preseason so far. I think we have found our FB for the next few years.

 

I agree he has looked good. He also seems to quite versatile. Hope he pans out for the team. Especially being a 7th rounder

 

He needs to work on his pass protection but everything else with Bohanon has been great. He can catch, he can run, and he hits the holes quick and punches people in the mouth.

The REAL Terminator.

 

Bohanon will definitely be on the team now with the Hilliard injury.

I'm really hoping Ivory can become a big part of our running game moving forward and secure the starting job. I like Goodson a lot as well but obviously his status is in question.

I think if Goodson had no off the field issues it would be a lot harder to keep Powell over McKnight simply because McKnight is a pretty good special teams player.

But with Goodson's off the field issues keeping Powell is a must. I still think McKnight has a good shot to be on this team due to his ability to play ST. That makes it easier to keep 4 RB's on the roster.