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We have the 42nd position filled on the GGN All Time Jets Team. The winner of the third and final vote at Tight End is: Jerome Barkum!
Jerome Barkum played 12 years in the NFL, from 1972 through 1983, all with the Jets. Barkum teamed up with Rich Caster during the 1970s to form the best tight end duo in the NFL. Jerome Barkum’s best year came in 1973, when he earned Pro Bowl honors. In 1973 Jerome Barkum finished 6th in the NFL in receiving yards, 9th in receiving TDs, and 6th in yards per reception. Barkum, along with Rich Caster and Mickey Shuler, gave the Jets arguably the best tight end play in the NFL for two decades during which the Jets fielded two of the three Pro Bowl tight ends every year.
From now until mid July I’ll be putting up a daily poll asking GGN to vote on the best Jets players of all time. The idea here is to build a 55 man roster of the best players ever to wear the Green and White. The roster will consist of 26 offensive players, 26 defensive players, and three special team players.
OFFENSE
Quarterback: 3
Wide Receiver: 6
RUNNING BACK: 4
TIGHT END
MICKEY SHULER
RICH CASTER
JEROME BARKUM
OFFENSIVE TACKLE
WINSTON HILL
D’BRICKASHAW FERGUSON
MARVIN POWELL
JASON FABINI
INTERIOR OFFENSIVE LINE
KEVIN MAWAE
NICK MANGOLD
RANDY RASMUSSEN
JOE FIELDS
DAVE HERMAN
JIM SWEENEY
DEFENSE
SAFETY
JAMAL ADAMS
VICTOR GREEN
KERRY RHODES
ERIK MCMILLAN
CORNERBACK
DARRELLE REVIS
AARON GLENN
JAMES HASTY
ANTONIO CROMARTIE
JOHNNY SAMPLE
BOBBY JACKSON
LINEBACKER
DAVID HARRIS
LARRY GRANTHAM
MARVIN JONES
LANCE MEHL
KYLE CLIFTON
GREG BUTTLE
EDGE
MARK GASTINEAU
JOHN ABRAHAM
GERRY PHILBIN
SHAUN ELLIS
MO LEWIS
INTERIOR DEFENSIVE LINE
JOE KLECKO
MARTY LYONS
DAMON HARRISON
JOHN ELLIOTT
ABDUL SALAAM
SPECIAL TEAMS
Kicker
PAT LEAHY
Punter
TOM TUPA
Returner
LEON WASHINGTON
Every day I will be putting up a poll at one position. The choices will be limited to players who were on the Jets roster for at least three seasons. I will not be including players who were great for other teams but not great for the Jets (for example, guys like Matt Forte or LaDainian Tomlinson will not be included in the polls, though both those guys would be excluded for not meeting the three year rule as well). Each day we will close the previous day’s poll and the candidate with the most votes will be added to the GGN All Time Jets Team. In the event of a tie vote both players will be added to the team.
In the event I have made an egregious omission and a name you think should be on the poll is not there you can write in candidates in the comments section. If a player gets support in the comments section I’ll add him to the next day’s poll.
So let’s get to it. Today we begin the vote on the running back position. Who will it be? Vote early, vote often, and let’s hear who you think are the best players ever to have played for the New York Jets.
Poll
Who is the best Jets running back of all time?
This poll is closed
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81%
Curtis Martin
(209 votes) -
9%
Freeman McNeil
(25 votes) -
1%
Emerson Boozer
(3 votes) -
0%
Johnny Hector
(1 vote) -
1%
Matt Snell
(4 votes) -
0%
Bill Mathis
(0 votes) -
1%
John Riggins
(3 votes) -
0%
Bilal Powell
(2 votes) -
0%
Thomas Jones
(0 votes) -
0%
Adrian Murrell
(0 votes) -
0%
Clark Gaines
(0 votes) -
0%
Richie Anderson
(1 vote) -
3%
Chris Ivory
(9 votes)