{"id":276343,"date":"2025-10-04T05:05:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T05:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/276343\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T05:05:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T05:05:11","slug":"jets-jarvis-brownlee-to-play-10-times-harder-to-prove-titans-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/276343\/","title":{"rendered":"Jets&#8217; Jarvis Brownlee to play &#8217;10 times harder&#8217; to prove Titans wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jarvis Brownlee Jr. was so stunned <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/23\/sports\/jets-acquire-corner-jarvis-brownlee-jr-in-trade-with-titans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">when he was traded by the Titans to the Jets<\/a> in late September, the hard-hitting second-year cornerback shed tears.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now, he\u2019s ready to make the opposition feel pain.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think I always play with a chip on my shoulder, but it just adds more to that, to where I\u2019m going to go and play 10 times harder than I usually do just to show those guys what they missed out on,\u201d Brownlee told The Post after practice on Friday. \u201cBut more importantly, to prove to my coaches, the Jets organization, that they were right for taking me.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just ready to go [all out] and get out there with the guys. I feel something cooking up here. I believe in the process, and believe what [coach Aaron Glenn] got going on here. So I\u2019m ready to roll.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The new Jets defensive back will likely make his Gang Green debut on <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/03\/sports\/jets-to-honor-long-island-based-heroic-veteran-during-cowboys-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sunday against the Cowboys<\/a> after practicing fully all week.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.54449472;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37291215\" width=\"911\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/jets-jarvis-brownlee-talks-media-112126544.jpg\" alt=\"Jets' Jarvis Brownlee talking to the media.\" class=\"wp-image-37291215\"  \/>Jarvis Brownlee Jr. was stunned when the Titans traded him to the Jets.  Bill Kostroun\/New York Post<\/p>\n<p>An ankle injury, which kept him sidelined Monday night, appears to have healed. <\/p>\n<p>While Brownlee played on the outside for the Titans, he has spent time as the slot corner before. <\/p>\n<p>His versatility is part of what appealed to the Jets. <\/p>\n<p>He could see time there on Sunday, with <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/31\/sports\/michael-carter-ii-ready-to-give-jets-what-theyve-been-missing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">starter Michael Carter II<\/a> out due to a concussion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo me, it just adds to my game. I\u2019m an aggressive player already,\u201d he said. \u201cMe being in the box, I think it just adds an extra linebacker in there. For me, if I am inside, I\u2019m going to be fired up.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t get to play the nickel spot a lot last year. I played it a lot in college. Get to be out there again at nickel, I\u2019m ready to give MetLife a show.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Most importantly, the 5-foot-10, 194-pound Brownlee is known as an elite tackler, something the Jets could certainly use. <\/p>\n<p>A fifth-round pick a year ago out of Louisville, he started 16 games for the Titans. Brownlee notched a 77.7 Pro Football Focus run defense grade in 2024, which was ranked in the top 10 of qualified cornerbacks; and he was third on the Titans with 75 tackles along with nine passes defensed and seven tackles for loss. <\/p>\n<p>His 83.5 run defense grade was in the top five this season. <\/p>\n<p>He also has the highest run-stop rate among qualified cornerbacks this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s a mentality thing. I don\u2019t think a lot of guys go into the game thinking how I think,\u201d he said. \u201cI just like to make my presence felt. If I have to do that with covering you, hitting you, no matter what it takes, I\u2019m going to let you know I\u2019m here. I take pride in the run and tackling.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Simply put, he enjoys hitting people. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.66699219;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37291216\" width=\"394\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/jets-jarvis-brownlee-practices-florham-112661552.jpg\" alt=\"Jarvis Brownlee at Jets practice on Oct. 2, 2025. \" class=\"wp-image-37291216\"  \/>Jarvis Brownlee at Jets practice on Oct. 2, 2025.  Bill Kostroun\/New York Post<\/p>\n<p>It was always what drew him to the sport, all the way back to his childhood. He grew up playing both running back and cornerback, but in high school he focused on defense.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think you have to be a little crazy to play football, especially to play defense,\u201d the 24-year-old Brownlee said. \u201cDefense, you have to hit. \u2026 They see a guy that\u2019s 190 [pounds]. Yeah, I\u2019m not that big, but I come with bad intentions, and I play hard, I play with extra effort.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The trade was emotional for Brownlee. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGet the insider\u2019s view on Gang Green\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for Inside the Jets by Brian Costello, a weekly Sports+ exclusive.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>He believed he had given the Titans everything he had, playing through a painful back injury in Week 1. <\/p>\n<p>It came out of nowhere for him. <\/p>\n<p>When his agent broke the news to him on his off-day, he took a walk and tears ran down his cheeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s put that behind him. Now, he\u2019s ready to provide a boost for the winless Jets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can help a lot,\u201d he said. \u201cThere\u2019s a reason I\u2019m the No. 1 corner in stopping the run. I\u2019m going to preach to those guys that we have to be consistent in just tackling.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Brownlee later added: \u201cWith me, I\u2019m going to bring that energy on the field, show these guys tackling is the key. I think the energy I bring guys will feed off me, just want to go hit somebody.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jarvis Brownlee Jr. was so stunned when he was traded by the Titans to the Jets in late&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":276344,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5287,1232,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-276343","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-new-york-jets","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115314158879541250","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}