Highlights from New York Jets OTAs (video)
The New York Jets had their latest OTA offseason workouts of 2025 this week.
These sessions, the second of three, were from May 28-30 and the next will be June 3-5.
Head coach Aaron Glenn is finally getting his hands on the roster as players are starting to gel during the voluntary workouts.
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Here are some highlights from the second week of Jets OTAs:
Jets OTAs highlights
Jets OTAs highlights
Jets OTAs highlights
Jets OTAs highlights
Jets OTAs highlights
Jets OTAs highlights
Jets OTAs highlights
Jets OTAs highlights
Jets OTAs highlights
Jets OTAs highlights
This article originally appeared on Jets Wire: WATCH: Highlights from New York Jets OTAs
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