I’ve been talking to him probably since the beginning of high school until now, so it’s been a little relationship brewing.”. Carolina signed Johnson to its practice squad on Sept. 19, but the 30-year-old did not last a full week with the organization. You might think I am nitpicking, but there are WR coaches who will go ballistic if they see footwork like this. Cager has been relying heavily on Herndon to prepare him for life in the NFL. Cager has glorious length (33 3/8” arms) with a wingspan of nearly 80”. Cager was star at Calvert Hall High School in Baltimore. His only 2019 penalty was on this play, which negated a 25-yard touchdown. In game 8 he broke a bone in his ankle which finished him for the year. This is just pitch and catch. Cager, 23, signed with the Jets following the virtual 2020 NFL Draft this past offseason. With his combination of size, length and effort, Cager has the potential to be a difference maker as a blocker, whether that’s in the running game, on receiver screens or down the field. He is 6’ 5” 220 lbs with excellent all around athletic ability. But Cager did have a Zoom call with the Jets a few weeks later. Again I will show you the footwork on the play just so you can see that the last play wasn’t an anomaly. He set the indoor Maryland record for the high jump in 2014. Once he flips his hips the receiver has him. What I believe he is trying to do here is what is called a diamond release which I will explain later. This next route is exactly the type of play that Cager can bring to the offense right away and have great success with. “He’s a quick study, very, very intelligent,” Gase said. Cager was able to develop a great relationship with Cardinals head coach Donald Davis, and that relationship is one of the most valuable and memorable things from his high school experience. Towson, Md. The Jets subsequently scheduled a visit with Cager at Georgia where they wanted to get a look at his teammate Andrew Thomas as well. Neither are the Jets. They could use a small package of plays like this for him and Sam to use. Cager has been employed almost exclusively on the outside with just a couple of catches out of the slot in his career. As noted, he is particularly effective on back shoulder throws. Cager has some work to do in terms of developing his route-running skills. I think when he gets opportunities like he did [Saturday] and he makes those plays, it’s encouraging for us to see because it’s hard to find guys that are that big that run as smooth as he does and are as sharp as he is. This ball could have been even thrown another half foot higher if the defender was a little taller. We've received your submission. With Denzel Mims still on the IR and Breshad Perriman out, providing Sam Darnold at least one big sideline threat on the outside is critical. Cager attended Miami with TE Chris Herndon and WR/PR Braxton Berrios. We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. Here’s a rare example of Cager showing some open-field elusiveness, perhaps suggesting he has some untapped potential in this area. He did it again on Sunday. Now he’ll get his chance with Darnold in the pros. He really looks the part on film and some of his physical attributes combine with his smarts and technical ability to make him a promising prospect.