Mekhi Becton was supposed to be a foundational piece of the New York Jets’ organizational rebuild.
The hotel-sized offensive tackle looked every bit a longterm blindside protector in his first season with the team. The Jets were mostly awful in 2020 thanks to the confluence of Adam Gase and Sam Darnold mixing together to form a feculent hurricane of football awfulness. Even so, Becton stood out as a building block for a team that had few.
