

The Facts: Forte is no fan of how now-retired OC Chan Gailey handled the team's backfield rotation last season. Forte on Tuesday criticized Gailey's "odd, to say the least" approach -- and said new OC John Morton "will have a better grasp of how we will fit in the offense."
Diehards Line:
The Jets held their first organized team activities practice Tuesday, and afterward, Morton said he favored a committee approach with his top two backs -- Forte and Bilal Powell. "That's pretty much what we did last year, except in a different order," Forte told NJ.com's Darryl Slater. "Chan kind of did me on first and second down, and then put Bilal in on third, which is odd, to say the least." Forte last season was targeted 43 times and had 30 catches -- down from 58 and 44 in 2015 and 130 and 102 in 2014. From 2008-14, he averaged 63 catches per season. He is a proven pass catcher out of the backfield. So, of course, is Powell. Forte is not against a running back rotation. Far from it. He just thinks rotating by series is wiser than rotating by downs, as Gailey did. Last season, Forte had 218 carries, Powell 131. Forte gained 3.7 yards per carry, Powell 5.5. Powell caught 58 passes, to Forte's 30. We expect Powell to continue being the busier back this fall.