Tanzel Good realizing his Jets’ 53-man roster dream

NFL

By Bridget Reilly

Tanzel Good has been given the chance he has longed for.

After Al Woods was dominated out for the season with an Achilles damage suffered towards the Giants, the Jets activated the defensive deal with from the apply squad to the energetic roster.

Good jumped up and made his approach over to the Jets’ apply facility in Florham Park inside 10 minutes after receiving a cellphone name from his agent.

“It was only a blessing and a very long time coming,” Good instructed The Submit on Thursday. “My spouse began screaming, and naturally, my daughter’s at all times joyful. However, it’s simply superb to lastly get in on the 53-man roster and for them to observe me play.”

Good, 28, was a giant spotlight within the staff’s function on HBO’s “Onerous Knocks,” showcasing his humorous moments but in addition the problem for him and his household in discovering a safe spot on an NFL roster.

His spouse, Jada, was proven typically within the collection, together with on the preseason recreation towards the Giants the place Good suffered a shoulder damage previous to being minimize from the roster in August.

“He makes me nervous,” she mentioned.

Good has been with the Jets since 2020 and has fluctuated between the apply squad and roster the previous two seasons.

Good had beforehand tried to get his foot within the door with the Payments, Browns and the Rams, who drafted him out of Tulane within the sixth spherical of the 2017 draft.

“I’m simply attempting to embrace it and by no means get on the apply squad once more,” Good mentioned of what the chance means to him. “However, that was my time and that was God’s plan for me at the moment. Now it’s my time to get on the roster and I simply need to be part of this dominant protection, make performs, and get in the place I slot in. Play no matter position they need me to play.”

Within the three regular-season appearances he had in 2022, he tallied 5 whole tackles and was on the sector for 18, 18 and 13 of the staff’s snaps, respectively.

With Woods out, Good might obtain extra reps together with Quinton Jefferson and Solomon Thomas, and he mentioned he feels ready for the chance.

“When he will get alternatives to play, he makes performs. So I anticipate he makes performs,” defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich mentioned of Good. “His method daily is simply unmatched so far as his vitality, and his focus, and his element. So joyful and lucky that we have now a man like that on our roster that we will lean on in instances like this.”

Good was welcomed again with open arms by his teammates, together with Thomas, who was excited to play once more with Good who can be a talented chef as seen within the HBO collection.

“Having him again on the 53-man roster is superb,” Thomas instructed The Submit. “It’s the place he must be. It’s the place he ought to’ve been from the start. It’s what he deserves. It’s what he works for. How good he’s. How good his expertise is. We’re simply joyful to have him. Pleased to have him taking part in with us and having to play when it issues. … He’s a man who means every part to the fellows right here.

“He has the fellows over. He cooked for us and so it’s like team-building, team-bonding. He makes actually good crawfish etouffee. … He makes it from scratch.”