Jets giving rookie Olu Fashanu reps at both tackle spots as part of development

Morgan Moses knows what it’s like to bounce between right and left tackle, so when rookie first-round pick Olu Fashanu shifted away from his natural position on the left side Monday at training camp, Moses told him to “embrace it.”

“That’s the only thing you can do,” said Moses, the Jets right tackle. “Because like at the end of the day, you might have a bad day today but tomorrow’s gonna get better as you get those reps and you see the things. … So every rep that he gets out there, every rep that everybody gets out there and being able to cross-train, it’s just the more you can do.”

For the first time, the Jets placed Fashanu — who they selected No. 11 overall in April’s draft as the left tackle of the future — on the right side of their line, and it’s something head coach Robert Saleh plans to do over the next two weeks to help Fashanu learn the balance between the different positions.

Fashanu doesn’t have a clear path to playing time this year with two-time All-Pro Tyron Smith at left tackle and Moses at right tackle, but in the long-term scope of his NFL career, “I definitely think cross-training helps you a lot,” Moses said.

The biggest difference between the two positions, Moses said, stems from coordination and playing next to a different person on the line.

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Some people can do it well, and Fashanu, he added, appears to be one of those linemen.

Fashanu made his preseason debut Saturday during the win against the Commanders, and he impressed Saleh in some areas.

The next test, Saleh said, will come against the Panthers this weekend, when “you’d like to see a big jump now that you’ve got the first game out of the way.”

And in between those two samples, the Jets experimented with some cross-training, too.

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“We gotta get him comfortable,” offensive line coach Keith Carter said, “and it’s gotta become muscle memory on both sides. It’s kinda cool. It’s fun to see where he can take it and how fast he can grow doing that.”

Aaron Rodgers returned to practice Monday, as expected, after sitting out the joint session with the Commanders on Thursday due to the weather.

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Smith participated in individual drills but didn’t log time in team drills, in accordance with plans to be cautious with the veteran offensive lineman during training camp and help him log his first full season since 2015.

“I don’t know if it’s much of a secret, we’re going to be smart with him and a lot of it is us protecting him from himself,” Saleh said, “because when he’s out there he’s going to go 100 miles an hour.”

The Jets are hoping to have CB Michael Carter II back at practice next week. … TE Jeremy Ruckert is “dealing with a few things” and will miss the next few days, Saleh said. … WR Mike Williams is still “a couple weeks” away from team drills, with Saleh reiterating that they’ll take it slow and “the more he wants to push, the more we’ll push him.”

The Jets signed TE Neal Johnson and LB Anthony Hines, while releasing LB Jimmy Ciarlo — who tore his ACL in Saturday’s preseason game — and CB Myles Jones.

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