Kearse, Anderson Form Dynamic Duo
Robby Anderson and Jermaine Kearse carried the same chip on their shoulder pads out on the field. They were the overlooked guys, two receivers who had to run the undrafted free agent route to the NFL.
Kearse arrived first, signing with Seattle out of the University of Washington in 2012. Anderson signed with the Jets out of Temple last year. Then Kearse joined the Jets’ cause at the beginning of September after a trade with the Seahawks. Anderson quickly clicked with him.
“He’s been a good mentor, somebody that’s kind of had a similar path to me, undrafted,” Anderson said. “He’s been around for a while and around a lot of good players and seen a lot of things. So you know, he passes that on to me.”
Kearse passed an idea over to Anderson along the way: They can be a terrific tandem. It’s an idea that doesn’t seem outlandish after what transpired over the course of the first 13 games before Josh McCown suffered his season-ending hand injury.
“I told Robby, ‘There’s no reason that we can’t be talked about as one of the top duos in this league.’ I believe in that wholeheartedly,” Kearse said. “We’ve just got to keep working.”
After the Jets dropped to 5-8 with their loss at Denver, the two were a perfect match on the stat sheet. Both were tied for the team lead in receptions.
Anderson owned a career-high 52. Kearse owned a career-high 52.
This story is from the January 2018 edition of NY Jets Confidential.
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