Jets To Re-Sign DE David Bass

The Jets have agreed to re-sign defensive end David Bass, Rich Cimini of ESPN.com tweets. The news was first reported by NFL Draft Diamonds (Twitter link). 

Bass, 28 in September, hooked on with the Jets prior to their Week 3 game last year. He went on to total 22 tackles and 3.5 sacks in 13 games (two starts). Bass only had a limited sample of 326 snaps, but for what it’s worth, he did place as the 45th ranked edge defender in the league out of 106 qualified players, per Pro Football Focus. His strong 81.6 run coverage score was good for 28th amongst edge rushers and his overall score was the best of any Jets DE in 2017.

In other Jets news, the team dropped wide receiver Jalin Marshall after the conclusion of the draft.

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