Month Later: Poteat Back in Green

A reporter asked Hank Poteat in the Jets locker room late this morning if he feels as if he’s a kind of “hired gun.” Poteat said he didn’t see it that way.

Another possible description would be journeyman. But perhaps the best way to capture the veteran defensive back is that he’s a survivor and sometimes a thriver.

Poteat is back for his third tour of duty (or is it his fourth?) with the Jets as of today. Asked if his role will be changing much from what he was doing at training camp before he became a final cut, he chuckled.

“I don’t know. We’ll see when I go out there and practice,” he said. “I’m not exactly sure.”

This summer Poteat was working with the Jets corners as usual, even seeing action at safety along with David Barrett as head coach Eric Mangini, coordinator Bob Sutton and secondary coach Jerome Henderson continued to seek position flexibility. After posting the first two interceptions of his career last season, he came up with another in the preseason opener at Cleveland.

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