It turns out Dylan Parham isn’t the dynamic receiver that the Jets have been looking for to complement Garrett Wilson.
But that’s OK.
Parham was signed to be the left guard on an offensive line returning its other four starters, and his one catch for a 2-yard loss off a batted ball Friday against the Steelers isn’t going to be easy to replicate.
Not that offensive coordinator Frank Reich would want to draw it up again. Leave the catches to Wilson, Adonai Mitchell, Omar Cooper Jr. and more.
“I’m definitely going to see if there’s something that Frank can put in there [playbook] for me,” Parham joked before Monday’s practice. “I’m going to be on the JUGS [machine] today, get a couple catches. We talk about trying to feed everybody the ball, get everybody [an] opportunity. I didn’t know that was going to be me. That was a fun moment. Sad I didn’t do what I needed to with that opportunity. We don’t get many of them.”
The Jets were the only NFL team to start the same five on the offensive line (all played at least 1,016 snaps) in all 17 games last season.
Parham said he has fit in seamlessly, replacing John Simpson alongside tackles Armand Membou and Olu Fashanu, center Josh Myers and guard Joe Tippmann even without sharing the group’s golf hobby.
“I’m trying to figure out who my teammates are and mesh in,” Parham told The Post. “I want to bring what I offer to the table — the experience, athleticism, physicality and my energy and positive attitude — without disrupting as much as possible simply because they have been together. Hopefully, I can play at the level I want to and bring my extra to what they have built.”
The Jets averaged only 2.6 yards per carry against the Steelers. That’s an area that needs to improve before Week 1.
“I feel like this offensive line can be as good as we want it to be,” Parham said.
Tippmann was the first person in the Jets organization to reach out to Parham when he signed as a free agent.
“They’ve all done a good job of bringing me into the group and all the jokes,” Parham said. “We do a lot of group dinners. We’re offensive linemen. We like to eat.”
Head coach Aaron Glenn “is still thinking about” whether to play the starters against the Giants on Friday.
“The only thing I want the guys focusing on right now is getting to that next practice,” Glenn said. “It’s going to be a hard practice [Tuesday].”
Third-string RB Isaiah Davis, who has missed nearly three weeks with a knee injury, is on track to play Week 1, Glenn said.
