Hulking Micheal Clemons prepared for ‘f–king monster’ second season for Jets

Micheal Clemons paused and thought in regards to the query.

“What do I need to present?” he stated, repeating the query to himself. “That the Jets acquired a f–king monster. That’s what I need to present.”

The crew’s younger hulking defensive finish definitely has a means with phrases.

Clemons has excessive hopes for himself after a high quality rookie season wherein he had 2.5 sacks in 16 video games and notched 36 tackles and 4 tackles for loss.

The teaching employees feels the identical means.

“Mike, I like his demeanor, his intent. He’s a really violent soccer participant, very violent man, which you need,” coach Robert Saleh stated on Sunday. “Cool factor about him is he is aware of how you can flip it off off the sphere, however I simply love the progress he’s made. He’s gotten greater, he’s gotten stronger.”

Clemons, the crew’s fourth-round decide a 12 months in the past, went viral on the primary day of coaching camp when the chiseled lineman arrived with out a shirt on, donning sun shades and clutching a bat wrapped in barbed wire an homage to “The Strolling Useless” tv present.

On it, one of many characters wields an identical bat he calls “Lucille.”

Requested in regards to the bat and the place he acquired it, Clemons stated: “I do know a man,” drawing laughs.

Advised in regards to the response it acquired on social media from Jets followers, Clemons didn’t care to go an excessive amount of into the topic, and declined to say if the bat remains to be within the facility.

“I simply be me, and if you happen to prefer it, you prefer it, if you happen to don’t, you don’t,” he stated. “I simply be myself. … I simply do me, I don’t give it some thought an excessive amount of.”

He’s desperate to take a step ahead this 12 months.

Thus far in coaching camp, the Jets are utilizing him inside at occasions, following within the footsteps of beginning defensive finish John Franklin-Myers.

The Jets consider Clemons is powerful sufficient to play on the inside, now that he’s as much as 285 kilos.

“John has been doing this for just a few years now, earlier than I acquired right here,” he stated. “He passes recommendation to me on a regular basis. He’s going to assist me out one of the best ways he can.”

No person urged Clemons carry that barbed-wire bat on the opening day of camp.

That was fully his thought.

He certain regarded imposing with it.

Now he needs to strike worry in opposing offensive strains.