NY Jets bench Greg Van Roten for Laurent Duvernay-Tardif

Justin Fried

NY Jets, Greg Van Roten / Chris Pedota, NorthJersey.com via Imagn

The NY Jets traded backup tight end and special-teamer Daniel Brown to the Kansas City Chiefs less than three weeks ago in exchange for former starting guard Laurent Duvernay-Tardif.

Brown was released by the Chiefs on Saturday despite never appearing in a game with his new team. Today, Duvernay-Tardif is slated to start at right guard.

Connor Hughes of The Athletic reported on Sunday morning that the Jets were making a change to their offensive line with Duvernay-Tardif set to replace Greg Van Roten in the starting lineup.

This comes just a few weeks after the Jets acquired Duvernay-Tardif in a trade just a few hours before the deadline.

Laurent Duvernay-Tardif could provide a major boost to the NY Jets offensive line

Duvernay-Tardif spent seven years with the Chiefs developing into a quality starting guard for the team. He started 57 games from 2015-2019 last playing for them in Super Bowl LIV.

The former sixth-round pick became the first player to opt-out of the 2020 season as he spent the entire year working at a long-term care facility in his home province of Quebec, Canada.

Duvernay-Tardif returned in 2021 but found himself out of a starting job after the Chiefs signed Joe Thuney and drafted Trey Smith. The trade was more of a cap-saving move for Kansas City, although the Jets certainly won't complain.

Van Roten has easily been the Jets' weakest link on the offensive line this season with a whopping 32 pressures allowed, most among all full-time right guards.

Despite his play improving in recent weeks, the Jets still felt the need to make a change. Duvernay-Tardif will join the likes of George Fant, Alijah Vera-Tucker, Connor McGovern, and Morgan Moses in the Jets starting offensive line.

Here's to hoping that Duvernay-Tardif can be a sizable improvement over Van Roten.

Justin Fried

Justin Fried is an editor for FanSided who has over seven years of experience covering the NFL and various other sports. A diehard Jets fan since birth, Justin has served as the editor for The Jet Press since 2019, interviewing athletes such as Sauce Gardner, Curtis Martin, LaDainian Tomlinson, Joe Klecko, and many others. Justin has also worked closely with brands like Red Bull to help highlight the niche sectors of the sporting world. His four-part series on the sport of breaking remains one of his proudest pieces of work. In his spare time, Justin is an avid pro wrestling fan who is fortunate enough to have traveled to nearly 30 different countries.