{"id":81695,"date":"2020-03-25T14:40:47","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T18:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/?p=81695"},"modified":"2020-03-25T14:40:47","modified_gmt":"2020-03-25T18:40:47","slug":"patrick-onwuasor-signs-new-york-jets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2020\/03\/25\/patrick-onwuasor-signs-new-york-jets\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Onwuasor Signs With New York Jets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Former <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/ravens\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Baltimore Ravens<\/a> linebacker <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/O\/OnwuPa00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patrick Onwuasor<\/a><\/strong> has signed with the New York Jets. Terms of the deal have not yet been disclosed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Onwuasor was looked at as at a potential in-house replacement to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/MoslC.00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">C.J. Mosley<\/a><\/strong> when the linebacker <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/2019\/03\/12\/c-j-mosley-expected-sign-new-york-jets\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">left the Ravens in free agency<\/a> a year ago, but now he will be Mosley&#8217;s teammate again. He will be 28 years old at the start of the 2020 NFL regular season.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Source: The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Jets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Jets<\/a> have agreed to terms with former Ravens LB Patrick Onwuasor.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet\/status\/1242882546955882498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 25, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Patrick Onwuasor Signs With New York Jets<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">After spending parts of four years at Arizona and Portland State University, Onwuasor was signed by the Ravens as an undrafted free agent following the 2016 NFL Draft. He would get his first taste of NFL action when an injury to Mosley allowed the Ravens to promote Onwuasor to the 53-man roster. Head coach <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/coaches\/HarbJo0.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Harbaugh<\/a><\/strong> would then keep Onwuasor on the first-team as the fifth linebacker for the remainder of the season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Onwuasor had his best season in 2018, where he came up big in a number of crucial games. With the Ravens needing to go 6-1 to make the playoffs after Week 10, Onwuasor had game-sealing forced fumbles in two games \u2014 Week 13 and Week 16. He was also one of the Ravens&#8217; best players in their 23-16 playoff loss to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/chargers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Angeles Chargers<\/a>. Onwuasor finished 2018 playing 42% of defensive snaps and recorded 90 total tackles, 5.5 sacks, three pass defenses, and 12 quarterback hits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In 2019, Onwuasor fell out of favor with the Ravens coaching staff. After a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/2019\/09\/30\/baltimore-ravens-defense-problem\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">poor defensive showing to start the year<\/a>, general manager <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/executives\/DeCoEr0.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eric DeCosta<\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/2019\/11\/19\/baltimore-ravens-defense-back-elite-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">made a number of large personnel changes to the team<\/a>. Perhaps the biggest was to the linebacking corps. DeCosta shipped off <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/Y\/YounKe03.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kenny Young<\/a><\/strong> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/rams\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Angeles Rams<\/a> in the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/P\/PeteMa00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marcus Peters<\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/2019\/10\/16\/marcus-peters-trade-low-risk-high-reward-baltimore-ravens\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">trade<\/a> and signed two new starters in the span of two weeks. This didn\u2019t sit well with Onwuasor as he was reported to have gotten in <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/ravens-patrick-onwuasor-leaves-practice-181423947.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an argument with coach Harbaugh at practice<\/a> over his reduced playing time. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/F\/FortL.00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">L.J. Fort<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/B\/ByneJo00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Josh Bynes<\/a><\/strong> then became the Ravens&#8217; go-to starting interior linebacking duo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Onwuasor is known as being one of the most aggressive linebackers in football and should fit in well with the Jets.<\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"qQOGFAdlRH9rb-sWc7MomQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1190728530\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'qQOGFAdlRH9rb-sWc7MomQ',sig:'Js8Wq2mViDdciM2VFUuwIU-2fUA-k5MSxQmvpIavzVw=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1190728530',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linebacker Patrick Onwuasor is officially off the open market. 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