Dan's Minicamp Diary

Becton bombarded with weighty questions

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June 15

The Jets’ left tackle for most of the spring camp was not 2020 first-round pick Mekhi Becton, but Conor McDermott, a solid backup swing tackle.

Becton hurt his foot early in OTAs and has been spending most of the spring rehabbing with the Jets’ trainers.

Some wonder if the foot injury, as well as some of the maladies that kept him sidelined at times last year, are perhaps related to his weight.

He’s listed on the Jets’ website at 6-7, 363 pounds.

Today, the first time he was made available to the media since his foot injury, he was bombarded with weight questions. It was a little bit of an uncomfortable scene.

To be fair, most people don’t like to be asked about their weight. How many people would want to be asked, “How much do you weigh?” Not many.

Clearly, Becton, a cordial chap, didn’t love all the weight questions, and wasn’t going to give reporters the answers they were seeking.

“I don’t know my weight off the top of my head to be honest with you,” Becton said to one of the queries.

“Could you give us a ballpark figure,” a reporter asked as a follow-up.

“I couldn’t tell you honestly,” Becton said.

He was then asked what his weight was at the end of last season.

“I don’t remember,” Becton said.

According to Fox Sports NFL game analyst Brock Huard, who broadcast the Jets-Rams game, Dec. 22, Becton was 380 pounds at the time.