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Adonai Mitchell embracing Geno Smith connection after Jets’ QB carousel

Nypost · · 463 words · By Collin Ward
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What to know about Adonai Mitchell embracing Geno Smith connection after Jets’ QB carousel

Despite playing just eight games with the Jets in 2025, wide receiver Adonai Mitchell is set to work with his fourth starting quarterback in green and white when he suits up with Geno Smith this fall.

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What happened

Despite playing just eight games with the Jets in 2025, wide receiver Adonai Mitchell is set to work with his fourth starting quarterback in green and white when he suits up with Geno Smith this fall.

Why it matters

In fact, Mitchell hasn’t had consistent chemistry with a signal-caller since college, playing with three different quarterbacks during his 1 ¹/₂ seasons with the Colts as well.

Common ground

While the revolving door at quarterback might discourage others, Mitchell said he “loves” the challenge and is embracing what he has in Smith.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “both Mitchell and Smith will also have to build chemistry with new offensive coordinator Frank Reich.”
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Two independent cross-references from Nypost confirm that Frank Reich is the new offensive coordinator for the team.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — new offensive coordinator Frank Reich
https://nypost.com/2026/05/28/sports/jets-rookie-first-round…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Reich took the job of offensive coordinator with the team
https://nypost.com/2026/05/06/sports/frank-reich-is-up-for-t…
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Claim 2: “players like Tim Patrick and Isaiah Williams provide depth.”
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Claim 3: “former Colts teammates who had played for Reich in Indianapolis during his run as head coach from 2018-22”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant results about a film named 'Frank' and a company named 'Frank'. No evidence was provided confirming Frank Reich's tenure as Colts head coach from 2018-22.
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web search NEUTRAL — Incorporated as TAPD Inc., [2] Frank was launched in 2016 by 24-year-old Charlie Javice, who claimed to help students complete more than a hundred questions within a few minutes. Frank was acquired by…
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web search NEUTRAL — Frank is a 2014 black comedy film directed by Lenny Abrahamson from a screenplay by Jon Ronson and Peter Straughan. It stars Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleeson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Scoot McNairy, and…
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web search NEUTRAL — Frank: Directed by Lenny Abrahamson. With Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleeson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Moira Brooker. Jon, a young wanna-be musician, discovers he's bitten off more than he can chew when h…
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1605717/
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Claim 4: “second-year tight end Mason Taylor spent about a week in Florida training with the 13-year veteran quarterback [Geno Smith].”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results about Freemasonry and unrelated sports seasons. No evidence was found regarding Mason Taylor training with Geno Smith.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament was a 68-team single-elimination tournament to determine the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball nation…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 season was the Seattle Seahawks' 50th in the National Football League (NFL), their 16th under general manager John Schneider, and their second under head coach Mike Macdonald. The Seahawks fi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 season will be the Indianapolis Colts' 74th in the National Football League (NFL), their 43rd in Indianapolis, and their 19th playing their home games at Lucas Oil Stadium. It is also their t…
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Claim 5: “The 23-year-old wide receiver”
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Confirmed by a cross-reference (Nypost), a web search result (Yahoo Sports), and Wikipedia (born Oct 8, 2002, making him 22-23 depending on the current date in the 2025 context).
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web search NEUTRAL — Adonai Enlil "AD" Mitchell (born October 8, 2002) is an American professional football wide receiver for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adonai_Mitchell
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web search NEUTRAL — Adonai Mitchell has played 2 seasons for the Colts and Jets. He has had 56 catches for 765 yards and has scored 2 touchdowns.
https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/player/adonai-mitchell-31120
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web search NEUTRAL — While averaging 13.3 yards per catch, Mitchell has found the end zone twice, which is a career high. After struggling to find consistency with the Colts, the talented 23-year-old has flashed his colle…
https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/former-longhorns-wr-adonai…
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Claim 6: “Mitchell hasn’t had consistent chemistry with a signal-caller since college, playing with three different quarterbacks during his 1 ¹/₂ seasons with the Colts as well.”
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Only one source explicitly mentions Mitchell playing with three different quarterbacks during 1.5 seasons with the Colts. Other sources confirm he played for the Colts but do not specify the number of quarterbacks.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 season was the Indianapolis Colts' 72nd in the National Football League (NFL), their 41st in Indianapolis, and their 17th playing their home games at Lucas Oil Stadium. It was their eighth un…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 season was the Indianapolis Colts' 73rd in the National Football League (NFL), their 42nd in Indianapolis, and their 18th playing their home games at Lucas Oil Stadium. It was also their nint…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Adonai Enlil "AD" Mitchell (born October 8, 2002) is an American professional football wide receiver for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Geo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adonai_Mitchell
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Claim 7: “Three-time 1,000-yard receiver Garrett Wilson is back from a right knee injury that kept him out of the second half of last season”
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The evidence mentions a knee injury for a player named 'Allen' and a general injury update for Garrett Wilson, but does not confirm the 'three-time 1,000-yard receiver' stat or the specific 'right knee injury' that kept him out of the second half of last season.
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web search NEUTRAL — Season 1, Episode 6 The official home for Kitchen Nightmares full episodes on YouTube. Weekly full episodes from the show in which struggling restaurants receive the Gordon Ramsay treatment.
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web search NEUTRAL — Had Allen not suffered a season-ending knee injury against the Dolphins, there’s a very real chance the Jets trade Hall at the deadline. Hall has looked good this summer.
https://sny.tv/articles/jets-practice-geno-smith-garrett-wil…
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web search NEUTRAL — New York Jets wide receiver Garrett Wilson provided a very concerning update after his injury at the end of the game.
https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/new-york-jets/garrett-wilson-de…
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Claim 8: “Mitchell... going No. 52 in the 2024 draft.”
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Claim 9: “rookie Omar Cooper Jr. is fresh off a national championship at Indiana”
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No evidence was found after searching for Omar Cooper Jr. and a national championship at Indiana.
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Claim 10: “Mitchell — who had 24 catches for 301 yards and two touchdowns with the Jets after a midseason trade last year”
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Web search results confirm the midseason trade from the Colts to the Jets and specifically cite the stats: 24 catches for 301 yards and two touchdowns in eight games.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 NFL season was the 106th season of the National Football League (NFL). The regular season began on September 4, 2025, with reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia defeating Dallas in the NF…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Adonai Enlil "AD" Mitchell (born October 8, 2002) is an American professional football wide receiver for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Geo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adonai_Mitchell
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A new religious movement (NRM) is a religious or spiritual group or community with practices of relatively modern origins. NRMs may be novel in origin or they may exist on the fringes of a wider relig…
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Claim 11: “Despite playing just eight games with the Jets in 2025, wide receiver Adonai Mitchell is set to work with his fourth starting quarterback in green and white when he suits up with Geno Smith this fall.”
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Two independent web search results explicitly state that Adonai Mitchell played eight games with the Jets in 2025 and is set to work with his fourth starting quarterback, Geno Smith.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 season was the New York Jets' 56th in the National Football League (NFL), their 66th overall and their first under general manager Darren Mougey and head coach Aaron Glenn. This season began …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Adonai Enlil "AD" Mitchell (born October 8, 2002) is an American professional football wide receiver for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Geo…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Jets are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Jets compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Confere…
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Claim 12: “Geno Smith is a 13-year veteran quarterback.”
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While Wikipedia confirms Geno Smith is a professional quarterback, none of the provided evidence explicitly states he is a '13-year veteran'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Eugene Cyril "Geno" Smith III (born October 10, 1990) is an American professional football quarterback for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the W…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jeremiah Smith (born November 29, 2005) is an American college football wide receiver for the Ohio State Buckeyes. As a freshman in 2024, Smith broke the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — These quarterbacks have started at least one game played for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). They are listed in order of the date of each player's first start.
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