After beating cancer and being traded twice, John Metchie III is impressing the Jets

After beating cancer and being traded twice, John Metchie III is impressing the Jets

The Jets’ acquisition of wide receiver John Metchie III didn’t garner much attention. Days before they traded away Sauce Gardner and Quinnen Williams in a full-blown fire sale, the Jets quietly added Metchie in the deal that sent cornerback Michael Carter II to the Philadelphia Eagles. Metchie, a third-year pro, had been buried on Philadelphia’s star-powered receiver depth chart. And his name wasn’t as splashy as that of Adonai Mitchell, the spe…