Solomon Thomas signed on with the Raiders last offseason in the hopes of resurrecting is once promising career. The former number three overall pick even said more than once that switching from 5-tech DE to 3-tech DT would be the thing that did it. That didn’t prove to be the solution.
Things started off looking like he might make the most of his one-year ‘prove-it’ deal, but down the stretch he regressed to the mean and simple became expendable.
So, what is the answer? Apparently it’s returning to play under his former DC Robert Saleh, now the head coach with the Jets.
The Jets are signing DE Solomon Thomas, according to a source. Thomas was a 2017 first-round pick of the 49ers and played for Robert Saleh from 2017-20. He was with the Raiders last year.
— Brian Costello (@BrianCoz) March 28, 2022
Perhaps Saleh thinks Thomas is ready now to be the player the 49ers picked at third overall in Saleh’s first year as a defensive coordinator. That first year was Thomas’s best in the NFL in terms overall numbers. Saleh is hoping the 26-year-old can return to fulfill his potential now.