Jets wide receiver Josh Reynolds may be cooking in the late-July heat, but as a veteran player personally familiar with the type of tenacious defense HC Aaron Glenn has been the architect of he's not in a sharing mood. But the 30-year-old, who like Glenn played in college at Texas A&M, is not about to divulge the "recipe" to reporters, the opposition or anyone else.

During his two-and-a-half seasons (38 games, 29 starts from 2021-23) with Detroit, Reynolds regularly faced Glenn's defense in practice. Now as he's vying to land the WR2 position with the Green & White, Reynolds knows the menu.

"I don't want to give you the recipe to meet our defense, but they mix it around a lot," Reynolds said on Thursday, the second day of training camp at the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center. "You know, they got guys that can play everywhere. They can man, zone, zone-man. I mean, they can make it look like man, and have guys playing zone. And so they got real smart guys over there that can, can do a little bit of everything and I think that's kind of the recipe for success."

Reynolds (6-3 196) was selected by the Rams in the fourth-round of the 2017 draft and spent his first four NFL seasons in LA. His best season in the league was in 2020 when he had career highs of 81 targets, 52 receptions and 618 yards. In 2021 he joined the Titans in midseason, was waived and moved on to Detroit, where Glenn was the defensive coordinator. During his time with the Lions he had 5 TD catches in 2023, 10 overall during his time in the Motor City.

He signed with Denver in free agency last season, was waived after five games then latched on with Jacksonville, seeing limited action in four games. Overall in his eight NFL seasons, Reynolds has played in 116 regular-season games (55 starts) with 233 catches for 3,127 yards (13.4 yards/catch) and 20 TDs. He also has 19 catches for 318 yards and a TD in 9 postseason games.

He signed with the Jets in late March in an attempt to earn a starting spot as WR2. On Thursday, Reynolds said that from his vantage point across the line of scrimmage, Jets' defenses have always presented him with a challenge in the five times he's faced the Green & White, one time in each of his NFL five stops over his career.

"Well, first they got crazy athletes over there," he said. "I mean for me, I always hated playing the Jets' defense, because they're going to hit you, they're going to be where they're supposed to be, and then they're going to make plays. And so, under, AG, you know it's going to be awesome to see. And I mean, it's awesome to go against [them] in practice every day. And I mean, it gets us both better."

The competition to pair with Wilson appears to be wide open and has only just begun. As Glenn said on Thursday, speaking in general: "It's really early."

That said, Reynolds is one among a group that includes Allen Lazard, Tyler Johnson, Xavier Gipson, Arian Smith, Malachi Corley and a few others.

"I'm just here to do what the coaches ask," he said. "And if the opportunity presents itself, make the plays that come to me."