By Dom Cosentino
Eric Decker shot a glance to his left and above the heads of the reporters gathered around his locker, toward where Percy Harvin now occupies a stall on the other side of the room.
“Hasn’t come up yet,” Decker said, referring to last season’s Super Bowl.
“All you want to do is try to get the ball in his hands,” Decker said. “I’ve seen it first-hand in the Super Bowl: speed sweeps, little out routes that he can turn up and go the distance, kickoff returns. He’s very versatile. After you get the ball in his hands, he can do some explosive stuff.”
The mere possibility of that explosiveness and versatility can impact the Jets’ offense, too, by drawing defenders away from Decker, who showed what he can do by catching a pair of passes on ex-Jets corner Darrelle Revis last week at the Patriots.
“The more weapons you have on the field, the harder it is for defenses,” Decker said. “You spread them out, you get one-on-one matchups. [Harvin is] able to take the ball five yards to 65.”
That, in turn, can only help quarterback Geno Smith, Decker said.
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