Even though Joe Flacco will not ready for the start of the regular season, he still made the Jets’ active roster.
Flacco is coming off neck surgery that kept him out all of Jets training camp. The expectation is that he’ll be ready for contact in a couple of weeks and he’ll only miss the first few games of the regular season.
The Jets were put in a tricky situation with Flacco. It was either place him on the PUP list, which would’ve kept him out for six weeks, or put him on the 53-man roster. New York went with the latter because it does not expect Flacco to be out too long.
With Flacco unable to backup Sam Darnold for the first few games, James Morgan will be the No. 2 quarterback. It comes as a surprise that the won the backup job over David Fales, who was cut. The Jets also cut QB Mike White.
The Jets can retain Fales or White on their practice squad if they clear waivers and promote a quarterback for any games Flacco misses.
Adam Gase has always had a soft spot for Fales because the quarterback knows his playbook well. However, Fales doesn’t have a whole lot of on-field experience and hasn’t played well in the limited looks he’s gotten. Fales has played in a total of three games since entering the league in 2014.