The Jets made a few roster moves Saturday ahead of their Week 15 game against the Miami Dolphins. Offensive lineman Xavier Newman was signed to the active roster while rookie linebacker Zaire Barnes was placed on injured reserve.
Newman is back from injury and the Jets had exhausted his practice-squad elevations for the season — a player can be elevated three times and revert to the practice squad before a team has to sign him to the 53-man roster. Newman will likely start at right guard Sunday in Miami.
Barnes being placed on injured reserve with four weeks left means his rookie season is over. Barnes appeared in three games this season and was inactive for the other ten. Barnes was the Jets’ sixth-round pick back in April and was among five linebackers to make the initial 53-man roster after training camp.
The Jets also elevated two players from the practice squad for Sunday: defensive lineman Jalyn Holmes and linebacker Marcelino McCrary-Ball. Both are being elevated for the second time this season. Holmes will play in his second straight game while McCrary-Ball was elevated for the Week 11 game in Buffalo.