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Due to injuries and countless roster moves, the Jets have had to scrap the bottom of the barrel for players this season.
The Jets are tied with the Dolphins for the league lead in players used this season with 68. The Jets also have $48 million worth of salary cap on injured reserve, which is more than double 26 NFL teams, according to the team’s former GM, Mike Tannenbaum. Currently, the Jets have 14 players on injured reserve.
The @nyjets have over $48 Million of their salary cap on injured reserve. More than double 26 other NFL teams.
That doesn’t include CJ Mosley who has only played in two games with a $13M cap hit pic.twitter.com/3sRGHYdRbW
— Mike Tannenbaum (@RealTannenbaum) November 19, 2019
New York has been plagued by injuries all season long. If you look at the first depth chart that came out at the beginning of the season, you’ll notice a lot of missing names on the current roster.
The positions that the Jets have been hit the worst at are cornerback, inside linebacker and offensive line. The Jets have lost their top two cornerbacks in Trumaine Johnson and Darryl Roberts. They’ve also lost five inside linebackers for at least one game this season. On the offensive line, the Jets have used six different line combinations and four of the starting offensive linemen from Week 1 are either hurt or on the bench.
With all the injuries, the Jets have had to add a bunch of players to fulfill the 53-man roster requirement. The Jets have 16 players who weren’t on the initial 53-man roster back in September.
Even heading into Sunday’s game against the Redskins, the Jets had 23 players listed on the injury report. Say what you want about this team, but when you have this many injuries it’s not hard to see why the Jets are 3-7 on the season.