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Jets waived/injured quarterback Chris Streveler

Jets waive Chris Streveler

The darling of last season’s preseason for the Jets, Chris Streveler, has been waived with an injury designation, per Dennis Waszak of the Associated Press.

Similar to linebackers Hamsah Nasirildeen and Maalik Hall, the move means Streveler will be placed on waivers. If he clears waivers, he reverts to the Jets’ injured reserve list.

Streveler worked as the No. 4 quarterback last season behind Zach Wilson, Joe Flacco and Mike White. He led two comeback victories during the preseason and also saw game time in the Thursday night game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

The Jets will have three quarterbacks — Aaron Rodgers, Wilson, Tim Boyle — heading forward. They could always sign another for the reminder of camp as well.

 

Studs and duds from Jets’ 21-16 loss to Browns

Here are a couple of studs and duds on the Jets in Thursday’s 21-16 loss to the Browns in the Hall of Fame Game.

The New York Jets opened their preseason schedule against the Cleveland Browns on Thursday night in the Hall of Fame Game, giving us our first taste of a live-action NFL game since the Super Bowl. New York was unable to come away with the victory as Cleveland secured the 21-16 victory.

Both teams rested a plethora of players in their preseason opener, which allowed some of the players competing for roster spots to get more opportunities. Some players performed better than others and there is still time for players that struggled on Thursday night to turn things around before roster cuts are made.

Following Thursday’s loss to the Browns, here are a couple of studs and duds from the Jets.

Jets sign 7 players, including Chris Streveler, to reserve/future contracts

Jets sign 7 players, including Chris Streveler, to reserve/future contracts

The New York Jets have announced they have signed seven players to reserve/future contracts. These seven were all players that were on the Jets’ practice squad that the team will be keeping for the offseason and their 90-man roster.

Among the players signed was fan-favorite quarterback Chris Streveler, who saw action as a Taysom Hill-type player in Week 16 against the Jaguars, ultimately playing most of the second half over Zach Wilson.

This means the Jets, for now, have at least two quarterbacks on their roster, along with Wilson. Mike White and Joe Flacco are both free agents, though White told the media Monday that there is mutual interest in him returning.

The seven players the Jets signed to reserve/future contracts Monday:

  • QB Chris Streveler
  • OL Chris Glaser
  • CB Craig James
  • CB Jimmy Moreland
  • DL Marquiss Spencer
  • LB Chazz Surratt
  • WR Malik Taylor

Jets elevate Chris Streveler, activate Cedric Ogbuehi, place Jeff Smith on IR

Chris Streveler will be available Sunday

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The Jets may be continuing their run of using Chris Streveler as their own version of Taysom Hill. The Jets are elevating Streveler from the practice squad for Sunday’s game against the Seahawks.

This is the third time Streveler is being elevated. That’s the maximum a player can be elevated from the practice squad. The next call-up for Streveler would have to be adding him to the active roster.

Speaking of the active roster, the Jets returned a player to it and placed a player on injured reserve.

Offensive tackle Cedric Ogbuehi was activated Saturday after returning to practice this week. He was on injured reserve after suffering a groin injury in Week 12 against the Bears.

While Ogbuehi was taken off injured reserve, wide receiver Jeff Smith was put on injured reserve with a knee injury. That effectively ends his season, unless the Jets make a run to the AFC Championship Game.

Smith caught eight passes for 134 yards in 11 games this season and was also on special teams.

The Jets benched Zach Wilson for an embarrassing performance, again, and NFL fans were ruthless

The Zach Wilson era in New York is probably over. For good.

No one can say the New York Jets didn’t give Zach Wilson a shot.

They already benched him for awful play earlier this season, not leaving the door open for him to come back in, barring extreme circumstances. Thanks to a Mike White injury, Wilson would get the opportunity to start again.

And after an uneven but somewhat promising panopticon of a game against the Detroit Lions, the ground collapsed underneath Wilson against the putrid Jacksonville Jaguars defense (27th in yards coming in). Inevitably, the young QB’s awful performance — ironically juxtaposed to the bright Trevor Lawrence — led head coach Robert Saleh to do what he must for the sake of his team fighting for its postseason life:

Bench the former No. 2 overall pick. Again.

Saleh simply had no choice, given Wilson’s past precedent and the utter lifelessness of the Jets’ offense with him under center. With Wilson at the helm, the Jets’ offense did not cross midfield once of its own volition on Thursday night. The Jets punted five times on seven Wilson possessions as the QB threw a pick on another. In all actuality, an early Quinnen Williams forced fumble was the only reason the Jets put up three points while Wilson played quarterback for them.

No wonder Jets fans were thrilled to see someone else, literally anyone else in an eventual 19-3 loss that likely shuttered the team’s playoff hopes:

And, so, Wilson’s final stat line before being benched near the end of the third quarter — 9-of-18, 92 yards (a paltry 5.1 yards per attempt!), and one interception — is a perfect microcosm of the Wilson era in New York. Consistently inconsistent, without a rudder, and with no sign of any promise on the horizon.

That backup Chris Streveler — a man more known for his CFL exploits and who was on the practice squad only weeks ago — immediately took the Jets’ offense down on a 73-yard drive speaks volumes of what this team needs. Even an average quarterback could be a better facilitator of a talented roster with guys like Garrett Wilson at receiver. Wilson is not average. Far from it.

Moving forward, it’ll be hard to believe Wilson plays for the Jets again this season. Quite frankly, it’s hard to believe him ever starting for the Jets again, now having wasted two shots to prove himself. High draft status or not, you have to deliver at some point. You only get an extended leash for so long before patience runs thin.

Whether the Jets and Saleh can salvage anything out of what is an otherwise mostly solid squad moving forward, having very likely missed on a No. 2 overall pick, is a different question. Most squads don’t recover from such massive blunders, having built their entire operation around that QB’s hopeful success. Maybe an experienced veteran signal-caller (Tom Brady?) is the move in the offseason, but that’s never a sure thing.

The Jets benched Zach Wilson again on Thursday night, knowing full well what that might say about their plans and long-term prospects. The full and costly ramifications of what it means for the franchise’s future moving forward are likely only beginning.

Who in the world is Chris Streveler?

Get to know the New York Jets quarterback who just took over for Zach Wilson, and actually got the crowd to cheer

Zach Wilson isn’t exactly making the most of his second chance as the New York Jets’ starting quarterback, and the No. 2 overall pick from just a year ago is getting upstaged by an undrafted free agent from four years ago.

Chris Streveler took over for Wilson during the second half Thursday night against the Jacksonville Jaguars, and instantly breathed some life into the previously sluggish Jets offense, using both his arm and his legs to move the chains and make big plays.

After splitting his time in college between Minnesota and South Dakota, Streveler wasn’t selected in the 2018 NFL draft. He spent two seasons with the CFL’s Winnipeg Blue Bombers, then spent the 2020 season with the Arizona Cardinals. He finished the 2021 season on the Baltimore Ravens’ practice squad after being waived by the Cardinals, followed by a brief stint this past offseason with the Miami Dolphins.

After signing with the Jets a few months later, Streveler parlayed a strong preseason into a spot on the Jets’ practice squad.

Now, with Mike White injured, Wilson struggling, and veteran Joe Flacco a bystander, Streveler is actually giving Jets fans something to cheer about when they have the ball.

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Jets elevate Chris Streveler, Will Parks from practice squad for Week 16

Chris Streveler QB2 tonight? Wildcat coming?

The quarterback some fans had clamored for at points of this season is going to be a part of the gameday roster tonight. The Jets have elevated preseason hero QB Chris Streveler from the practice squad for Thursday’s game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, per Zack Rosenblatt of The Athletic. And “this time, it’s for real,” Rosenblatt says.

That’s likely in reference to Week 8 when the Jets elevated Streveler only to make him inactive against the Patriots. That was likely to prevent a team from grabbing Streveler to bring onto their own active roster. This could also mean Streveler will be the No. 2 quarterback Thursday, as Ian Rapoport is reporting the Jets may have a package of plays involving Streveler.

In any event, Streveler will be on the active roster Thursday and may very well dress against the Jaguars. The Jets are also elevating safety Will Parks, who was elevated in Week 15 as well.

Most surprising cuts from the Jets

These guys surprised a few people by being let go.

Every year, players get cut from a team which makes people take a step back and wonder how their favorite team could ever let that player go.

The Jets certainly did not lack in that department, as they had a couple of cuts that certainly took fans aback for a moment. Here are some of the most surprising cuts made by the Jets as they finalized their initial 53-man roster for 2022.

Jets to release QB Chris Streveler

The hero of the 2022 Jets preseason will not be on the 53-man roster.

Robert Saleh dubbed Chris Streveler’s preseason as “one of the greatest preseasons in the history of football.” But even that couldn’t land Streveler on the 53-man roster. The Jets will release Streveler on Tuesday, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

Streveler was a key reason the Jets went 3-0 in the preseason, including throwing the game-winning touchdown to WR Calvin Jackson, who was also released, in Sunday’s preseason game against the Giants.

The writing seemed to be on the wall when Mike White entered the game in the second quarter on Sunday after Joe Flacco, while Streveler didn’t come in until the fourth quarter. White also threw two touchdown passes on Sunday, essentially sewing up his spot on the roster as the third quarterback.

Streveler could return to the Jets on their practice squad, but after his preseason performance, it’s possible another team takes a chance on him on their 53-man roster. The Jets have to wait until Wednesday to have that opportunity.

Secret Superstars for Week 3 of the 2022 NFL preseason: The offense

Touchdown Wire’s Doug Farrar lets you in on the most prominent under-the-radar offensive performances in the final week of the 2022 NFL preseason.

With final cuts just around the corner (all teams must reduce their rosters to 53 by Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. EST), and the 2022 regular season starting Thursday, September 8, anybody who doesn’t have a lock on a starting job tends to see the final week of the preseason as a sort of Hunger Games. At this point, you’re not just trying to impress your coaches and your teammates — you’re just trying to hang onto the roster spot you have, or give enough of an effort to make other teams aware. Perhaps one of those teams will pick you up if you do get cut.

Our Secret Superstars list for that final week of the preseason has a lot of guys who may have either evaded the Turk (the guy who comes to your room, knocks on your door, and quietly asks you to bring your playbook to the head coach’s office to let you know you’re off the team), or have done enough to eliminate any doubt as to their veracity as starters in the league.

The clock is ticking, oxygen is getting thin, and it’s all about to be for real. Here are the under-the-radar players who did the most to advance their cases for themselves in Week 3 of the 2022 preseason. Since there were so many of them this week, we’re splitting the list into two parts. Here are the offensive Superstars, and we’ll have the defensive Superstars up presently.