Tag: New York Jets injuries

Jets injury report: Sam Darnold out for Week 6, Denzel Mims back at practice

As for Wednesday’s Jets injury updates, Adam Gase ruled out QB Sam Darnold for Week 6, while rookie WR Denzel Mims returned to practice.

As the Jets get ready to take on the Dolphins in Week 6, they will again be without their starting quarterback. On Wedneday, Adam Gase ruled out Sam Darnold (right shoulder) for Sunday’s game and named Joe Flacco the starter again.

On the other hand, Denzel Mims (hamstring) returned to practice. Gase was non-committal on whether the rookie wide receiver will come off injured reserve for Sunday. Still, Mims has been itching at getting back on the field and has an outside chance at playing vs. the Dolphins, according to The Athletic’s Connor Hughes.

Both of the Jets’ starters on the left side of the offensive line — Mekhi Becton and Alex Lewis — will not practice Wednesday, as both are dealing with shoulder injuries. Lewis will be limited going forward but should be good to go for Sunday. As for Becton, the Jets haven’t provided much of an update, but it was reported on CBS’s Broadcast in Week 5 that he was dealing with a capsule injury in his shoulder.

CB Bless Austin, WR Breshad Perriman and DL Quinnen Williams were all limited during practice.

The Jets designated Mims, CB Arthur Maulet (groin) and OL Cameron Clark (shoulder/knee) to return to practice; they will have 21 days to activate these three players from injured reserve. New York also signed DL Tanzel Smart and K/P Sergio Castillo to its practice squad and released WR Donte Moncrief from the practice squad.

Jets injury report: Jamison Crowder confident he’ll return vs. Broncos

Jamison Crowder plans to be back on the field this Thursday.

The Jets got a bit of good news concerning injuries for Thursday night’s matchup vs. Denver.

Speaking with reporters on Thursday, Adam Gase announced that WR Jeff Smith will come off injured reserve this week as he returns from a mild shoulder strain. WR Vyncint Smith (core muscle surgery) will need to go through another week of practice before he is activated.

Gase was also hopeful that OT Mekhi Becton (shoulder), WR Jamison Crowder (hamstring), S Ashtyn Davis (groin), OT George Fant (concussion), CB Quincy Wilson (concussion), DL John Franklin-Myers (knee), LB Jordan Jenkins (shoulder) and WR Chris Hogan (ribs/knee) will be available to go Thursday night. They were all limited participants in Monday and Tuesday’s walkthroughs.

Crowder is “confident” that he will play Thursday, per ESPN’s Rich Cimini. New York’s starting slot receiver has missed the previous two weeks with a nagging hamstring injury and should be a welcome addition for a struggling Sam Darnold.

Both WR Breshad Perriman and LB Jordan Willis are dealing with ankle injuries and were not participants in either of this week’s walkthroughs.

QB Joe Flacco (neck) does not appear ready to play if needed just yet. Flacco told reporters that he’s relying on the coaches and medical staff to give him the all-clear, but he doesn’t want to rush back from an injury that required offseason surgery. If Flacco can’t go Thursday, Mike White will likely be backing up Sam Darnold for the fourth consecutive game.

Jets injury report: Le’Veon Bell, Blake Cashman likely out ‘a couple of weeks’

Le’Veon Bell and Blake Cashman are probably out for the next couple of weeks due to injuries.

The Jets didn’t get any encouraging news from their training staff following injuries to Le’Veon Bell and Blake Cashman in Sunday’s game against the Bills.

Adam Gase said MOnday that Bell (hamstring) and Cashman (groin) will likely be out for “a couple of weeks.” Gase didn’t want to put a definitive timetable on either player’s return.

Pertaining to Bell, Gase did say he’s in fantastic shape so he wouldn’t be surprised if he came back sooner rather than later.

Bell injured his hamstring late in the first half after he went out for a pass and slipped. He finished the first half and even came back out for the second half until the coaching staff decided to pull him from the game. Gase said afterward that he was mad at himself for putting Bell back in the game.

Bell’s injury leaves the Jets with two healthy running backs at the moment in Frank Gore and Josh Adams. La’Mical Perine is probably still not ready to return from his ankle injury. So the Jets may have to go out and sign a running back in free agency.

As for Cashman, he went down early in the first quarter with a groin injury and didn’t return. His injury left the Jets with Neville Hewitt and Harvey Langi at inside linebacker. Avery Williamson’s (hamstring) status for Week 2 is unknown, so the Jets could be looking for some help at inside linebacker, too.

They do have Alec Ogletree on the practice squad, who has played under Gregg Williams before and has starting experience.

Jets activate Avery Williamson, Ryan Griffin, Daniel Brown

The Jets have placed Avery Williamson, Ryan Griffin and Daniel Brown back on the active roster.

The New York Jets have three injured players back on the active roster and officially practicing.

The team announced Saturday that Avery Williamson (knee/PUP), Ryan Griffin (ankle/PUP) and Daniel Brown (NFI) have all been activated. Joe Flacco is the only Jet left on the PUP list.

Williamson is coming back from a torn ACL that he suffered last preseason. His value on the team increased this offseason with C.J. Mosley opting out due to COVID-19 concerns. Before Williamson’s ACL injury, he was coming off one of the best seasons of his career, recording 120 total tackles, six pass breakups, three sacks, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and one interception.

Griffin was the Jets’ best tight end last season. He was a late offseason signing last year but proved to be one of Sam Darnold’s favorite targets. Griffin had 320 receiving yards and five touchdowns in 13 games before going down with an ankle injury in Week 14. The Jets rewarded Griffin with a three-year contract extension worth $10.8 million.

As for Brown, he was primarily a backup tight end in 2019. He started in five of 16 games and had seven catches for 72 yards and a touchdown. The Jets re-signed Brown to a one-year deal this offseason.

In other Jets news, they re-signed safety Anthony Cioffi and released tight end Connor Davis.

Report: Jets replace head athletic trainer

On Tuesday, the Jets replaced longtime head athletic trainer John Mellody, who had been with the team since 1996.

The Jets have replaced John Mellody as the team’s head athletic trainer, according to ESPN’s Rich Cimini.

In the meantime, the Jets have promoted Mellody’s longtime assistant Dave Zuffelato to the head trainer position, per Cimini. Mellody, a fixture in the Jets organization under eight different head coaches, will stay on as a consultant. Mellody originally joined the Jets organization in 1996 as an assistant. After a decade with the team, he was promoted as the head athletic trainer in 2006.

According to Bleacher Report’s Connor Rogers, there had been some tension building up between Mellody and Adam Gase. In 2019, the Jets led the NFL with a whopping 21 players placed on injured reserve. Quincy Enunwa suffered his second neck injury in three seasons and C.J. Mosley was rushed back from a groin injury, which cost him 14 games. The organization also had two injury grievances filed against it by Kelechi Osemele and Luke Falk.

New York will now turn to Zuffelato, who has been with the team since 2006, to help change its misfortunes with injuries.