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Jets injury report: Le’Veon Bell questionable vs. Washington

The Jets have another long injury report for Sunday’s game in D.C.

Another week, another long final injury report for the Jets.

New York has already listed Matthias Farley, C.J. Mosley, Ryan Kalil and Paul Worrilow out for Sunday’s game in Washington, but don’t be surprised if that list grows. Darryl Roberts is doubtful after missing last week’s game, while Le’Veon Bell is among eight questionable Jets after enduring rib and knee injuries this week in addition to an illness.

Here’s the full report:

 

As for Washington, Tim Settle, Chris Thompson, Vernon Davis and Paul Richardson Jr. won’t play. Deshazor Everett and Montae Nicholson are questionable.

Washington coaches seem confident that Haskins will lead them to victory over New York

For the past several days, the coaching staff in Washington has spewed rhetoric that would paint Haskins as the savior of the Redskins.

The Washington Redskins seem confident that rookie quarterback Dwayne Haskins can lead them to a win this Sunday against the New York Jets.

Though he has seen just eight quarters of live-action in the regular season, the coaching staff in Washington has been propping up Haskins constantly over the last two weeks — as they should — repeatedly saying that they feel he has shown improvement and growth throughout the bye week, and that his poise is starting to show itself in the offense.

When speaking to the media on Friday afternoon, offensive coordinator Kevin O’Connell uttered the same message that we’ve been hearing for the last several days; one of optimism and hope for the Redskins offense.

It’s an easy thing to say, but a much harder plan to execute. Though the Redskins have a decent chance to come out on top for just the second time this season, they will have to see a major step forward from Haskins in doing so. Will it happen?

The coaches sure seem to think so.

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Jets-Redskins odds: Redskins slight favorites at home

Previewing Sunday’s New York Jets at Washington Redskins Week 11 matchup, with NFL betting odds, picks and best bets

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The New York Jets (2-7) face the Washington Redskins (1-8) Sunday at FedEx Field at 1 p.m. ET.

We analyze the Jets-Redskins odds and betting lines while providing betting tips and advice around this Week 11 NFL matchup.

Jets at Redskins: Week 11 preview, betting trends and notes

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  • The Jets held on for dear life as they beat the Giants 34-27 in week 10.
  • The Redskins were on a bye last week.
  • The last meeting between the two was a 34-20 Jets win in 2015.
  • Both teams have bad respective home/road splits. The Jets are 0-4 on the road, while the Redskins are 0-4 at home.
  • The Redskins defense is improving. They have given up 24.3 points per game but only 17.6 points per game since week 6.
  • The Redskins rank 30th in offensive yards per game (259.1 YPG) and average just 12 points per contest. They rank dead last in their last three games with just 204 yards per game of offense.
  • With that drought, the Redskins have announced that Dwayne Haskins will be their starting QB for the rest of the season.
  • The Jets allow just 81.9 yards per game rushing (second best in the NFL). Their 26.4 points per game rank 25th.
  • The Jets rank last in yards per game and passing yards per game. They rank 30th in points at 14.4 per contest.
  • The Jets have a turnover margin of minus-6, while the Redskins are minus-3.

Jets at Redskins: Odds, betting lines and prediction

Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated Friday at 12:30 p.m. ET.

Prediction

NY Jets 20, Redskins 17

Moneyline (?)

The JETS (+115) remain a solid play because of the small price and value vs. the Redskins (-139). They have shown some offensive spark at times, particularly last week against the Giants. Washington can be just as bad defensively, especially considering an inexperienced quarterback could mean more time on the field spent.

New to sports betting? A $10 wager on the Jets to win returns a profit of $11.50 with a victory.

Against the Spread (?)

Taking the Jets to win on the moneyline means picking them against the spread as well at (+2.5, -110). If  QB Case Keenum was starting, maybe there would have been some consideration but not now. New York has the momentum from last week’s win on their side.

Over/Under (?)

The UNDER 38.5 (-106) is the bet here. The Redskins averaging just 12 points per game makes this a reasonable wager. Also, weather could come into play with a possible coastal storm. Expect cold and potentially rainy/windy conditions.

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Two reasons why Dwayne Haskins can make a bold statement against the Jets

Haskins will play in front of his home fans for the first time on Sunday, and he has a chance to instill some much-needed hope.

Rookie quarterback Dwayne Haskins has seen minimal live-action in the NFL this season, as he’s now played in three games, two of which came in relief efforts for an injured Case Keenum.

He’s taken the field with his team usually trailing, and he’s done what he could to try and will the Washington Redskins back to a victory. So far, he’s come up empty every time.

This Sunday, however, things will likely be a bit different.

When Haskins trots onto the field in a couple of days’ time, he will be doing so in front of his home fans for the first time in his career, and he will be doing so against a team that he has a legitimate chance of beating; the New York Jets.

For those two reasons, Haskins has a chance to instill the Redskins’ fanbase with some much-needed hope.

There’s no need to sugarcoat it, it has been a rough start to Haskins’ career this season. He is yet to throw a touchdown outside of the preseason, and he’s accounted for 4 interceptions in the three games he’s played.

With all three performances coming on the road, Redskins’ fans have been forced to sit back and watch in misery while the shortcomings have been streamed through their cable boxes. Now, with three straight weeks of taking first-team reps in practice, Haskins has a chance to build on the minimal improvements we saw two weeks ago when he made his first career start against the Buffalo Bills, and he will be doing so against a very beatable Jets team, who sit near the bottom of the league at 2-7.

Though the Jets have a very good run defense, ranking second in the NFL, they struggle in a key area where Haskins can build a lot of confidence and momentum — on third down. The Jets have allowed their opponent to convert on third down 45 percent of the time, which has kept drives alive and allowed teams to get into scoring position. Of course, the Redskins have been one of the worst teams in the league when it comes to converting on that down and distance, but it only takes a couple successful tries to get a rhythm building.

They may not leave Sunday’s game with a victory — and you could argue that they would be much better off in the long-term with another loss — but that doesn’t mean that a nice serving of hope can’t be injected into the veins of the Washington franchise. For the first time, Redskins’ fans will be able to see the production of their franchise QB with their own eyes, and they’ll get a good feel for the type of progress he will make going forward. With no chance at the playoffs, and little incentive to win, it’s tough to call this a statement game, but Haskins can make a giant statement to his home fans on Sunday afternoon.

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The Washington Redskins are completely helpless when it comes to third down

The Redskins’ offense and defense have been the worst in the league when it comes to being successful on third down this season.

When the Washington Redskins and New York Jets meet on Sunday afternoon, it won’t only be a contest between two of the worst teams in the league, but also between two of the least clutch offenses.

Heading into this Week 11 showdown that very few people outside of Washington or New York will be watching, both the Jets and Redskins rank as the bottom two teams in the NFL when it comes to third-down conversions — Washington converts for a first down just 24.2 percent of the time, which is slightly above New York’s 23.7 percent success rate.

For the Redskins, they know it’s absolutely something that they need to get better at, as it’s imperative to their success.

When it comes to third down, Washington is even worse on defense. Through nine games, they rank dead-last in the league, allowing their opponent to convert on the down and distance 50 percent of the time. It’s no wonder they’ve found little success this season.

Whether on offense or defense, third-down is where a team really shows how good they are. It comes as no surprise that Washington is near the bottom of the barrel on both sides of the ball.

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Pressuring Dwayne Haskins among Jets’ keys to defense vs. Washington

The Jets face another rookie quarterback in the Redskins’ Dwayne Haskins and need to make him beat the defense.

The Jets get their second chance to build a winning streak this week when they head to Washington to take on the Redskins. On the heels of their second win of the year over the Giants, the Jets will now take on one of the worst offensive teams in the league. Washington averages a league-low 12 points per game and ranks 30th in yards.

It looks like an easy matchup on paper, but the Jets are seriously thin at important positions on defense, including linebacker and cornerback. Just this past week, the Jets gave up 281 total yards and four passing touchdowns to the Giants, so they of all teams cannot overlook the lowly Redskins. 

Here are four keys for the Jets defense in Week 11.

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Quincy Enunwa upset with Jets after being fined for missing treatment

The Jets have another angry player mad for how the team is handling his injury. This time it’s wide receiver Quincy Enunwa.

Add Quincy Enunwa to the list of injured Jets angry with the organization.

Enunwa, who’s been on injured reserve with a neck injury since mid-September, posted a series of angry tweets directed at the Jets for fining him $27,900 for missing two injury treatments.

Enunwa later specified that he only missed those treatments because he was taking his wife, Deanna, out for Veteran’s Day lunch and because he had a family emergency. Deanna Enunwa served in the U.S. Army from 2007-2010, according to her LinkedIn account.

“The biggest reason it hurts is that I’m on IR for the second time in my career and the doctor told me I have a 50/50 chance of coming back to play,” Enunwa later tweeted. “I shouldn’t even HAVE to be in that building being reminded every day of what I can’t do.

“This s—- feels like punishment already and then they FINE me the max. And then want me to continue to do my rehab there and IF I get healthy they want me to then play for them after.”

Enunwa says he only posted the tweets because multiple teammates told him it’s “f—-ed up” that the Jets are fining him for missing treatments.

This isn’t the first time the Jets have been less than hospitable to their injured players. Lest we forgot the Kelechi Osemele injury debacle in which the Jets denied the guard surgery for a torn labrum, fined him for missing practice and ultimately cut Osemele for getting surgery on his own. Osemele filed a grievance against the Jets before they cut him. Shortly after that, quarterback Luke Falk also filed a grievance against the team for cutting him after he suffered a hip injury that required surgery.

Joe Douglas is less than six months into his tenure as the Jets general manager and he already has three bad injury situations on his ledger. Not only are all three a terrible look for the Jets organization, but the pattern means there is definitely something wrong with the front office’s ability to deal with injuries.

Enunwa signed a four-year, $36 million contract extension with the Jets last offseason, and the Jets need to do right by a player who has battled multiple injuries since being drafted in the sixth round of 2014 draft.

Sure-handed Jamison Crowder has become Jets’ slot machine

Jets WR Jamison Crowder is tied for the seventh most catches without a drop in the NFL with 48.

The Washington Redskins allowed Jamison Crowder to walk in free agency. Now, as they prepare to face the Jets, they may be kicking themselves for allowing one of the league’s most productive slot receivers to go without much of a fight.

Crowder has been as reliable as they come in his first season with the Jets. He’s already one of Sam Darnold’s favorite receivers, and that may have something to do with how sure his hands are.

This season, Crowder is tied for the seventh-most catches without a drop in the NFL with 48, tied with Carolina’s Christian McCaffrey.

Crowder signed a three-year deal worth $28.5 million with the Jets and has quickly established himself as the team’s most reliable receiver. He leads the team in both receptions and yards with 42 and 486, respectively.

Before joining the Jets, he studied Adam Gase’s offenses and how he would fit that mold. He studied the coach’s history with slot receivers, going through tapes of Wes Welker and Jarvis Landry with the Denver Broncos and Miami Dolphins, respectively, according to ESPN’s Rich Cimini.

For quite some time, the Jets have lacked a trustworthy receiver who can space the field like Crowder. Jeremy Kerley was the closest thing resembling that, but a receiver of Crowder’s caliber hasn’t owned the middle of the field since Wayne Chrebet.

It’s clear through nine games that Crowder has carved a Welker- and Landry-like role for himself in Gase’s offense. Despite offensive struggles, Crowder has always posed as a significant threat in the slot.

With Chris Herndon sidelined for the season between a four-game suspension, a nagging hamstring injury and a broken rib that landed him on IR, Darnold has been forced to find a new security blanket.

Crowder has emerged as a dependable option due to Darnold’s increasing trust in the receiver. With his sure hands, it only makes sense to continue to get him involved going forward. After four catches in the first two drives against the Giants in the Jets’ 34-27 win last Sunday, the targets stopped coming for Crowder.

That should change on Sunday. The Redskins have struggled against the slot all season and with the defense’s inability to get off the field on third down, Darnold will surely be targeting his new favorite receiver in his return back to Washington this weekend.

Jamison Crowder is better off now, and he’ll likely let the Redskins know it

Crowder will make his return to Washington after leaving in free agency last year, and he’s liable to let the Redskins know what they lost.

The Washington Redskins are likely to feel a bit of a sting this weekend when they face the New York Jets, but it will be of their own doing.

For the first time since letting him go into free agency this past year, wide receiver Jamison Crowder will be returning to FedEx Field, where he spent the first four years of his career. Now, in New York, Crowder has found a new home, a new quarterback, and new life to his game.

Through the first 10 weeks of the season, Crowder has developed into the top pass-catcher for the Jets, and he’s started to find a rhythm with QB Sam Darnold at long last after the projected franchise-quarterback missed the first part of the season with an illness. So far this year, Crowder has 42 catches for over 480 yards and two touchdowns. It’s pretty clear that he is better off in the green and white, rather than the burgundy and gold.

Though Washington has seen rookie receiver Terry McLaurin shine in his place, it’s always a tough site to watch one of your few successful draft picks walk, and find a suitable home so quickly. On Sunday when the two teams meet, it wouldn’t be a shock to see Crowder put up some big numbers out of the slot, as Washington struggles to defend that position.

Whether they admit it or not, the Redskins undervalued Crowder in his four years with the team, and he’s liable to let that be known on Sunday.

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Jets injury report: Le’Veon Bell returns on limited basis

Le’Veon Bell (ribs/knee) was back on a limited basis at practice on Thursday after missing Wednesday’s practice with an illness.

Le’Veon Bell sat out of Wednesday’s practice with an illness, but he was back on Thursday.

Adam Gase said that Bell, who has also been listed with rib and knee issues, is expected to take part in practice Thursday on a limited basis.

In his first season with the Jets, Bell has dealt with multiple aliments, rushing behind a makeshift offensive line in his first season back after sitting out the entire 2018 season. Bell has gone for multiple MRIs this season, one on his shoulder and the other on his knee.

Additionally, LB Brandon Copeland (hip), CB Darryl Roberts (calf) and Ryan Kalil (knee) did not practice on Thursday.

Neither Roberts nor Kalil played vs. the Giants, but the Jets are hoping to have Copeland on Sunday. The Jets have already lost five inside linebackers to injuries this season, so Paul Worrilow and B.J. Bello would be the next men up.