The New York Jets’ disappointing season continues to go within the improper route.
Operating again Breece Corridor and cornerback Sauce Gardner are usually not anticipated to play Sunday, and five-time Professional Bowl linebacker C.J. Mosley is completed for the season after being positioned on injured reserve Friday. For Mosley, 32, who has a herniated disk in his neck, it probably alerts the tip of his Jets profession.
The Jets (3-9) are making ready to face the Miami Dolphins (5-7) at Laborious Rock Stadium with out Corridor (knee) and Gardner (hamstring), two of their finest gamers. Each are listed as uncertain for the sport. If the Jets lose, they are going to be eradicated from rivalry, extending their playoff drought to 14 seasons — the NFL’s longest energetic streak.
“Barring one thing magical taking place the following couple of days, they’re uncertain,” interim coach Jeff Ulbrich mentioned.
Gardner pulled a hamstring final week. In the identical sport, Corridor aggravated a knee damage that occurred two weeks in the past. He has a hyperextension and an MCL problem in his surgically repaired left knee, the identical knee that sustained a torn ACL in 2022.
Rookies Braelon Allen and Isaiah Davis shall be used to switch Corridor, together with Kene Nwangwu, who scored on a 99-yard kickoff return final week in his Jets debut. Brandin Echols is anticipated to begin for Gardner towards Miami’s speedy receiving corps.
The Mosley resolution wasn’t a shock, but it surely hit arduous due to what he means to the group. He is a captain and regarded by teammates as the guts and soul of the protection.
Ulbrich known as it “a tough resolution by a really prideful, superb participant and chief — [he’s] all these issues for us. It was not a simple resolution for him, but it surely’s the perfect resolution for him and our group.”
The damage occurred Oct. 27 earlier than a street sport towards the New England Patriots. Mosley mentioned he felt “a burn” down the again of his neck through the warmups, inflicting it to “lock up.” He sat out the sport. Advised that he did not require surgical procedure, Mosley tried to make a comeback although the Jets’ season was misplaced.
Mosley mentioned he was progressing properly however suffered a minor setback on Thanksgiving, when he collided with Allen throughout a short-yardage play in apply. Undaunted, he tried once more this week, practising absolutely on Wednesday with the hope of enjoying towards the Dolphins. There was an obvious setback, as he missed apply on Thursday.
The damage clouds his soccer future.
Mosley is below contract for 2025, however his cap cost is a hefty $12.8 million, which incorporates $4.25 million in assured cash. He has performed solely 4 video games this season and misplaced his beginning job to Jamien Sherwood throughout a four-game absence on account of a toe damage. With a brand new regime coming in, Mosley is a possible cap casualty.
To exchange him on the roster, the Jets plan to activate vast receiver Allen Lazard from IR.
