Justin Fields and lots of Jets starters sat throughout the preseason finale in opposition to the Eagles.
That gave Brady Cook dinner and the remainder of the gamers on the bubble one ultimate probability to impress Jets coaches forward of Tuesday’s cut-down day.
Nevertheless, the offense, very similar to final week, was caught in impartial on Friday evening.
Cook dinner accomplished 13-of-19 passes for 99 yards and an interception in opposition to the Eagles. He and Adrian Martinez are each preventing for a 53-man roster spot. Martinez, who performed within the second half, was the Jets’ lone captain for the sport in opposition to the Eagles.
The Jets solely gained 149 yards of complete offense within the first half.
With it being probably the Jets will solely maintain two quarterbacks on their roster, both Cook dinner or Martinez will most likely be the workforce’s apply squad quarterback. Tyrod Taylor would be the Jets’ backup quarterback, however he had his knee scoped earlier this month and was dominated out for the preseason.
With the Jets’ Week 1 matchup in opposition to the Steelers practically two weeks away (Sept. 7), the Jets wanted to see if Cook dinner or Martinez might probably be the workforce’s backup quarterback if Taylor will not be prepared for motion. The end result was not supreme for the Jets’ first workforce offense.
With Cook dinner engineering the offense, the Jets went three and out on their first two possessions. Then, on third and 10 on their 41, Cook dinner threw an interception to former Jet cornerback Parry Nickerson.
Cook dinner’s greatest drive was the ultimate one earlier than halftime. He accomplished 3-of-5 passes for 47 yards and likewise rushed for 12 yards. That helped arrange a 41-yard profitable subject aim by Nick People that made the rating 6-3 on the half.
The Jets signed Cook dinner as an undrafted rookie free agent out of Missouri. In his two preseason video games in opposition to the Packers and Giants, Cook dinner handed for a mixed 136 yards and a landing.
Proper sort out Armand Membou was the one projected Jets starter who performed in opposition to the Eagles. He probably began and performed in opposition to the Eagles as a result of he wanted the reps, as he’s a rookie.
Nevertheless, Membou had a tough begin to the evening. He dedicated a holding name on the Jets’ first drive, which led to them punting. He was additionally flagged for a fault begin name on the second drive. Membou solely performed two sequence earlier than he was pulled for the evening.
Jake Elliott transformed two lengthy first-half subject targets, which gave the Eagles an early 6-0 lead.
With a lot of the Jets’ starters enjoying within the first two preseason video games in opposition to the Packers and Giants, Jets coach Aaron Glenn thought that was sufficient for the preseason.
Now that the preseason is formally over for the Jets, they might want to trim their roster down from 90 to 53 males by 4 p.m. on Tuesday. Nevertheless, the gamers who can be launched will nonetheless have a possibility to make the 16-man apply squad.
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