The Jets quarterback state of affairs stays in flux forward of their sport towards Jacksonville.
Each Tyrod Taylor (groin) and Justin Fields (knee soreness) didn’t apply on Wednesday.
Jets coach Aaron Glenn stated Taylor and Fields will likely be evaluated later this week to see if they may probably begin towards the Jaguars. Brady Cook dinner, whom the Jets signed to the energetic roster off the apply squad final week, acquired all of the first-team reps on Wednesday.
If Taylor and Fields can not play, that would depart Cook dinner and Adrian Martinez, whom the Jets signed to the apply squad on Wednesday, as the 2 quarterbacks towards the Jaguars.
“There’s a plan for the quarterback,” Jets coach Aaron Glenn stated. “Both approach it really works out in the course of the week, we’ve acquired all our bases lined.
Taylor, who made his fourth begin of the season, left Sunday’s loss to the Dolphins within the first quarter after he was hit whereas throwing an interception that deflected off rookie tight finish Mason Taylor and was introduced in by Dolphins linebacker Tyrel Dodson. He didn’t return and Glenn hasn’t given a lot of an replace on Taylor’s standing within the days following his damage.
Fields hasn’t performed for the reason that Jets’ Nov. 13 loss to the Patriots. The next week, Glenn benched Fields for Taylor after the Jets had the worst passing offense within the NFL. Fields was inactive for the sport towards the Dolphins following knee soreness after final week’s apply.
Throughout Wednesday’s apply media availability, Fields was doing a little gentle working on the aspect. Glenn has not introduced a starter for the sport towards the Jaguars.
Cook dinner, who’s the Jets’ lone wholesome quarterback on the energetic roster, got here in for Taylor after he was made the backup towards the Dolphins and regarded very very similar to an undrafted rookie free agent quarterback enjoying in his first sport. He accomplished 14 of 30 passes for 163 yards with two interceptions and he was sacked six occasions. Jets receivers completed with six drops towards the Dolphins, which didn’t assist the offensive rhythm.
Along with his interceptions, Cook dinner additionally virtually bobbled the ball away on his first snap and recovered his personal fumble in the course of the fourth quarter. The Jets signed Cook dinner as an undrafted free agent in Could after passing for 9,251 yards, 50 touchdowns, and 15 interceptions throughout his 5 seasons at Missouri. He was elevated for 2 earlier video games, however didn’t play in an NFL sport till final Sunday.
“I think getting back out there in the second half, it definitely started to slow down,” Cook dinner stated about Sunday’s sport. “The primary few sequence have been positively fast, and I feel if you’re not fairly trusting it but, issues are shifting quick, you would possibly put a bit additional warmth on it to guard your self from the individuals you don’t see, from the ghosts possibly, no matter it’s, as a result of issues are shifting quick.
“But yeah, in the second half, it definitely started to slow down, started to see it better.”
Martinez signed again with the Jets after spending the 2024 season and coaching camp with the membership. He was launched in August throughout ultimate cuts after the Jets saved Cook dinner on the apply squad as an alternative.
The 49ers then signed Martinez to their apply squad, the place he spent the earlier 4 months in San Francisco. He performed in a single sport for the 49ers, taking the ultimate knee of their Nov. 2 victory towards the Giants. The 49ers waived him on Tuesday.
“Obviously, happy to have him here,” Cook dinner stated about Martinez. “He’s superior. He’s superior. Nice teammate, nice quarterback, excited to have him within the room.
Along with Taylor and Fields, the Jets have a number of different gamers injured in the mean time. Operating again Breece Corridor (knee), Taylor (neck), tight finish Stone Smartt (concussion), defensive sort out Harrison Phillips (vet relaxation day), linebackers Quincy Williams (hand) and Kiko Mauioga (neck), and cornerback Azareye’h Thomas (shoulder) all missed Wednesday’s apply because of damage.
Large receiver Garrett Wilson, who’s eligible to return off injured reserve after lacking 4 consecutive video games due to a knee damage, has not been activated. With 4 video games remaining within the season and with the Jets formally eradicated from postseason competition at 3-10, it’s truthful to marvel if Wilson has already performed his ultimate snap of the yr.
I’ll wait on the docs and ensure we get that carried out,” Glenn stated about Wilson. “He hasn’t been put out there, opened up just yet.”
