Through the Jets last preseason recreation in August, Brady Prepare dinner and Adrian Martinez had been the workforce’s two quarterbacks.
Nearly 4 months later, that would be the case once more in Gang Inexperienced’s Week 15 recreation at Jacksonville on Sunday.
With each starter Tyrod Taylor (groin) and backup Justin Fields (knee soreness) out this week as a consequence of damage, Jets coach Aaron Glenn introduced that Prepare dinner would begin towards the Jaguars. Martinez, who was signed to the follow squad on Wednesday, might be Prepare dinner’s backup.
This can mark Prepare dinner’s first NFL begin following his debut throughout final Sunday’s 34-10 loss to the Dolphins after Taylor injured his groin through the first quarter.
“This week, he has had a chance to get all the reps with the ones,” Glenn mentioned about Prepare dinner. “He has had an opportunity to speak with the O-Line, with the receivers, with the tight ends, with the teaching workers and know precisely how we wish to play this recreation.
“I have all the confidence in the world [in Cook]. That’s something I’ve stated from the beginning. He’ll be a good player in this league and he’ll have his opportunity again this week.”
The Jets signed Prepare dinner, 24, as an undrafted free agent out of Missouri in Could following the 2025 NFL Draft. He would be the fifty fifth participant to start out for the Jets in franchise historical past and the primary undrafted rookie since J.J. Jones in 1975. Prepare dinner competed with and beat out Martinez for the follow squad spot through the preseason, due to his athleticism and total upside.
Each Taylor and Fields missed follow this week, and Prepare dinner was in a position to obtain all of the first-team snaps, which ought to assist him really feel higher ready in comparison with final week when he was thrown into the fireplace with the Jets already trailing 21-0 within the opening quarter.
“I’ve been nervous before any football game I’ve ever played,” Prepare dinner mentioned. “I’m excited. It’s essential. That is every little thing I’ve ever executed.
“There’s a level of importance there that it’s going to create nerves, but whenever I drag out onto the field and take that first snap, it’s gone, it’s not there, you’re focused, because you have no other choice. You really don’t.”
The Jets have had a quarterback conundrum all the season. They signed Fields, 26, to a two-year, $40 million contract final March, hoping he could possibly be their long-term answer at quarterback. However they benched him following 9 begins through which the Jets had the worst passing offense within the NFL.
Taylor, 36, changed Fields underneath middle, however the Jets have solely been in a position to handle only one win in his 4 begins. He has additionally had his points with numerous accidents all through his profession.
Along with Taylor and Fields being out this week towards Jacksonville, tight finish Mason Taylor (neck), cornerback Azareye’h Thomas (shoulder), and linebacker Kiko Mauigoa (knee) may even not play.
