http://www.newyorkjets.com/news/art...vs-Lions/ac46b363-06c7-4795-ac44-0073d195ca31 Who Has Been Ruled Out for Week 2 vs. Lions? Ethan GreenbergNYJets.com Contributor Mauldin, Forté Won’t Suit Up in Motor City, but Powell Will Play While the Jets have yet to name their starting quarterback for their second preseason matchup, head coach Todd Bowles told the media who wouldn’t play against the Lions Saturday night. “We’ll probably hold Mauldin (back) out,” Bowles said. “Forté (hamstring) hasn’t practiced the whole week, so he won’t play.” Wide receivers Marquess Wilson (hip) and Daniel Williams (concussion) also will not play. However, the Jets will receive a shot in the arm as running back Bilal Powell is set to make his preseason debut. Rookie OLB Dylan Donahue and S Shamarko Thomas are expected to make their debuts as they were both held out of the preseason opener, but both players practiced all week. WR Quincy Enunwa, who will miss the next six to nine months due to a bulging disc in his neck, was a bystander at practice today. The third-year player has yet to be placed on injured reserve, but Bowles said he’s getting surgery sometime next week. Et Cetera Bryce Petty had his most reps of camp and fired a handful of touchdown passes, two of which landed in the hands of tight end Jason Vander Laan…Cornerback Morris Claiborne had a pair of picks. The first one bounced off of WR Chris Harper’s hands from a Christian Hackenberg rocket that took a fortuitous bounce and fell into Claiborne’s lap. He later picked off Bryce Petty, who was scrambling to avoid pressure from OLB Freddie Bishop…TE Austin Seferian-Jenkins caught a nice ball from Josh McCown down the seams that stretched over Bishop’s outreached hand...Rookie CB Derrick Jones showed nice closing speed and batted down a ball from Petty intended for WR Charone Peake. **** I'll look forward to seeing/reading about Donahue's and Thomas' performances in the game.
It'll be interesting to see how he balance evaluating/grooming Hack vs getting Josh ready for the opener. The most efficient way (to me) is probably to not play Petty. Have the 1s play the entire first half, Q1 with Josh and Q2 with Hack, then have Hack play the 2nd half with 2s and 3s. Petty is gonna get the entire 4th game anyway so you might as well give these reps to the top 2 guys.
Makes sense on one hand if Bowles is as committed to starting McCown as we think, but not if there really is still a competition, and Bowles is undecided. If the Jets have ruled out Petty as the starter, and Hack still has a chance to start game 1 of the regular season, do you really want Hack playing behind the 2nd and 3rd string OLs? I don't want Petty playing behind them, either, but imo that makes the most sense if there is still a competition between McCown and Hack, then let each have a qtr. or qtr/ and-a-half with the 1st string offense, and then let Petty play the entire 2nd half or 4th qtr.
I don't have a problem with him playing with the 2s but I guess the 3s is a different story. The majority of his reps last week were with the backups and they held up alright. Hopefully the defense does as good of a job as last week at forcing short drives and 3 and outs to get the offense as many reps as possible. That was huge.
vander laan sounds promising. he could win the TE2 spot and even start week 1 and 2 due to ASJ suspension. Also nothing but positive from ASJ. we could actually have decent TEs this year. Claiborne sounds good as well. the harper drop is frustrating.
Vander Laan is definitely promising and the Jets are high on him. That said, he could, but I doubt he wins the TE2 spot. Leggett and Gragg could have a lot to say about that. Remember that Vander Laan was a college QB just 1 1/2 years ago. I imagine that he still has a lot to learn about playing the position, and probably has to learn how to block effectively. I definitely think we will have effective TEs this year. In fact, I can fairly easily see them being better than our WRs. I think that ASJ is gonna be a full-fledged star, if the Jets QBs have time to throw the ball and can get him the ball down the seams. Leggett has a ton of promise. He's got excellent hands, and his blocking is much better than was advertised. Gragg is a solid vet. Unless they decide to keep 4 (and they might) they're going to have a tough cut at TE.
They sure cut Forte. The guy is always injured and probably won't play at all this preseason. So that means he's not in "football shape" and will be injured early in the regular season. Good running back but brittle.
if i was a 31 y.o. rb who was the bell cow for a lot of years, i would have a "hamstring" early in training camp too
I was at practice on Thursday, and Sefarian-Jenkins was the player who stood out to me. The guy is bigger than anyone else on the field, and seems to be in great shape. He also was the only player to run over towards the fans to sign autographs the moment practice ended. Seems like he's getting things figured out, both physically and mentally and I expect a solid season from him. I was impressed.
Would like to see another solid effort from Hackenberg. Less drops from the WR. And 0 injuries. And fewer penalties.
Yeah, of course if you were a stud but Forte is not that guy. I can't remember if he's ever played a whole season. I give him to game 2 before he's out.
Hoping some how that Bowles is the first coach in NFL history to tear his ACL and be out for the season.
McDougle actually impressed me in first preseason game. Reports out of camp are glowing too. Worth keeping an eye out tonite. He's competing with the rookie and Roberts. Might finally be his year. Likewise, with Middleton injury....Martin, Shamarko Thomas and Rontez Miles will be an interesting battle. Of course, nothing would be better than Hack playing another capable game. goddam this team. they suck beyond belief and yet i'm still exciting for preseason week 2!
How many CB's are they gonna keep? I think Marcus Williams is in that battle also, that he may not be guaranteed anything, and there may be one odd man out. Williams' experience is a plus tho. McDougle might have a place in Nickle and Dime. He's very athletic. I like Martin's length and athleticism. It would be nice to see it start to get somewhat better for him like it was with Middleton. The OL will be interesting also. Maybe we get an idea of the pecking order, and if there's somebody that has raised his game, Shell i.e.. Likewise the OLB's. Hack obviously. A good showing on the road would be nice.
I think 6 cbs and 4 safeties? 10 dbs total. Adams Maye Miles Thomas Skrine Claiborne Burris Jones (r) 2 of Roberts,mcdougal,Williams Jeremy Clark to ir
