Following Saturday night’s Green & White scrimmage and in preparation for this Thursday’s first preseason game against the Indianapolis Colts, the Jets today trimmed five players from their roster. Wide Receiver Saalim Hakim, Tight End Tanner Purdum, Offensive Tackle Markus Zusevics, Linebacker A.J. Edds, and Cornerback Johnny Patrick were all notified of their release.
There are no surprises here as each player appeared to be buried on the depth chart at their respective positions and were not expected to get much playing time in the Jets first preseason game. The Jets current roster number stands at 70 and will need to be reduced to 65 next week.
Following Saturday night’s Green & White scrimmage and in preparation for this Thursday’s first preseason game against the Indianapolis Colts, the Jets today trimmed five players from their roster. Wide Receiver Saalim Hakim, Tight End Tanner Purdum, Offensive Tackle Markus Zusevics, Linebacker A.J. Edds, and Cornerback Johnny Patrick were all notified of their release.
Aw man, I like Johnny Patrick, he follows me on instagram.
East Rutherford, N.J. --- The optimism surrounding the Jets training camp this summer took a detour last night as the Jets lost to the Colts in their opening game of the preseason, 41-26. Andrew Luck looked to be in mid-season form while engineering two scoring drives in his one quarter of action. The scoring began early on the Colts first drive when Luck avoided what looked to be a sure sack by Damon Harrison and launched a 44 yard bomb to receiver T.Y. Hilton in the back of the end zone. Following a quick three and out by the Jets offense, Luck was at in again this time finding Reggie Wayne wide open on a slant for a 10 yard touchdown. The Jets starting offense failed to get a first down in their one quarter of action and the first team defense struggled mightily against the pass with the exception of a Dimitri Patterson interception of Luck on the Jets 2 yard line. Rex Ryan commented on the pass defense saying, “I’m glad Luck played only one quarter or we might’ve given up 81 instead of 41.”
The Jets second unit offense faired a bit better, but too often had to settle for field goals. Michael Vick saw his first action as a Jet and led three scoring drives, but they resulted in only 13 points. Tight end Jeff Cumberland staked his claim for a starting spot with a productive outing scoring on a 14 yard pass from Vick and hauling in another pass for 22 yards on the final drive of the first half. Rookie receiver Quincy Enunwa also flashed as he converted on a third down by making an incredible diving catch for 14 yards.
The defensive reserves shared the same fate as the starters giving up a number of long scoring plays. One was a 51 yard pass from Matt Hasselbeck to receiver Griff Whalen. Then two 73 yard touchdown runs by Trent Richardson, the last of which sealed the victory for the Colts after the Jets cut their lead to eight in the fourth quarter. “I’ve never seen something like that against my defense,” Ryan said on the long runs, “we have a lot of work ahead of us.”
From the outset of training camp Michael Vick has been vocal in his acceptance of the back-up role to Geno Smith, but after Vick’s productive outing and Smith’s struggles, it seems possible that a quarterback controversy is taking shape. Smith is expected to get more playing time next week when the Jets travel to Cincinnati.
Injury Update: WR Greg Salas left the game in the 4th quarter with an abdominal injury. His status for next week’s game is unknown.
Tough preseason opener. On a brighter note though. I really like your layout, very simple and clean. Your writing is also very good.
I've played two other preseason games and the scores are a bit wacky. I'm comfortable with the sliders, just bad defense.
You know what they say, keep it simple stupid. Thanks again for the feedback. I would like at some point to add some stills from actual game action to the reports, but I have no clue how to do that.
The Jets released the names of five players cut from their roster this morning. Quarterback Matt Simms, receiver Clyde Gates, middle linebacker Troy Davis, and outside linebackers Jermaine Cunningham and Tim Fugger.
Each player was considered to be on the roster bubble entering camp so there aren't any surprises here. The one exception may be Cunningham, but the Jets started camp with eight outside linebackers so he seems to be a victim of a numbers game.
Just read through this and its great. I really like your writing style and the storylines leading up to your ownership were great. Also like that narrative post, really adds depth.
I'll definitely be keeping tabs on this, great job
01-14-2016, 11:58 AM
