C.J. Mosley will miss his fourth straight recreation Sunday when the Jets face the Colts.
The veteran linebacker revealed Friday that he has a herniated disk in his neck. He hopes to come back again in two weeks after the Jets have their bye, however he’s even uncertain if he’ll be 100% by then.
Mosley, 32, mentioned he undoubtedly needs to return to the Jets.
“That’s definitely the goal,” Mosley mentioned. “I’m in a position where I’ve played a lot of football. Me missing this time won’t hurt me as much as another guy that might need this opportunity. It’s about safety at the end of the day. When I go home, I’m Clint Mosley. I’m C.J. I’m not the football player.”
Mosley mentioned the lesson of how necessary life is after soccer hit dwelling with the delivery of his daughter final month. He injured his neck per week after she was born.
“I had a full week of having a normal neck and ever since then every time I’m looking down, my neck’s hurting,” Mosley mentioned. “It puts things in perspective. There’s a lot of life after football. When I’m done playing, I want to make sure I’m 100 percent.”
How the harm occurred was unusual.
Mosley had simply completed giving the pregame speech to his workforce on the sector in New England on Oct. 27. He was on his approach to heat up with the opposite linebackers when he felt it.
“I just felt like a burning in the back of my neck then everything else just locked up after,” Mosley mentioned.
The docs informed Mosley he gained’t want surgical procedure. Relaxation and bodily remedy ought to heal the issue. Mosley mentioned he had an epidural final week and a aspect block shot this week.
It has been a tough season for Mosley, who has additionally handled a toe harm. He has solely performed 4 video games due to the accidents.
“Just disappointing from my perspective,” Mosley mentioned of the season. “I want to be on the field whether we’re winning or losing. I want to be on the field helping and producing and doing what I can. This sport is all about production. There’s only so much you can do from the sideline. After a while, you just feel like a coach talking.”
LT Tyron Smith (neck) is out and might be changed by rookie Olu Fashanu. Smith could possibly be headed to injured reserve, which might imply lacking at the very least 4 video games.
OL Jake Hanson (hamstring) additionally was dominated out.
WR Davante Adams (wrist, sickness) and DT Solomon Thomas (knee) are listed as questionable.
S Chuck Clark (ankle) mentioned he expects to be activated off of injured reserve after lacking the final 4 video games.
Anders Carlson might be elevated from the follow squad to be the Jets’ fourth kicker within the final 4 video games, after Greg Zuerlein (injured reserve), Riley Patterson (launched) and Spencer Shrader (signed Thursday by the Chiefs off the Jets follow squad).
“We’re confident that Anders can get it done,” head coach Jeff Ulbrich mentioned after Carlson’s first follow because the starter. “It was a windy day, a day that was challenging in a lot of ways and he did a good job.”
Ulbrich referred to as the kicker carousel “not ideal by any means.”
He declined to debate the “roster management” that induced the Jets to lose Shrader by not signing him to their lively roster earlier within the week.
Carlson, a 2023 Packers draft choose, kicked in two video games for the 49ers earlier this season.
—Ryan Dunleavy contributed to this report
