Connor McGovern has had a season when he has performed for 2 groups and 4 head coaches.
“That’s not a normal stat in a season,” the Jets middle stated. “It’s been a crazy couple of weeks.”
McGovern was not even certain he was going to play this season, however then the Jets signed him to their observe squad in Week 2.
He spent three weeks with the Jets earlier than the Saints signed him on Oct. 4 after their beginning middle Erik McCoy was injured.
McGovern ended up taking part in six video games and beginning 5 in New Orleans.
“It’s been a crazy experience,” he stated. “I came here when I was considering retiring, and had a good three or four weeks here and then they claimed me. When they claimed me, they said I might be starting that week. I was like, ‘Holy [expletive], that’s crazy.’ I went down there and I didn’t start, but I got in the second half and played after being on a team for 72 hours. That was cool.”
The Saints minimize McGovern on Monday with McCoy able to return and the Jets claimed him.
McGovern had beforehand been with the staff from 2020-23 when he was the staff’s beginning middle. He’s now a backup for Joe Tippmann.
McGovern returns to a a lot completely different staff than the one he left.
Robert Saleh was fired as head coach and changed with Jeff Ulbrich the week after McGovern went to the Saints. Whereas McGovern was with the Saints, New Orleans fired coach Dennis Allen and changed him with Darren Rizzi.
Which means McGovern has performed for each NFL groups which have fired their coaches this season.
McGovern stated he picked up the system fairly simply in New Orleans as a result of it was just like methods he has performed in earlier than.
Former Jets offensive line coach John Benton, who coached McGovern in 2021 and 2022, is the Saints offensive line coach, so the road calls have been the identical.
“I’ve played a lot of football,” McGovern stated. “At some point, football is football, and you can only block a run play so many ways.”
The Jets elevated kicker Anders Carlson from the observe squad, and he would be the staff’s fourth completely different kicker in 4 weeks after the staff misplaced Spencer Shrader to the Chiefs this week.
Beginning security Chuck Clark was activated off injured reserve.
He has missed the previous 4 video games with an ankle harm. The Jets launched OL Alec Lindstrom to clear the roster spot.
CB D.J. Reed was fined $11,255 for unsportsmanlike conduct (taunting) towards the Cardinals.
