The Jets 2024 season continues to have components that appear exhausting to consider.
A kind of would be the workforce utilizing its fifth kicker Sunday, essentially the most the Jets have ever utilized in a season and the second-most in NFL historical past.
The Jets could have Greg Joseph kicking towards the Dolphins after Greg Zuerlein landed again on injured reserve with a again harm.
Zuerlein had simply returned from IR due to a knee harm earlier than final week’s 40-14 loss in Buffalo.
Zuerlein didn’t kick within the recreation.
Punter Thomas Morstead dealt with kickoff duties and the Jets went for 2 after their two fourth-quarter touchdowns.
This continues a loopy season at kicker for the Jets.
Zuerlein struggled early within the 12 months and made simply 9-of-15 discipline aim makes an attempt.
The Jets put him on IR in October.
Since then, Riley Patterson, Spencer Shrader and Anders Carlson have all kicked for the Jets.
“It’s definitely not something we anticipated,” interim coach Jeff Ulbrich mentioned. “Like when you think about how this roster was built to start this season, you would’ve definitely said that Greg would’ve been one of the strengths, and he’d been a guy that we leaned on in a lot of ways, won us a lot of games here, and unfortunately, his health just didn’t cooperate.”
Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel mentioned the workforce is getting ready to have Tyler “Snoop” Huntley at quarterback towards the Jets.
Tua Tagovailoa (hip) was a restricted participant in follow.
Ulbrich mentioned security Chuck Clark tore his pectoral muscle and that’s what landed him on IR.
“It’s just crazy, here’s a guy that played almost a historic amount of plays consecutively in his time with Baltimore, and then to have two back to back injuries like this,” Ulbrich mentioned, referencing the torn ACL that value Clark his 2023 season. “I know he’s so frustrated and it couldn’t have happened to a better teammate and person on this team, so although I know how he’s going to approach it, and he’s going to be back better than ever.”
TE Tyler Conklin (calf), CB Sauce Gardner (hamstring), RT Morgan Moses (knee), RG Alijah Vera-Tucker (ankle) and DT Quinnen Williams (hamstring) didn’t follow Wednesday.