The pitchers cut Sam Ficken on the kicker on Saturday in an unsurprising move.
Ficken, in nine games this season for the Jets, made 13 of his 15 field attempts and won 12 of 15 with extra points. He had two blocked shots last week against Browns, a field goal attempt and a point-by-point attempt. Ficken missed five games with a groin injury this year after hitting in 15 games for the Jets in 2019.
Chase McLaughlin will be the kicker in New England in the season finale on Sunday. The Jets claimed that McLaughlin gave up on giving up the Jaguars last month, but he did not appear in a game for them. McLaughlin has appeared in three games with Jacksonville this season and has won 4 to 5 on field goals and 3 to 4 with extra points. He will be the third kicker the Jets have used this season.
The Jets had two blocked shots last week, which angered special teams coordinator Brant Boyer. Ficken had an extra point attempt and a blocked goal attempt.
“This is a show for a child, so I’m going to try to calm down what I’m saying here,” Boyer said. “It simply came to our notice then. We gave up too much pressure inside, a little bit of a small blow and then we had to put a guy down at the very last second to get him there in the second. I think we can definitely do a better job. “
It’s all about stopping the inner pressure. They didn’t get that much push and that’s not enough to usually block a shot. So we definitely need to fix this before this week. Obviously, this can never happen, and it happened twice in one game. So, needless to say, I’m not happy about that. “
Defensive jet of defender Greg Van Roten from the injured reserve on Saturday. He expects to start with the right guard, where he started for the first 12 games of the Jets season. He suffered a toe injury that put him in injured reserve on December 12 … Cornerback Bless Austin was ruled out after disappearing this week with a non-COVID-19 disease. Lamar Jackson is expected to start in his place.
The Jets also signed DL Tanzel Smart and LB Sharif Finch to the active list of the training team. They picked up Noah Dawkins and Brady Sheldon from the training team.
Jets WR reviewer Denzel Mims had a quiet game last week against Browns, played without a catch for the first time in a game this season.
Mims had a freshman year up and down, which was hampered by hamstring injuries at first. He revealed the ability that made the Jets take him out of the second round of Baylor, but he still hasn’t had a monster game. Could this come on Sunday against the Patriots?
The Jets said there were reasons Cleveland was detained without capture.
“I think there were a few things that – coverage dictates where the ball goes,” offensive coordinator Dowell Loggains said. “Obviously, the boys inside had a bigger game [Jamison] Crowder, [Braxton] Berrios and [TE Chris] Herndon. I think I had eight targets for the boys outside and I was 0-for-8. There were a few disputed balls, a few go-ahead tracks that were thrown. Sometimes a game turns like that and when the ball goes out to the boys, they have to play contested games. And when you don’t make those pieces, sometimes your line of state won’t be as good. “
Mims has 22 catches for 342 meters in eight matches this season He’s still looking for his first touchdown.