The Jets’ secondary sure is getting a makeover today. Shortly after releasing starting cornerback Pierre Desir, New York has placed fellow starting corner Brian Poole on injured reserve, the team announced Tuesday.
Poole is dealing with shoulder and knee injuries although head coach Adam Gase indicated recently they weren’t overly serious. With this move, Poole will have to miss at least the next three games. Poole has been playing heavy snaps as a starter, leaving the Jets with a lot of production to replace. He entered the league as an UDFA with the Falcons in 2016, then signed a one-year, $3.5MM contract with the Jets in 2019.
He re-upped with another one-year pact worth $5MM this past offseason. In nine games so far he’s racked up 44 tackles, a sack, seven passes defended, and two interceptions. Rookie fifth-rounder Bryce Hall, just activated off the NFI list, was already going to play a bigger role with Desir gone and now he’s even more important. The Jets are going to have a very young group of corners when they take on Justin Herbert and the Chargers this week. Things could get ugly.
I’m glad they’ll get to take a good look at Bryce Hall in game action. I’m not looking forward to seeing what they look like without their only good corner who’s ever actually played in the NFL.
Hall was one of the guys I was hoping the Raiders would draft him, but they just weren’t in that draft niche. If healthy, and that is a big if with him, I think you got yourselves a bargain.
POOLE sustained his shoulder injury on a blitz when he made a SWIM move !!
Folks, we have a floater