Final Injury Report Confirms Jets Ready for Take-off vs. Bills
The New York Jets officially have three offensive starters carrying a "questionable" injury tag heading into Monday night's season opener, but all three players practiced fully on Saturday.
Running back Breece Hall, left tackle Duane Brown and right tackle Mekhi Becton, who are listed as questionable under the game status column on the official injury report, went from limited practice participants to full participation as the week evolved.
"Injuries, real quick. Duane, obviously, he is full participant today. Mekhi is full participant today, Breece Hall full participant today," said third-year head coach Robert Saleh prior to Saturday's practice session in Florham Park.
Slot cornerback Michael Carter II also popped on the list Saturday due to a nicked-up elbow, but the full participant does not have a game designation and is good to go for Monday Night Football against the Buffalo Bills.
"Michael is showing up on the injury report, full participant," said Saleh. "It’s an injury reporting semantics. He will be fine. It is an elbow. He got bumped in the elbow."
Hall, Brown and Becton carried an injury designation for the entire practice week as they battle back from offseason surgeries. None of the three ever seemed to be in jeopardy of missing the franchise's most-anticipated home opener in decades although Becton was absent on Friday due to an illness.
Neither Brown nor Becton was available for the 2022 opener, meaning the Jets are already off to a healthier start in 2023.
Meanwhile, veteran safety Micah Hyde was the lone Buffalo player on the injury report this week. Hyde practiced in full on Saturday and the former teammate of Aaron Rodgers has no injury designation heading into the Week 1 battle at MetLife Stadium.
Jets vs. Bills Injury Report
SATURDAY
Jets
OL Mekhi Becton (knee/illness) — FP
(Game: Questionable)
OL Duane Brown (shoulder) — FP
(Game: Questionable)
RB Breece Hall (knee) — FP
(Game: Questionable)
CB Michael Carter II (elbow) — FP
(Game: – )
Bills
S Micah Hyde (back) — FP
(Game: – )
FRIDAY
Jets
OL Mekhi Becton (knee/illness) — DNP
OL Duane Brown (shoulder) — LP
RB Breece Hall (knee) — LP
Bills
S Micah Hyde (back) — FP
THURSDAY
Jets
OL Mekhi Becton (knee) — LP
OL Duane Brown (shoulder) — LP
RB Breece Hall (knee) — LP
Bills
S Micah Hyde (back) — LP
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