Banged-up Jets look to avoid three-game losing streak without five key players against Bears
Breece Hall will get the most attention, but the Jets will be without a litany of other key players as they look to avoid a three-game losing streak. WR Adonai Mitchell (finger), OL Dylan Parham (knee), TE Mason Taylor (thumb) and LB Kiko Mauigoa (quad) are all out for the Jets’ Week 4 game against the Bears in Chicago on Sunday. Text with Brian Costello all season as he brings Sports+ subscribers the latest Jets intel from on the field and off.Mitchell is considered week to week and is missing his second straight game after injuring his finger in practice last week.
It continues to leave the Jets thin at receiver behind Garrett Wilson. Mitchell’s and Taylor’s absences last week opened the door for rookie tight end Kenyon Sadiq to break out in the passing game, catching seven passes for 105 yards and a touchdown in the Week 3 loss.It was part of a tight end-heavy approach — receivers other than Wilson caught just two passes for 24 yards. Parham, injured during last week’s game, is likely to be replaced by Jordan Meredith at left guard on an offensive line that struggled the last two weeks after a dominant Week 1 showing. Safety Minkah Fitzpatrick, who has been sidelined since exiting early in his Jets debut Week 1 with a groin injury, was a full participant in practice for the second straight day Friday and does not carry an injury designation, meaning he is set to make his return Edge rusher Kingsley Enagbare (knee) was a limited participant Friday and is questionable for Sunday. The Bears officially ruled out Caleb Williams, who continues to rehab a hamstring injury, for Sunday’s game, but head coach Ben Johnson did not reveal who his starting quarterback will be. Tyson Bagent, whom the Bears signed to a two-year, $10 million extension last year, has been the Bears’ backup quarterback all year.
But he missed the team’s 27-7 win over the Eagles on “Monday Night Football” last week due to a concussion.Third-stringer Case Keenum ins...