Jets reveal Adonai Mitchell had procedure on finger as return timetable remains uncertain
It appears the Jets will be without wide receiver Adonai Mitchell for another week. Jets coach Aaron Glenn revealed Wednesday that Mitchell had a “small procedure” on the injured finger on his right hand after previously saying that he had not had one.Mitchell was listed as not practicing again on Wednesday and Glenn labeled him “week to week,” which usually translates into “he’s not playing” in Glenn-speak. Text with Brian Costello all season as he brings Sports+ subscribers the latest Jets intel from on the field and off.
“The good thing is, man, he’s moving his fingers around really, really well, and I’m still going to put him on this week-to-week deal,” Glenn said. Mitchell originally injured his finger in practice Sept.24.
Glenn said the next day that Mitchell had caught his finger in a teammate’s jersey and downplayed the injury, but Mitchell was spotted with a large cast/wrap on the hand the next day.Glenn said Mitchell did not initially have the procedure done, waiting a bit.
That could explain why the Jets did not place Mitchell on injured reserve. “Well, I think he waited like a week, week and a half before he had to see how he actually was going to progress and then we wanted to go ahead and get it knocked out,” Glenn said. Sunday’s game with the Patriots would be the fourth game Mitchell has missed.If the Jets knew it would be four weeks, they could have placed him on injured reserve and brought him back after that time to give themselves a roster spot. RB Breece Hall (quad), edge Joseph Ossai (ankle) and OG Dylan Parham (knee) did not practice and probably will miss Sunday’s game.
TE Kenyon Sadiq (concussion) was limited, a good sign for his availability Sunday.S Dane Belton (knee) was also limited.
LB Kiko Mauigoa (quad) was a full participant in practice. The Jets opened the practice window on rookie WR Omar Cooper Jr.on Wednesday and now have 21 days to add him to the active roster.
He could be activat...