{"id":1004836,"date":"2026-09-19T07:33:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T07:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1004836\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T07:33:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T07:33:16","slug":"jets-rule-out-safety-minkah-fitzpatrick-against-packers-as-jordan-love-brings-a-pass-heavy-attack-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1004836\/","title":{"rendered":"Jets rule out safety Minkah Fitzpatrick against Packers as Jordan Love brings a pass-heavy attack –"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love (10) throws a pass under pressure from the Minnesota Vikings defense during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo\/Bailey Hillesheim)<\/p>\n

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — The New York Jets ruled out safety Minkah Fitzpatrick ahead of their home opener Sunday against Jordan Love and the Green Bay Packers\u2019 formidable pass-heavy offense.<\/p>\n

Coach Aaron Glenn announced Friday that Fitzpatrick, who is dealing with a groin injury suffered on the Jets\u2019 sixth defensive play of their win at Tennessee, would sit out against Green Bay, as expected, along with edge rusher Joseph Ossai (foot), rookie wide receiver Omar Cooper Jr. (ankle) and running back\/kick returner Kene Nwangwu (back).<\/p>\n

Glenn had said earlier in the week that all four are \u201cweek to week\u201d with their injuries.<\/p>\n

Fitzpatrick\u2019s absence is particularly notable this week with the Jets facing the Packers after Love threw for 387 yards and two touchdowns with one interception in a 39-22 loss at Minnesota last Sunday. Green Bay had a fourth-quarter collapse en route to its sixth straight defeat, dating to last season, but the offense showed early it can be productive.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Jets are still looking for their first interception since the 2024 season finale, an NFL-record drought of 18 games.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know it\u2019s going to be a challenge, our guys know it\u2019s going to be a challenge, coaching staff knows it\u2019s going to be a challenge, but that\u2019s how this league is, and we understand that,\u201d Glenn said. \u201cEvery week it\u2019s something new and you never know how these games are going to turn out. So we\u2019re excited to go out and put up a good showing at our first home game of this year for our fans.\u201d<\/p>\n

Andre Cisco, a starter last season, is expected to see playing time in Fitzpatrick\u2019s absence opposite Dane Belton.<\/p>\n

Rookie D\u2019Angelo Ponds is cleared to make his debut<\/p>\n

New York\u2019s secondary did get some good news as rookie cornerback D\u2019Angelo Ponds, a second-round pick, is in line to make his NFL debut. Ponds missed nearly all of training camp and the season opener with a calf injury.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been tough,\u201d Ponds said. \u201cI can\u2019t lie and say it hasn\u2019t. Obviously, me being out a long time, it\u2019s been tough for a guy who loves football. So being away from the game, it was tough for me. But I\u2019m back now, healthy, I feel good and ready to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

The former Indiana standout could have a major role in the defense as part of the nickel package.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur trainers have done an outstanding job of getting him ready to go and he\u2019s been in the meetings, so he\u2019s understanding exactly what we\u2019re doing,\u201d Glenn said. \u201cThe thing is, and I\u2019ve always said this, just the time on task of actually out there doing it, that\u2019s what\u2019s somewhat different. We\u2019ll see exactly how this week ends up and see how that goes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jets considering their wide receiver options with Cooper out<\/p>\n

Cooper, a first-rounder, started last week and had a 30-yard catch-and-run to set up a touchdown on New York\u2019s opening drive, but he sprained an ankle and didn\u2019t return.<\/p>\n

Garrett Wilson, Adonai Mitchell, Isaiah Williams and Arian Smith are the healthy wide receivers on the Jets\u2019 active roster, and Glenn said the team was still evaluating what it\u2019ll do at the position for the game. New York signed veterans Sterling Shepard and Tyler Johnson to the practice squad earlier this week, and one could be elevated Saturday to play against the Packers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll see,\u201d Glenn said. \u201cWe still have time to figure that out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jets are sticking with Sanders as their kicker<\/p>\n

Jason Sanders will remain the Jets\u2019 kicker this week after bouncing back from a rough start in the opener.<\/p>\n

The former Dolphins star was elevated from the practice squad and got the start at Tennessee ahead of Blake Grupe, who is on the active roster. Sanders made a 33-yard field goal in the second quarter but then missed badly on a 54-yard attempt.<\/p>\n

When asked Friday what happened, he said: \u201cNot much. I mean, just tried to hit it too hard.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sanders later made field goals of 51 and 52 yards and converted his two extra-point tries.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought it was critical to see him go through that miss and then be able to come back and make, I think it was two 50-something yarders, which I thought was impressive,\u201d Glenn said. \u201cHe did a good job and I like the way that he fought back ending up making those field goals.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sanders said the Jets have practiced a bit with wet footballs this week since rain is in the forecast for Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cNothing changes,\u201d Sanders said. \u201cEverything\u2019s going to be the same. The same standard operation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"National Sports Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love (10) throws a pass under pressure…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1004837,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2072],"tags":[7,41,345,2514,2513,6,428],"class_list":["post-1004836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-green-bay-packers","tag-football","tag-green-bay","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-greenbay","tag-greenbaypackers","tag-nfl","tag-packers"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117296549648408035","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1004836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1004836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1004836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1004837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1004836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1004836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1004836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}