Duane Brown’s shoulder injury puts him in doubt for Jets’ opener

The Jets’ offensive line is already down one offensive sort out, and now the alternative is coping with a shoulder ailment.

Duane Brown, the beginning left sort out, who was signed after Mekhi Becton was misplaced for the season because of a fractured proper kneecap, hasn’t been at apply the final two days.

Head coach Robert Saleh mentioned he was getting his shoulder evaluated, however didn’t supply any additional replace. Brown’s standing for the season opener Sunday in opposition to the Ravens seems unsure, and the query now could be whether or not it's a long-term harm.

Dropping the 37-year-old Brown, a five-time Professional Bowler with a powerful fame for his sturdiness, can be a significant blow to the offensive line. George Fant, the starter at left sort out who was moved over to the fitting facet upon the addition of Brown, might transfer again to his unique spot.

The 2 choices to start out Sunday in opposition to the Ravens can be rookie fourth-round draft choose Max Mitchell and veteran Conor McDermott, who missed most of coaching camp with an ankle harm and didn’t seem in any preseason video games. McDermott is training with the workforce, though he was restricted in each exercises this week. So was Fant, who's nursing a knee harm.

Jets offensive lineman Duane Brown, engaged on a drill with a coach earlier within the preseason, is battling a shoulder harm and will miss the season opener.

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“We nonetheless gotta do our jobs,” offensive guard Laken Tomlinson mentioned after apply Thursday. “Clearly, the stuff occurring with Duane, that’s for Coach Saleh to touch upon. However I nonetheless have a job to do, so I’m targeted on that proper now. I’m targeted on Baltimore.”

He added: “All of our guys I really feel like I can play, everybody from veterans to rookie class. So we’re making ready like we’re making an attempt to play and win a sport.”

The Jets’ offensive line didn’t play nicely within the ultimate preseason sport in opposition to the Giants, however there was hope there was sufficient apply time earlier than the regular-season opener for the unit to develop chemistry. However that's now not doable with Brown’s standing unsure, creating extra questions than solutions a number of days earlier than the primary sport in opposition to the Ravens.

“Work is figure, we've to return collectively and be tighter as a gaggle and are available out and grind daily,” Tomlinson mentioned. “On the finish of the day, each man has to do their job irrespective of who's within the place.”