DENVER — Nonetheless in full uniform, Michael Carter was quietly sitting alone inside his stall within the guests’ locker room after the Jets had overcome the Broncos, 16-9, Sunday at Empower Subject at Mile Excessive.
When the second-year operating again was knowledgeable by The Put up that head coach Robert Saleh minutes earlier than mentioned the workforce fears rookie operating again Breece Corridor tore an anterior cruciate knee ligament within the second quarter, Carter grimaced and mentioned, “Oh f–okay.’’
“My first response once I noticed him on the bottom holding his knee was you don’t ever need to see a operating again holding their knee,’’ Carter mentioned. “It harm me. For him to depart the sport, yeah, it shook me up. I attempted to get my head again within the sport, as a result of I do care about him so much. I had a prayer with him after the sport, wished him the perfect and am praying for him.
“It’s onerous to clarify how I really feel proper now. I actually hope he’s OK.’’
Saleh’s evaluation after the sport sounded grim.
“Breece doesn’t look good,’’ Saleh mentioned. “The preliminary prognosis is just not good, however we’ll see [Monday]. I’m going to remain optimistic as I can for him. He’s a heck of a soccer participant.’’
Corridor, for whom the Jets traded up within the second spherical to draft in April, had already grown into the workforce’s most dynamic offensive participant. He supplied the one highlight-film clip on Sunday with a 62-yard dashing landing that gave the Jets a 7-0 first-quarter lead.
“Breece is clearly nice with the ball in house,’’ quarterback Zach Wilson mentioned. “You see the way in which he hits it. I believe these runs present when you'll be able to come up with a man that’s that explosive and highly effective, he can take all of it the way in which.
“Sadly, it’s a part of the NFL, proper?’’ Wilson mentioned of the damage. “Subsequent-man-up mentality, guys received to reap the benefits of their alternatives.’’
Corridor was on his technique to presumably changing into the league’s Offensive Rookie of the 12 months. In seven video games, he’s rushed for 463 yards and 4 TDs — numbers that had him on a tempo to complete with 1,122 yards and between 9 and 10 TDs.
“Once we lose nice soccer gamers, it’s not good, however we even have a whole lot of religion in Ty Johnson and Michael Carter and Bam [Zonovan] Knight, who's a rookie,’’ Saleh mentioned. “He’ll get his alternative. There’s a whole lot of guys on the market on our workforce.’’
Carter, who was the Jets characteristic again final season, will seemingly resume that function once more. He simply hates the way in which he’s been thrust again into that function.
“It’s onerous — particularly whenever you’ve received a very good reference to any person like [Hall],’’ Carter mentioned. “However I put together like I'm the one and solely [running back], even understanding that I’m not, for a second like this. I don’t need to need to prepare as an alternative of simply being prepared.’’
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