‘Greatest preseason’ star QB Streveler among Jets’ cuts

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Chris Streveler will at all times have a particular place in New York Jets preseason lore.

The previous CFL quarterback, who led New York to 3 fourth-quarter comeback victories this summer season, was among the many workforce’s cuts because it acquired all the way down to the mandated 53-man roster Tuesday.

“Robust enterprise,” Streveler wrote on Twitter. “So grateful for the alternatives this preseason. That is simply one other step within the journey. The work and the mindset don’t change!”

Among the many Jets’ different notable cuts have been: working backs Tevin Coleman and La’Mical Perine; large receiver Calvin Jackson Jr.; tight finish Trevon Wesco; defensive linemen Jonathan Marshall, Jabari Zuniga and Bradlee Anae; linebacker Hamsah Nasirildeen; cornerbacks Isaiah Dunn and Javelin Guidry; and safeties Will Parks and Jason Pinnock.

Pinnock (fifth spherical), Nasirildeen (sixth) and Marshall (sixth) have been all late draft picks of GM Joe Douglas final 12 months.

When the Jets signed the 27-year-old Streveler shortly earlier than coaching camp, the transfer got here with little fanfare. He was thought-about by many merely a “camp arm,” with starter Zach Wilson and backups Joe Flacco and Mike White forward of him on the depth chart.

“That’s what it begins out as and then you definately simply let a man go and it’s as much as him to grab the chance and make the very best of his alternative,” coach Robert Saleh mentioned. “And it was actually cool to see what he did.”

Within the preseason opener at Philadelphia, Wilson went down with a knee harm and Flacco wasn’t in uniform for that sport. So White stepped in — and was later changed by Streveler, who threw two fourth-quarter TD passes within the win. That got here after Streveler had taken no snaps in workforce drills in camp as much as that time.

The previous South Dakota star led another late-game comeback against Atlanta, after which threw two extra landing passes to guide the Jets from behind to beat the Giants within the preseason finale. He completed 24 of 33 for 277 yards with 5 touchdowns and one interception in three video games this summer season.

It prompted Saleh to say Streveler “in all probability had one of many best preseasons within the historical past of soccer.”

It simply wasn’t sufficient for Streveler to make the Jets’ preliminary 53-man roster, even with some followers rooting for him to make the workforce over White. However Saleh made it clear Streveler — who had three earlier NFL stints, together with showing in seven regular-season video games with Arizona — can be welcomed again on the observe squad if he clears waivers.

“Strev is superior,” Saleh mentioned. “I had a fantastic dialog with him. Hoping we get him again. It’s general physique of labor, too, and he undoubtedly carried out — I don’t wish to take that away from him. However whenever you take a look at Mike White from a 12 months in the past, OTAs, coaching camp, he had two tough (preseason) video games, however had a very nice sport in opposition to the Giants.

“Mike simply has an general physique of labor, actually understands what we’re making an attempt to get executed.”

In the meantime, Wilson stays sidelined after present process arthroscopic surgical procedure to restore a meniscus tear. He additionally has a bone bruise, and the Jets received’t rush him again to the sphere.

“As quickly as he feels he’s able to go,” Saleh mentioned. “There’s no timeline. We noticed him on the bike, he’s strolling round, he was out at observe at the moment. He’s taking in all the data, he’s at walkthroughs, he’s in each assembly. So, as quickly as he will get cleared by the docs and he feels good, he’ll be on the market.”

So there stays a really sturdy likelihood Flacco shall be beneath heart for the Jets of their regular-season opener at house in opposition to Baltimore on Sept. 11.

“If Zach’s not prepared by Week 1, and we’ve acquired lots to see over the following week,” Saleh mentioned, “then, yeah, Joe would be the starter.”

NOTES: WR Denzel Mims stays on the roster despite requesting a trade final week. Saleh was requested if he thought Mims is being held “hostage” by the Jets for not granting his request to be dealt. “Is he annoyed? Is he annoyed with all of us? Certain, I’m positive he’s,“ Saleh mentioned. “He needs to play and for that, I don’t assume he’s a hostage. It’s lots simpler to kick any individual out the door if they need a commerce in the event that they’re jerks and that’s not Denzel. He’s younger man and I like the best way he approaches the whole lot, even with this, the best way he’s come about it, very skilled, involves conferences, observe, does all of it. So I suppose I simply don’t view him as a hostage.”

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