Impact of David Clowney’s Injury
Until the game Saturday, the Jets had seven receivers who have a real chance of making the team, for various reasons. Going into the offseason OTAs back in the spring, David Clowney who was picked up from the Packer’s practice squad last season was an afterthought, but was making quite a strong case for himself to make this team. Here’s the players and boiled down reasons why they would make the team.
J. Cotchery — Starter, now team’s best all-around receiver
L. Coles — Starter, excellent receiver
B. Smith — Maturing in offense, could have breakout season
C. Stuckey — Team’s best slot receiver
D. Clowney — Strong spring practices, camp & preseason
W. Wright — Special teams ace
M. Henry — 2008 Draft pick, raw but talented
Now word comes from an unnamed source that the Clowney will be out, for a period of time with an unspecified injury. Word is that it was his collarbone, which would lead you to believe it was broken, an injury that can have at longest, a twelve week recovery time, but could be as short as a month depending on the severity. Collarbones are a common injury, but one with an indefinite recovery time. The Jets might be hard pressed to carry six receivers, but should Clowney be put on the injury reserve, then the fifth spot would be a battle between Wallace Wright and draft pick Marcus Henry.
It’s a shame that Clowney had to get injured as he was playing so well, but now this adds another element of interest to how the rest of camp will play out.
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well i think both cloweny and stuckey can be our 3rd WR so we are good in WR depth
I don’t see how you can carry clowney on the roster if he’s out for 12 weeks. Despite looking good with ratliff at QB, he hasn’t hasn’t been playing with (or against) first teamers. Are you going to burn a roster spot on this unknown quantity for half the season when other guys can contribute at WR and special teams?
Do trades ever occur this time of year? Wondering if we could package any of our extra receivers for some backup O-line depth.
What if they put Clowney on the PUP list? Wouldn’t he then be able to return at mid-season?
If they PUP Clowney, then they’ll carry 6 WR’s. There’s just no one to cut, Wright is too good on special teams, Henry wouldn’t clear waivers to make it to the practice squad. They’ll just need to find a way to fit the extra receiver, maybe by going back to having only 2 HB’s and cutting Posciak and/or Schable.
Rather than be put on IR could Clowney not be put on the PUP list ? That way he could play about half way into the season if this injury is only a 4-6 week type thing
these guys are all talented, clowney played well against a bad, third string, first time on the field cleveland secondary. Marcus Henry has the size to make an impact, but we dont need him for the end zone, with keller, baker and franks. wright plays well in special teams, hell make it and B Smith too.
i don’t know if you can PUP a player at this point … i think it’s too late and that ship has sailed once camp starts … easier to carry him on the IR and then they hold onto him and get another look next year.
I think Marcus Henry is the odd man out if Clowney was healthy.
I say let Brad Smith go.
I thought there were 2 PUP lists. One is for before camp starts, where a player can be activated at any time during preseason; and one for the regular season where a player must be added to by time of the 65 man cutdown. Once added to this one, he must stay inactive until week 6. Does anyone know if this is true or not? Can’t find the rule anywhere.
Where’d David Ball go?
Kewpie to Pat D. You be right!
1. Wallace Wright has to make this team for his special team play. I have come to terms with the fact that he will never be a decent WR. So what. He is a special teams demon and every team needs one.
2. Clowney is the first WR with any specialness in a long time. Cotchery is a player but he will always be a #2 kind of guy. Clowney if he continues to grow can catch both the long and short ball. Unless he is out for more than six regular season games, we should carry him. He is the first guy that might improve things if Cotch or Coles go down with any kind of injury. That is amazing.
3. I hope the coaches don’t have any agenda for the other WR. We clearly keep Coles and Cotch. Wallace and Clowney make four. That leaves David Ball, Marcus Henry, Chansi Stuckey and Brad Smith fighting for two spots. Paul Raymond dropped his chance with his last attempt on Saturday. With Wallace playing specials and Clowney being the deep threat, we should pick the two of these four with the most potential as a WR. We don’t need a slash who will just take plays away from Favre. So unless Smith is ready to be a solid WR able to steal plays from Coles and Cotch right now, in his third year, cut his a–.
harlan
I think it will work like this :
1.Coles
2.Cotchery
3.Smith
4.Stuckey
5.Wallace I really would like them to find a way of keeping Henry I think he has potential he has good hands and the scout treport says he’s not scared to go into TRAFFIC. plus he’s 6′4 how long have we been crying about getting a BIG receiver i think we have decent depth to let him develop kinda like how we got Ratliff doing who seems to be grasping it
I really feel the team is missing that pure speed deep threat- that’s what Clowney is best at! We need him, but if he is going to be out for most of the season, then u must put him on the IR or PUP list. If he is expected to be back shortly after our bye week, game 5 or 6 then we should keep him.
I’m not sold on B. Smith, but he is great on special teams, and is our tallest reciever at 6′2″ besides marcus henry at 6′4″. I feel that our WR lack height, and it is always good to have tall recievers. Look at what Buress did for the Steelers a few years ago and for the giants the last couple of years. So many times, the the QB tosses the ball up and he comes down with them due to his height. I would love to see Henry do that for us in the future. He played well for us the other night, especially on the last drive and couldnt believe that fade in the end zone went to D. Ball and not Henry. Stuckey is clearly the guy for the Slot!
I feel D. Ball is definitely the odd man out. Think they should carry Henry and work on developing him more! We need that tall WR for the future! Not sold on Smith, but like his decent height, good on special teams; and Wright good on special teams, but should we carry both of these guys – smith and wright – mainly for special teams?
pat d – right on brother.
Basset, why in the world you keep talking about this Brad Smith guy as if he is something. Sinking in with the O ?!? Guy is horrible, show me his stats, his highlight because I know he has no highlights, anything except Redskins preseason game from 2 years ago that guarantees us he will be anything.
1.LC
2.J.Cotch
3.Clowney (if healthy)
4.M. Henry (I will bet you all $ to a donut he will be awesome)
5. C.Stuckey
6. for special team purposes B.Smith or Walace Wright
Pat D – you get my vote for finding the thousand pound gorilla on the team. This slash nonsense has never worked, not even with Kordell Stewart or Randle El. Smith is just another Scott Frost waiting to (not) happen….
greenblood- hope u are right about Henry! I am dying for Henry to come up big so we can finally have a good tall reciever for our QB to throw to for years to come!
Also- what is up with Coles? Is he ever going to be healthy to play in a preseason game? He needs to stay healthy unless we will really be hurting at WR.
David Ball may not be the fastest guy on the field or sell the most sneakers or he may not sell rap songs but he has better hands and runs better routes than any of those flash-in-the-pan so-called receivers you guys rave about.