Coming out of the Jets" 22-17 lossThursday night to the Bills, coach Todd Bowles on Friday provided updates on histeam"s injured players.
PLUS: Willie Colon, NFL future in doubt, now faces age-old question: "Who are you after this?"
They are as follows:
QB Ryan Fitzpatrick (thumb): As expected, he underwent surgery Friday to repair a torn ligament in his non-throwing thumb. He is not expected to miss any games, said Bowles. That"s what Bowles has said all along about thissituation, so there was really no new news about Fitzpatrick"s thumb Friday. The Jets next play Nov. 22 at the Texans, the team Fitzpatrick played for last season.
RB Zac Stacy (ankle): He fractured his ankle Thursday while returning a kickoff. He underwent season-ending surgery Friday. That leaves Chris Ivory and Stevan Ridleyas the Jets" only healthy running backs. Bilal Powell (sprained ankle) missedhis fourth straight game Thursday. Bowles is "hopeful" Powellcan play in Houston. If Powell isn"t ready, the Jets might have to sign a third back.
WR Eric Decker (shoulder): He got hurt Thursday, but was able to finish the game. Bowles said Decker is "pretty sore." Decker missed just two snaps during Thursday"s game. He had his right shoulder heavily wrapped after the game. "He"s getting treatment on it, and we"ll see how he feels next week," Bowles said of Decker"s status going forward.
WR Brandon Marshall (toe, ankle): Nothing new for Marshall. He"s just aching from injuries that he"s dealt with over the past three games now, Bowles said. Marshall initially sustained these injuries, which he has played through, in the Nov. 1 loss at the Raiders. Marshall limped off Thursday, butmissed just one snap.
RG Willie Colon (knee): The Jets on Wednesday placedhim on season-ending injured reserve. Colon is 32, and this is his 10th NFL season. So he might wind up retiring. Bowles said Colon hasn"t talked to him about retirement. Colon has had issues with both knees since last season. Bowles believes Colon"sright knee was his most pressing problem recently. It just never got better in fact, it got worse and that"s why the Jets had to place him on IR.
"His knee started swelling up even more, so it started letting him down," Bowles said. "He couldn"t even practice. He walked out for practice, and he had to walk back in. We gave him time in the Jacksonville game [by sitting him] to get ready for this game [against Buffalo, on a short week]. And it actually got worse from there. It"s been a bad knee for a while. He"s been controlling it pretty good, but it took a turn for the worse. And we really didn"t have much choice in that."
Bowles said Colon"s knee started swelling Oct. 25 in New England, but Colon was able to play through it, though not for long. As the swelling worsened, "he wasn"t walking or moving well," Bowles said. "He couldn"t really practice the Jacksonville week. It got to the point where he couldn"t wait anymore. Not practicing and not playing, and keep getting your knee drained, it wouldn"t let him continue."
Bowles believes Colon"s kneewill eventually require surgery. "He"s played a long time, and that"s probably one of the hardest things I"ve had to do," Bowles said of informing Colon that he was going on IR. "Because he"s such a warrior. Knowing a guy has to go out like that, you never want to tell a guy that he has to go on IR and can"t play, especially since he"s played a ton of years."
Brian Winters is the Jets" new right guard. Bowles said Winters played better Thursday than he did in his only previous start this season, against the Dolphins in London, when Colon had to sit out because of his knee.
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