The Jets have already released some players from their 90-man roster (actually a 91-man roster because Obinna Eze has an international exemption and these have started to leak out.
Tuesday is the deadline, with cuts required by 4:00pm ET. In the past, we’ve seen the Jets get the job done early sometimes but we’ve also seen them not even announce the cuts until after the deadline, so keep checking back to JetsFix for updates and rumors.
Many of these players will return to the 16-man practice squad once they clear waivers tomorrow and a few may revert to short term injured reserve at that time too. However, the Jets will also be closely watching the waiver wire for potential claims or practice squad additions so use the comments thread to share news of cuts from other teams.
At this stage one or two veterans are usually released temporarily and then re-signed the next day so that players can be moved to short term injured reserve. However, the league now allows you to move two players to injured reserve immediately and still have them be eligible to return.
We’ll keep updating these depth charts every time a move is rumored from now until the deadline.
Things to note:
The depth chart was lifted from the latest version on the Jets official site and may not reflect reality.
The color coding is as follows:
Green = Players we believe are roster locks
Yellow = Players we expect to be cut
Red = Players that have reportedly been cut
Purple = (Significantly) injured, holding out or suspended players
We will work on the assumption that the kicker (Greg Zuerlein), punter (Thomas Morstead) and long snapper (Thomas Hennessy) will not be cut (and that Austin Seibert will be), so we won’t update an image for specialists. Obviously we’ll let you know if this changes.