Jerricho Cotchery Has Groin Injury

by John B on Nov 14, 2010 9:34 PM EST

Rod Boone has the latest on one of Sunday's ailing heroes.

Jerricho Cotcherywill have an MRI on his groin tomorrow. Cotchery said he's in a lot of pain, so I'd be stunned if he's able to play Sunday

It would be a real shame if he is lost for any amount of time. He finally had a big game after such a slow first half of the year.

The receivers have been rotating lately splitting snaps and moving around. Any loss of Cotchery would probably dictate Braylon Edwards and Santonio Holmestaking more defined permanent roles in the offense. Things could be worse.

It would also probably dictate Brad Smith taking a bigger role as the third receiver. That would not be such a good thing. Brad does a lot of things well, but running routes isn't one of them. His hands are also not great. Also, if he is needed in three receiver sets, it could limit the amount the Jets can use him in gadget plays. He'll need to get regular receiver reps.

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Great pic

Though he is about to land on his junk

by EVT on Nov 14, 2010 9:40 PM EST reply actions

Maybe they will finally exploit the mismatches with Keller

Keller is criminally underused. Perhaps they will turn this negative into a positive and get Dustin the ball more.

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by YankeesJets on Nov 14, 2010 10:23 PM EST reply actions

he seriously isn't

I suppose i’m not the biggest DK fan but it seems like balls always get batted away from him, he’s just not aggressive enough. they tried using him in short yardage situations and that was kind of apparent today, lots of targets lots of waiting for the ball to come to him resulting in batting down.

by renzen on Nov 14, 2010 11:47 PM EST up reply actions

I think Keller needs to work on some stuff but..

…he has the talent and size to be a major mismatch for linebackers. Jets really need to get this guy involved more.

by YankeesJets on Nov 15, 2010 12:19 AM EST up reply actions

Cumberland

Any chance he’s active on Sunday? I remember reading a few posts saying he’s listed as a TE but has great hands and some speed.

by NYMetsJets44 on Nov 14, 2010 11:15 PM EST via mobile reply actions

I hope so. I’ve wanted to see this guy all year. 6-4, 260, 4.5 forty, and supposedly showed really good hands during the summer. His weakness was supposedly his blocking. But i’d like to see him get some burn. Maybe we can trick teams into thinking we’re going jumbo and can get a LB trying to run with him down field.

by Crackback on Nov 15, 2010 9:31 AM EST up reply actions

Damn Cotch is a warrior.

He moved out of the way for 2 premiere receiver’s and still steps up every time he’s called upon. He deserves nothing less than to be with us for a long time. IMO. Cumberland sucks. Hartsock would get the nod

by DukeNukeUm on Nov 14, 2010 11:35 PM EST reply actions

Cumberland hasn’t played yet this year. How can you say he sucks?

by Crackback on Nov 15, 2010 9:20 AM EST up reply actions

That kinda speaks for itself.

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by dvdvil on Nov 15, 2010 11:05 AM EST up reply actions

Not really sure which way your spin is. But its not like he scrubs in front of him. And I would guess he doesn’t suck since they refuse to risk having him poached by putting him on the practice squad.

Seems like a good time to give him a looksy. We have an opponent thats terrible defending the pass, and I don’t think Cotch was a major contributor to specials (if at all) so its not like bringing him up really detracts from any other areas. I just want to see him on a crossing route or in the seam, where he can catch it and run. I want to see what he’s got under the hood.

by Crackback on Nov 15, 2010 11:59 AM EST up reply actions

him getting worked in preseason…i think he had like 3 offside pens if not mistaken. I just remember hating him

by DukeNukeUm on Nov 16, 2010 10:51 PM EST up reply actions

This sure handed Cotch is very important to the Jets even with the other players. Lets hope it is not as bad as it sounds.

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by BL3ACH on Nov 15, 2010 12:03 AM EST reply actions

I hope Smith moving to the third WR won’t limit the amount of Wildcat they do. He always seems to make the right decisions and come up with positive, even game-changing, yardage. Very underrated.

by JTov2 on Nov 15, 2010 1:44 AM EST reply actions

Its time to...

bring up the 6-5 BEAST known as Patrick Turner from the practice squad, this guy has chemistry with Sanchez and would be a HUGE target in the the Slot…i see great things on the Horizon

by AFCxxBEAST on Nov 15, 2010 2:55 AM EST reply actions

I think i’d like to see Cumberland before Turner. As for the chemistry thing, Sanchez has thrown a meaningful pass to turner in 2 years. Thats twice as much time as they spent together at USC.

by Crackback on Nov 15, 2010 9:28 AM EST up reply actions

It would also probably dictate Brad Smith taking a bigger role as the third receiver. That would not be such a good thing.

Not so sure i agree. We do some things with Brad. We can use the 3-wide package more and use him in motion as a decoy for the reverse, which will open up running lanes. We can also no-huddle more, switching into and out of the wildcat seamlessly. Bring him in motion and faking the reverse also opens up the play-action passing game more. We can flood a zone by running Keller down the seam, the WR on a fly, BS on a wheel-route, then sneak LD into the flat (to either side) with an LB on him and a lot of real estate to work with.

It definitely changes things, but im not so sure it isn’t for the better.

by Crackback on Nov 15, 2010 9:26 AM EST reply actions

Cotch is the man.

He may have had a case of the drops at times this season with all of our other receivers but he is and always will be clutch with stunts like he pulled yesterday. He probably injured his groin more laying out for that after injuring it seconds earlier, for the good of the team. The man is the quintessential team player, get well soon.

by Timmaht on Nov 15, 2010 9:39 AM EST reply actions

Cotchery'sa beast

for hanging out as hurt as he was for that pass, but it would seem unlikely that he’d be healthy enough for this Sunday. Smith’s roles are pretty much defined, and I wouldn’t think it should could be expanded at this point. I’d settle for either Cumberland or Hartsick, but what I’d really settle for is an early lead and some game management. If we could get back to ground and pound the receivers issue for this week would be less crucial.

by oldskooljet on Nov 15, 2010 1:39 PM EST reply actions