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Dan checks in from One Jets Drive in Florham Park with a scoop of scoops from the Atlantic Health Training Complex. Let’s dive in . . .
I’ve seen Mike DeVito twice this week – once after the game, and today at the complex.
If you saw him walking, you would think there is nothing wrong with his knee.
He is injured, and is very tough. He would play if he could.
DeVito has an MCL injury, but the point I’m making is – you get the sense he will be back in a few weeks.
With a couple of week of rehab, he should be back.
The Jets have been pretty fortunate with the knee injuries suffered on the regular roster – DeVito, Jeremy Kerley, LaDainian Tomlinson and Ropati Pitiotua have all suffered knee injuries this year, but all have been MCL sprains, which generally sideline you for just a couple of weeks . . .
While DeVito wasn’t limping, Vlad Ducasse (knee) was when I saw him a couple of days ago . . .
While #3 receiver Kerley will return this week, I hear Patrick Turner will still be in the wide receiver mix. He has certainly earned that right . . .
Aaron Maybin has another one of those extra motivation games this week. Last week it was Buffalo, his former team. Early in the season, it was a game in his hometown – Baltimore. This week, it is a game against the Washington Redskins, in Landover, MD, 45 minutes from his home, and he will have a bunch of friends and family at the game . . .
There has been a lot of talk this year about the Washington Redskins pair of 3-4 OLB pass rushers, Brian Orakpo and Ryan Kerrigan.
Tomlinson, who will return this week from his knee injury, says this is the biggest pass rush challenge since Baltimore (keep in mind, he didn’t play in Denver, so he didn’t face Von Miller and Elvis Dumervil).
While Orapko and Kerrigan are good, let’s not put them in Canton just yet – the Jets should be to contain this pair for the most part.
“Orakpo has more explosiveness; Kerrigan is relentless – solid players,” said one Washington observer. ““They’re good, but not elite,”
We asked the observer about the state of the Redskins line, which was a big problem earlier in the year due to injuries.
“They are better (than earlier in the season), but I think the play calling helped them out vs Seattle in particular,” said the observer. “Also think (running back) Roy Helu did a great job avoiding negative plays. He had some runs where he should have lost two yards and gained three. I think Helu gained approximately 65 yards after contact on his runs vs. the Seahawks.
“Left guard (rookie Maurice Hurt) is weak; the right guard (Chris Chester) is very ordinary and has no power and the right tackle (Jamaal Brown) is not the player he once was. But last week their play calling was excellent; used the play-action to set up the run and it worked.” . . .
Washington Redskins safety LaRon Landry is very iffy for the Jets game due to a groin injury suffered in Seattle. He couldn’t practice on Wednesday because he was in too much pain. If he can’t go, veteran Reed Doughty, who is in his sixth season with the Redskins, would start . . .