Rookie injuries mounting up
Three of the Jets’ seven draft picks are sidelined for multiple weeks with various injuries: tight end Kenyon Sadiq, cornerback D’Angelo Ponds and safety VJ Payne. The hope is No. 2 pick David Bailey doesn’t join that list. Bailey left practice late on Saturday with an ankle injury, but Aaron Glenn said the rookie edge rusher will “be fine.”
Payne, a seventh-round pick, is out 3-4 weeks with a bone bruise. Glenn said Payne “was playing real well for us and he was really building a role for himself, but he'll be fine."
Sadiq had a “setback” in his recovery from core muscle surgery. He’s already missed a week of practice. Sadiq could be back in two weeks.
Ponds hasn’t practiced yet because of a calf injury. He could return in the next week or two.
Al Iannazzone covers the Jets for Newsday after spending nearly two decades on the NBA beat with Knicks and Nets.
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