Jets Week 17 Inactive List vs Buccaneers: Jets Getting Healthier with Brady in Town

Following a thrilling 26-21 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars, the New York Jets play host to the defending Super Bowl champs, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, in their final home game of the 2021 season. The Green & White are getting back a handful of reinforcements from the Covid-19/Reserve List, including 5 starters.

9 total active roster players were activated from Covid-19/Reserve List:

• DL Jonathan Marshall
• DT Folorunso Fatukasi
• CB Michael Carter II
• LB Hamsah Nasirildeen
• QB Joe Flacco
• LG Alijah Vera-Tucker
• RG Laurent Duvernay-Tardif
• DL John Franklin-Myers
• S Ashtyn Davis

Additionally, 5 more players were restored to Practice Squad from the Covid-19/Reserve List:

• LB Noah Dawkins
• DL Tanzel Smart
• CB Lamar Jackson
• WR Vyncint Smith
• DL Hamilcar Rashed Jr.

Head coach Robert Saleh also cleared Covid-19 protocols and will be back on the sideline today vs the Bucs.

WR Jamison Crowder was a DNP (Did Not Participate) in practice all week with a calf injury, and he will be inactive today. DL Sheldon Rankins progressed each day this week, going from DNP to LP (Limited Participant) to FP (Full Participant) in practice. Just two weeks after a scary head injury, S Elijah Riley is expected to start alongside rookie Jason Pinnock at safety. DL Kyle Phillips was added late to the Covid-19/Reserve List and will not play today. Here is the full list of inactive players for today’s matchup:

• QB Mike White
• WR Jamison Crowder
• RB La’Mical Perine
• LB Javin White
• CB Isaiah Dunn
• DL Shaq Lawson

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