NEW YORK — Jets wide receiver Denzel Mims is ineligible to play against the Seahawks on Sunday because a family issue held him out of coronavirus testing, Adam Gase said Thursday.
Mims needed to be in the team’s COVID-19 testing protocols by Wednesday night and was still in Texas attending to the family problem then, according to Gase.
“He’s been a big reason why we’ve had some better games, since he’s been playing,” Gase said Thursday. “He had to handle family business, which we support, because we felt like that was the right thing for him to do.”
Mims, a rookie second-round pick out of Baylor, missed the Jets’ first six games with a hamstring injury. In his six games since making his debut, he has 19 receptions, averaging over 17 yards per catch.
