The Jets didn’t get any encouraging news from their training staff following injuries to Le’Veon Bell and Blake Cashman in Sunday’s game against the Bills.
Adam Gase said MOnday that Bell (hamstring) and Cashman (groin) will likely be out for “a couple of weeks.” Gase didn’t want to put a definitive timetable on either player’s return.
Pertaining to Bell, Gase did say he’s in fantastic shape so he wouldn’t be surprised if he came back sooner rather than later.
Bell injured his hamstring late in the first half after he went out for a pass and slipped. He finished the first half and even came back out for the second half until the coaching staff decided to pull him from the game. Gase said afterward that he was mad at himself for putting Bell back in the game.
Bell’s injury leaves the Jets with two healthy running backs at the moment in Frank Gore and Josh Adams. La’Mical Perine is probably still not ready to return from his ankle injury. So the Jets may have to go out and sign a running back in free agency.
As for Cashman, he went down early in the first quarter with a groin injury and didn’t return. His injury left the Jets with Neville Hewitt and Harvey Langi at inside linebacker. Avery Williamson’s (hamstring) status for Week 2 is unknown, so the Jets could be looking for some help at inside linebacker, too.
They do have Alec Ogletree on the practice squad, who has played under Gregg Williams before and has starting experience.
