Jets announce injury updates ahead of Week 2 game against Packers
Yahoo Sports • 1 min read • Latest: Sep 18, 2026, 7:25 PM
Last updated Sep 18, 2026
The New York Jets provided injury updates before their Week 2 matchup against the Green Bay Packers. Wide receiver Omar Cooper Jr., safety Minkah Fitzpatrick, and edge defender Joseph Ossai will not play due to injuries, but none have been placed on injured reserve. On a positive note, edge defender Will McDonald and cornerback D'Angelo Ponds are cleared to play, with Ponds set to make his NFL debut after missing Week 1. The Jets are looking to build on their Week 1 victory as they prepare for this game.
- •Jets ruled out Omar Cooper Jr., Minkah Fitzpatrick, and Joseph Ossai for Week 2.
- •Kene Nwangwu also unavailable due to a back injury.
- •Will McDonald and D'Angelo Ponds cleared to play.
- •Ponds makes his NFL debut after missing Week 1.
- 7:25 PMYahoo Sports — Aaron Glenn provides Jets injury updates for Packers game, the good and bad
"There is good and bad in the Jets' final injury updates ahead of facing the Packers in Week 2.
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