FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — It's all up to Nick Mangold's neck now.
The New York Jets center sat out practice for the second straight day with a sore neck, but is still expecting to play against the Oakland Raiders on Sunday.
"I feel like unless I'm laying there bleeding out, I'll be able to play," Mangold said Thursday. "If things happen and I can't play, I'll deal with that at that time. Right now, I'm planning on playing."
Mangold left late in the fourth quarter of the Jets' 30-23 loss at New England last Sunday after he was hit in the head by a Patriots defender during a play.