Saturday marked game one — preseason or regular season — following Carl Lawson‘s devastating injury during Thursday’s joint training camp practice with the Packers. The Jets defensive end, who signed a three-year, $45 million deal with the team in March, tore his Achilles. The injury will sideline him for the remainder of the 2021 season.
The Jets fielded a number of alternative options at defensive end in their exhibition victory over Green Bay. Regardless, Lawson’s absence is a significant blow.
Robert Saleh on losing Carl Lawson for the season with a torn achilles:
"You could not ask for a more perfect big-money free agent who came in and just does things the right way.