Prior to their preseason game against the Carolina Panthers this Saturday, the New York Jets will head down to Wofford College in Spartanburg, SC for a pair of joint practices with the Panthers. These will take place on Wednesday and Thursday.
Joint practices present a unique opportunity for player evaluation at this point of the football calendar. While they do not match the live-game physicality you see in preseason games, joint practices offer something that most preseason games do not: starters on the field.
The next two days should yield Aaron Rodgers’ first-ever action against an outside opponent while wearing a Jets helmet.