In the past, NFL teams came out of their second preseason game with two exhibition contests left to go.
That’s not the case anymore. With the preseason schedule sliced to three games, the New York Jets have only one game left following their Saturday afternoon clash with the Green Bay Packers.
For this reason, stakes are unusually high for the fringe players who are fighting to make the Jets’ roster. It feels like the preseason just started, and yet, at halftime of this game, it will already be halfway over.
Time is quickly running out for players to make their case that they belong on the team.