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Why NY Jets’ defensive star is not a ‘dirty’ player

The New York Jets are no strangers to catastrophic injuries. They lost Aaron Rodgers to a torn Achilles four plays into the season. That could be all the evidence needed, but the Jets have also been hit by a cascade of other ailments, most significantly to offensive linchpin Alijah Vera-Tucker.

The common theme among the Jets’ injuries? None of them place any other player in the way of blame. The Bills’ Leonard Floyd rolled up on Rodgers’ ankle area while making a routine football hit. Vera-Tucker’s injury could be attributed to some bad voodoo in Denver.