It didn’t take the Jets lengthy to deal with the tight finish place.
After ending Tuesday with simply two tight ends on their 53-man roster, the Jets claimed Brenden Bates off waivers from the Bears to fill out the place on Thursday.
Bates, a 24-year-old undrafted free agent out of Kentucky, caught six passes within the preseason with Chicago for 100 yards.
He was listed by the Bears at 6-foot-5, 255 kilos.
Over a six-year school profession at Kentucky, Bates had 26 receptions for 272 yards.
He now figures to have an opportunity to crack the Jets’ depth chart as they look ahead to Kenny Yeboah to come back off injured reserve — which may’t occur for at the least the primary 4 weeks of the season.
Tyler Conklin and Jeremy Ruckert are atop the depth chart on the place.
The Jets additionally misplaced a participant within the waiver carousel on Wednesday, with cornerback Shemar Bartholomew being picked up by the Panthers.
Bartholomew was an undrafted free agent who recorded eight tackles through the preseason.
The Jets, nevertheless, rapidly made up for dropping him by signing free-agent defensive again Lewis Cine to their observe squad, per ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler.
Cine, a 2022 first-round decide with the Vikings, noticed his time with Minnesota derailed by accidents — specifically a compound fracture to his left leg sustained throughout a punt return two seasons in the past — however brings a better ceiling than most practice-squad signings attributable to his pedigree.
