The Jets appear to have lost reserve running back Jesse Chatman for the season with a left knee injury.
“I would say with Jesse, it doesn’t look real good,” coach Eric Mangini said yesterday. “Odds are it’s going to be season-ending.”
Chatman returned three games ago from a four-game suspension for violating the NFL’s banned substance policy and has been a valuable member of the special teams.
In other injury news, Mangini was more vague on LB David Harris, who hurt his hip during the game and didn’t return.
“It could be just something that’s soreness,” Mangini said. “It could be something that’s a little bit longer. I don’t really know yet.”
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Mangini somewhat implicated WR Chansi Stuckey in the Brett Favre INT that was returned 91 yards for a TD late in the game.
Favre was trying to dump the ball over the middle and Brandon Flowers stepped in front of Stuckey and picked it off. Mangini indicated Stuckey should have finished his route better.
“Yeah, he should have kept going on that,” Mangini said. “Worst-case scenario, if the guy (Flowers) does catch it, you have to be able to make the tackle.”
Stuckey had a different take.
“(Flowers) recognized (the play) from the first time,” he said. “He dropped inside and I tried to get inside of him, but he gave me a little bump that got me off my route.
“He just kept running and the ball came right to him. He just made a play. I could’ve tried to grab the guy and get offensive pass interference before the ball was thrown, because he was in front of me. That was all I really could’ve done.”