Sauce Gardner will miss his first game of 2025 on Sunday. Sarah Stier / Getty Images
If the Jets are going to get the first win of the Aaron Glenn era on Sunday in Cincinnati, they will do it without their two biggest stars.
On Friday, Glenn announced both wide receiver Garrett Wilson (knee) and Sauce Gardner (concussion) will miss Sunday’s game against the Bengals. Wilson, who was injured late in a Week 6 loss to the Denver Broncos in London, will miss his second consecutive game. Gardner left last week’s loss to the Carolina Panthers to be evaluated for a concussion and will not be out of concussion protocol in time to play this week.
Glenn, on Friday, again declined to publicly identify a starting quarterback between, presumably, Justin Fields, who was benched at halftime of last week’s Panthers game, and Tyrod Taylor, who threw two interceptions in relief of Fields. The Jets didn’t score a touchdown in either of their last two games.
Glenn added that top running back Breece Hall (knee), top tight end Mason Taylor (quad), No. 2 receiver Josh Reynolds (hip) and Tyrod Taylor (knee) are questionable for Sunday. On Wednesday, Glenn said that Tyrod Taylor’s injury was “something that he had before.”
When pressed on Friday about how Taylor’s “questionable” tag plays into the quarterback decision, Glenn refused to get into specifics. He cited a 2024 game when he was the Detroit Lions defensive coordinator and the Green Bay Packers withheld their starting quarterback while starter Jordan Love was recovering from an injury, suggesting the Jets, like the Packers last season, would be more difficult to prepare for if he doesn’t identify a starter.
Oct 24, 2025
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