Uh oh … something worth tracking for the rest of the week regarding the health of the Jets secondary? Could be.

We’ll know more when we talk to coach Rex Ryan after practice, but three-fifths of the Jets’ secondary didn’t practice Wednesday morning. Not a good sign with Saints quarterback Drew Brees and his high-flying offense up next.

Cornerbacks Lito Sheppard (quad) and Donald Strickland (ankle) remained out and safety Jim Leonhard (undisclosed) also didn’t practice. Sheppard and Leonhard are starters and Strickland is the team’s nickel back.

Hutch doesn’t seem to think much of it, based on the fact that the team didn’t sign Corey Ivy, but I’m not so sure.

Wednesday is the big day for practice during game week, so it could go one of two ways.  Either Rex is protecting the guys from the more demanding nature of today’s practice, or missing today is a sign that if you can’t practice today, there’s a low chance of you playing Sunday, since they install so much of the gameplan today.  Either way, this unit needs as many players up for the game this weekend, and not having Lito, Donald and Jim would be a big loss to this team going into New Orleans.

From thejetsblog.com. Please read the complete article and let us know what you think below.

Uh oh … something worth tracking for the rest of the week regarding the health of the Jets secondary? Could be.

We’ll know more when we talk to coach Rex Ryan after practice, but three-fifths of the Jets’ secondary didn’t practice Wednesday morning. Not a good sign with Saints quarterback Drew Brees and his high-flying offense up next.

Cornerbacks Lito Sheppard (quad) and Donald Strickland (ankle) remained out and safety Jim Leonhard (undisclosed) also didn’t practice. Sheppard and Leonhard are starters and Strickland is the team’s nickel back.

Hutch doesn’t seem to think much of it, based on the fact that the team didn’t sign Corey Ivy, but I’m not so sure.

Wednesday is the big day for practice during game week, so it could go one of two ways.  Either Rex is protecting the guys from the more demanding nature of today’s practice, or missing today is a sign that if you can’t practice today, there’s a low chance of you playing Sunday, since they install so much of the gameplan today.  Either way, this unit needs as many players up for the game this weekend, and not having Lito, Donald and Jim would be a big loss to this team going into New Orleans.

From thejetsblog.com. Please read the complete article and let us know what you think below.