The groups did not come collectively within the day earlier than the sport to carry a reunion bash, however they might have, Each rosters have a number of personnel with connections to the opposite aspect.
For the Vikings, that begins not solely with Darnold however with HC Kevin O’Connell, who by no means performed for the Jets however was on their roster for durations of the 2009-11 seasons. O’Connell’s assistant head coach/exterior LBs coach is Mike Pettine, Rex Ryan’s defensive coordinator from 2009-12. Additionally on the Vikings employees is quarterbacks coach Josh McCown, who began 16 video games at QB for the 2017-18 Jets.
Blake Cashman, Minnesota’s beginning MLB, was the Jets’ fifth-round choose in 2019. Backup C Dan Feeney performed 33 video games with seven begins for the Inexperienced & White in 2021-22. Third QB Brett Rypien was on the Jets’ energetic roster for the ultimate 5 video games final season however by no means performed a down.
On the inexperienced workforce’s roster, TE Tyler Conklin spent his first 4 seasons with Minnesota as a Vikings fifth-round draft alternative in 2018 earlier than turning into the Jets’ beginning TE in ’22. Two present Jets defenders had been additionally Vikes draft picks: LB Chazz Surratt in Spherical 3 in 2021 and DL Jalyn Holmes in Spherical 4 in 2018.
Amongst these not taking part in on this “outdated dwelling week” sport are two Jets starters. MLB and defensive captain C.J. Mosley, restricted in follow all week by a toe damage and listed as uncertain for Minnesota, has been deactivated for the third straight sport, with Jamien Sherwood persevering with to step into the beginning lineup for Mosley.
RT Morgan Moses will sit out his second full sport with a knee damage, with first-round rookie Olu Fashanu making his second professional begin on the suitable aspect.
These are the Jets’ seven inactive gamers for the sport in London:
- WR Malachi Corley
- RB Izzy Abanikanda
- CB Jarrick Bernard-Converse
- LB C.J. Mosley
- T Max Mitchell
- T Morgan Moses
- DL Braiden McGregor
And these are the Vikings’ seven inactives for the sport, not together with beginning LB Ivan Tempo, who was inactive for Minnesota’s win final week at Inexperienced Bay: however will likely be energetic as we speak alongside Cashman:
- WR Trishton Jackson
- QB Brett Rypien
- CB Fabian Moreau
- CB Dwight McGlothern
- DL Levi Drake Rodriguez
- DL Jalen Redmond
- T Walter Rouse