FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The Jets brought back a familiar face Saturday, signing punter Steve Weatherford.
Weatherford, who spent 2009-10 with the Jets before playing for the Giants for four years, joined the Jets in time for their flight here and he will punt against the Patriots on Sunday. The move was necessary because of a shin injury to the Jets regular punter Ryan Quigley.
The injury to Quigley was not reported by the Jets until Saturday, when he was added to the injury report and listed as questionable. It is not certain when Quigley suffered the injury, but he took a pretty good hit last Sunday when the Redskins blocked one of his punts in the fourth quarter.