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It’s been a week like no other for the Jets with COVID-19 running rampant throughout the team and on the sidelines.

Coach Robert Saleh spent the week quarantined in a hotel room after testing positive on Wednesday. The Jets players found out they were going to be without their leader as they gathered for their first practice of the week.

At one point, the Jets had 19 players on the COVID-19 list plus their coach. They’ve gotten a few back. But Saleh and the players affected were not cleared to rejoin the Jets for Sunday’s game against Jacksonville.