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PHILADELPHIA — It took a good few minutes before Bryce Petty realized something was wrong.

After throwing a 44-yard touchdown to receiver Robby Anderson in the first quarter of the Jets' preseason finale against the Eagles, linebacker Bryan Braman planted Petty into the ground. Petty popped up, celebrated the touchdown, and everything appeared to be fine.

Then Petty tried to throw on the ensuing two-point conversion.

"That's when I knew something was up," Petty said by his locker. "It was an awful throw. [My shoulder] just felt kind of tight.