FLORHAM PARK, NEW JERSEY—While prepping for a Sunday showdown against the Buffalo Bills (1:00 p.m. ET, CBS), the New York Jets have lent a strong hand to local veterans.
This week marks the Jets’ Salute to Service Week, part of the NFL Salute to Service initiative that is going on through Nov. 19.
The week began with a flag football game at MetLife Stadium, as servicemen and women from the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in Trenton, NJ partook in a good-natured showdown. Jets players, such as quarterback Josh McCown, receivers Andre Roberts and Rishard Matthews, and linebacker Darron Lee were also on hand, coaching the respective teams and surprising the military members with their own custom-made Salute to Service jerseys, which they in competition.