When the New York Jets’ Week 2 inactive list came out, one name stood out as a surprise: Will McDonald. Although Carl Lawson returned to the lineup, the assumption when the team picked McDonald was that they would go with a 10-man defensive line rotation.
Meanwhile, Mecole Hardman saw no offensive snaps in Week 1 and 14 in Week 2, while Randall Cobb had 22 in Week 1 and 23 in Week 2. Robert Saleh waved away Hardman’s absence from the win over the Bills by saying that the Jets used a lot of 12 and 13 personnel once Aaron Rodgers left the game.