While the Jets are dealing with numerous injuries on offense, one player appears to be ready to make a bigger impact after recovering. Lamical Perine rushed five times for 15 yards in the Jets' 37-28 Week 4 loss to the Broncos on Thursday.

Follow him on Twitter @ChrisRyan_NJ. And yet, Ballage was asked to be in pass protection significantly more on Thursday. Gase also likes Perine’s ability as a pass catcher, so he could see some work there, especially with Le’Veon Bell hurt and so many other injuries to Jets wide receivers. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. The starting offense and defense had rough outings. NY Jets‘ head coach Adam Gase has formed a habit out of misusing his players throughout his time in … We'll never pass along your email address to spammers, scammers, or the like.

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Perine proved it in training camp, breaking a long run during an instrasquad scrimmage. Thanks for contacting us. Still, fans at least expected to see more of Perine as the year went on. On Sunday, La’Mical Perine didn’t receive a single offensive snap. Just go play,” Gore said. © 2020 Advance Local Media LLC. Perine made his NFL debut in Week 2′s loss to the San Fransisco 49ers, but he no longer carries an injury designation after being a full participant in practice on Thursday and Friday.

Perine got three carries in his first game, going for 17 yards, and now head coach Adam Gase expects to get him more involved behind Frank Gore. Perine hasn’t even received the second-team reps either.

So I’m hoping that I can just improve week to week, and hoping we come out with this W. That’s my biggest goal. Ballage has a 14.8 pass-blocking grade — the worst of any running back in the NFL. That said, Perine wasn’t expected to contribute much right away. Very smart kid and he loves to play football.”.

The Jets didn’t want to put “too much on his plate too fast,” Adam Gase said at the time. He then busted a 36-yard run with the starting offense. “So, I feel good about kind of the rotation that we’re talking about going through, and it’s just all about if we can keep everybody available for the whole game that’s really what we want.”.

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Sitemap OLB Tarell Basham will miss a few weeks with an ankle injury. Your privacy is safe with us. NY Jets‘ head coach Adam Gase has formed a habit out of misusing his players throughout his time in the league. Perine showed some of his explosive potential during training camp, running for a 79-yard touchdown in a preseason intra-squad scrimmage before adding another 36-yard run later that same day. Please consider supporting NJ.com with a subscription. And the latest victim of Gase’s coaching oversight seems to be rookie running back La’Mical Perine. The New York Jets placed Le’Veon Bell on Injured Reserve with a hamstring injury which could open the door for rookie Lamical Perine. The defense gave up 20 points to the second-team offense. Mims has missed all of training camp with a hamstring injury. Chris Ryan may be reached at cryan@njadvancemedia.com. And just hours before the Green & White called the name of the the 22-year-old RB, Perine had taken to Twitter to express his feelings about waiting to be drafted. With Le’Veon Bell unlikely to be around for much longer, it made sense for the team to be proactive in trying to find his potential replacement a year early. “We’re hoping to kind of really spread the workload out a little more to where we can make sure we do a good job of getting Frank through an entire game instead of kind of really burning him out in the first half,” Gase said.

Your support helps us cover local news. Rookie running back La’Mical Perine will be active again when the Jets visit the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, now fully recovered from an ankle injury he suffered during training camp. Build your custom FanSided Daily email newsletter with news and analysis on New York Jets and all your favorite sports teams, TV shows, and more. Instead, Gase has deployed Gore, a 37-year-old running back averaging 3.2 yards per carry, as somewhat of a bell-cow back using him perhaps more than he did Bell.

As Jets … And it’s likely that Gase will simply continue to forget that La’Mical Perine exists.

“I know whenever he gets in, I know he’s ready. Ideally, Bell would re-assume his role as the Jets’ bell-cow back, Gore would be used in short-yardage situations, and Perine will act as the change-of-pace/third-down back.

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Gore received 37 snaps on Thursday. Rookie WR Denzel Mims was running lightly on a side field. Facing the starting defense, he ran for a 79-yard touchdown. That role has gone to underwhelming pickup Kalen Ballage who has struggled mightily in pass protection despite his unofficial role as the team’s third-down running back. Your Ad Choices