Connor McGovern has had a season when he has performed for 2 groups and 4 head coaches.
“That’s not a traditional stat in a season,” the Jets heart mentioned. “It’s been a loopy couple of weeks.”
McGovern was not even positive he was going to play this season, however then the Jets signed him to their observe squad in Week 2.
He spent three weeks with the Jets earlier than the Saints signed him on Oct. 4 after their beginning heart Erik McCoy was injured.
McGovern ended up enjoying six video games and beginning 5 in New Orleans.
“It’s been a loopy expertise,” he mentioned. “I got here right here after I was contemplating retiring, and had a great three or 4 weeks right here after which they claimed me. Once they claimed me, they mentioned I is perhaps beginning that week. I used to be like, ‘Holy [expletive], that’s loopy.’ I went down there and I didn’t begin, however I received within the second half and performed after being on a crew for 72 hours. That was cool.”
The Saints reduce McGovern on Monday with McCoy able to return and the Jets claimed him.
McGovern had beforehand been with the crew from 2020-23 when he was the crew’s beginning heart. He’s now a backup for Joe Tippmann.
McGovern returns to a a lot completely different crew than the one he left.
Robert Saleh was fired as head coach and changed with Jeff Ulbrich the week after McGovern went to the Saints. Whereas McGovern was with the Saints, New Orleans fired coach Dennis Allen and changed him with Darren Rizzi.
Which means McGovern has performed for each NFL groups which have fired their coaches this season.
McGovern mentioned he picked up the system fairly simply in New Orleans as a result of it was just like methods he has performed in earlier than.
Former Jets offensive line coach John Benton, who coached McGovern in 2021 and 2022, is the Saints offensive line coach, so the road calls had been the identical.
“I’ve performed numerous soccer,” McGovern mentioned. “Sooner or later, soccer is soccer, and you may solely block a run play so some ways.”
The Jets elevated kicker Anders Carlson from the observe squad, and he would be the crew’s fourth completely different kicker in 4 weeks after the crew misplaced Spencer Shrader to the Chiefs this week.
Beginning security Chuck Clark was activated off injured reserve.
He has missed the previous 4 video games with an ankle damage. The Jets launched OL Alec Lindstrom to clear the roster spot.
CB D.J. Reed was fined $11,255 for unsportsmanlike conduct (taunting) towards the Cardinals.
