The Jets’ offense took one other step towards changing into full Wednesday when wideout Mike Williams was activated off the bodily unable to carry out listing, making him eligible for his coaching camp debut.
Williams, who hasn’t practiced all through the primary two-plus weeks of camp whereas persevering with to get better from a torn ACL sustained final yr, signed a one-year deal value as much as $15 million with Gang Inexperienced in March to develop into their No. 2 receiver behind Garrett Wilson and supply one other goal for Aaron Rodgers.
When requested about Williams on Tuesday, head coach Robert Saleh acknowledged that the 29-year-old was on an identical restoration timeline to the one which Jets operating again Breece Corridor adopted final yr when coming back from an ACL tear — a course of that finally resulted in Corridor’s presence within the Week 1 lineup.
“We’ll see,” Saleh stated about Williams’ looming apply return Wednesday, 24 hours earlier than that outlook turned considerably extra concrete. “I do know he’s bought a pair physician’s visits arising, however proper now, he’s simply progressing.
Williams, a former first-round choose who spent the primary seven years of his profession with the Chargers, caught 19 passes for 249 yards and a landing throughout three video games final yr earlier than struggling the season-ending damage.
He topped 1,000 yards in 2019 and 2021, and he stated after signing with the Jets that he felt they had been a “nice match” for him, particularly with the chance to play alongside Wilson — who reminded Williams of longtime Chargers star Keenan Allen.
“I really feel like we will complement one another,” Williams stated in March. “The operating recreation is fairly good. The protection is elite. I simply really feel like we’ve bought a reasonably good alternative forward of us. I’m simply wanting ahead to it.”
