Jets Reduce Roster To 74 Players

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The New York Jets have announced that their roster now stands at 74 players.  They had to be at 75 players before 4pm today.  The next roster cut down date is on Friday, August 31^st by 9pm (EST).  The roster must be set to 53 players by that time.

The biggest name on this list is Josh Baker who was being counted on as the 3rd TE and backup FB.  That will change the roster dynamic a bit as the Jets will need to fill that TE spot.

The New York Jets reduced their roster to 74 players today. The announcements were made by General Manager Mike Tannenbaum.

Today’s transactions appear below.

Waived

Damario Ambrose

(LB/6-5/270/Arkansas/Mobile,AL)

Stanley Arukwe

(WR/6-0/180/Troy/Tracy,CA)

Wes Kemp

(WR/6-4/220/Missouri/St. Louis,MO)

Jeremy Stewart

(RB/6-1/218/Stanford/Baton Rouge,LA)

Waived/Injured

Josh Baker

(FB/TE/6-3/224/Northwest Missouri State/Chesapeake,VA)

(Knee)

Released

Josh Brown

(K/6-0/202/Nebraska/Foyil,OK)

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Today (August 27^th) is the NFL first cut-down date and teams must trim their active roster down to 75 maximum by 4pm EST.  The Jets were at 80 on the active roster going into today and have made moves to get their roster down to 74.

Cutting to 80 before Sunday night’s game against the Panthers, the Jets made six roster moves on Monday, dropping their total roster to 74.

Gone are linebacker Ambrose Damario, receiver Stanley Aruke, receiver Wes Kemp, running back Jeremy Stewart, and kicker Josh Brown.

They also waived fullback/tight end Josh Baker with the “injured” designation.  If he clears waivers, he’ll land on the Jets’ injured reserve list.

Source: Pro-Football-Talk

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