The Jets viewed first-round pick Olu Fashanu ideally as a young player who wouldn’t be required to play much as a rookie, the kind of luxury in which you break the glass only in case of an emergency. Emergencies often arise over the course of an NFL season, however, and Fashanu will make his first start at right tackle in place of injured veteran Morgan Moses in Sunday’s game against the Broncos. Fashanu, the 11th overall pick in the 2024 draft out of Penn State, played 14 offensive snaps after Moses suffered a knee injury in the third quarter of last Thursday night’s win over the Patriots.
“Obviously, it sucks for someone like Morgan to go down, someone that means so much to this team, the offense, and the O-line room,” Fashanu said before Wednesday’s practice in Florham Park. “But everyone has to have that ‘next man up’ mentality, and for me it’s all about going out there and doing my job to the best of my ability.” Coach Robert Saleh said that the 33-year-old Moses — who was acquired in a trade with the Ravens during the offseason — will miss “a couple of games” with a sprained MCL and bone bruise in his knee, “but it’s obviously not enough to put him on IR.
” After also signing eight-time Pro Bowl left tackle Tyron Smith in the offseason, the Jets had other needs they could have filled in the draft, but Saleh believes this situation reinforces why they selected Fashanu. “I think outside the building, obviously there’s a lot of that n.
