The Jets begin year two under head coach Aaron Glenn in Nashville on Sunday afternoon, and they will do it without five players and without the wide receiver they signed in March.
The Jets listed five inactives for their season opener at Tennessee: kicker Blake Grupe, running back Kene Nwangwu, edge Joseph Ossai, cornerback D’Angelo Ponds and linebacker Trevin Wallace. Wide receiver Tim Patrick went on injured reserve a day earlier, and Jason Sanders was elevated to kick.
The moves close out a week of uncertainty that the Friday injury designations left partly open. For the full picture of who is available and who is not, the Jets injury report tracks every current designation in one place.
Who is inactive for the Jets against the Titans?
Five players are inactive: Grupe, Nwangwu, Ossai, Ponds and Wallace. The Jets published the list at 11:30 a.m. ET, ninety minutes before the 1 p.m. ET kickoff at Nissan Stadium.
Two of those names were settled on Friday and two were not. Glenn ruled Ossai out with a foot injury and Patrick out with a groin injury before the team left for Tennessee. Nwangwu and Ponds were both listed as doubtful — Nwangwu’s back tightened during Thursday’s practice, and Ponds was still building up practice reps after a calf strain — and Sunday’s list resolved both of them as inactive.
Wallace is the one name on the list the Jets have not tied to an injury. The team has not characterized his status, so there is nothing to report beyond the fact that he is inactive.
Why is Tim Patrick on injured reserve?
Patrick is on the reserve/injured list because the Jets placed him there on Saturday, which removes him from the active roster entirely rather than for one game. The team attributes it to a groin injury and has not offered a return timeline.
Patrick, 6-5 and 210 pounds, signed with the Jets in March. He played 16 regular season games with three starts for Jacksonville last season, catching 15 passes for 187 yards and three touchdowns, and in 2024 he started nine of 16 games for Detroit with 33 receptions for 394 yards and three scores. Because a reserve/injured designation carries its own return rules, the NFL injured reserve rules explainer is worth reading alongside the move, and every roster change this season is logged on the Jets transactions page.
Who is kicking for the Jets in Week 1?
Jason Sanders is kicking. Glenn said so plainly on Friday, the Jets elevated Sanders from the practice squad on Saturday, and Grupe is inactive — three separate confirmations of the same decision.
“Jason will kick this week. He has most of the reps,” Glenn said. He added that he still wants Grupe to get a fair look: “He just got here last week and hasn’t had a lot of chances to really work with Henny and Mac. I want this thing to play out, but Jason will be kicking this week.” That phrasing matters — Glenn settled Week 1 without declaring the job closed for the season. The background on how the competition between Grupe and Sanders reached this point is worth the detour.
Sanders missed the 2025 season with a hip injury and signed with the Jets in June, going 2-of-3 on field goal attempts in preseason before joining the practice squad on Aug. 31. A seventh-round pick of Miami in 2018, he ranks third in Dolphins history with 826 points, and his 84.6 percent field goal rate is the best in that franchise’s history among kickers with at least 50 attempts.
What did Aaron Glenn say about Joseph Ossai?
Glenn called Ossai week-to-week rather than done for any stretch of the season. “Ossai is getting better and better. Again, I see him week-to-week,” he said. “I’m looking for him to see how he’s going to operate in practice next week.”
That is the team’s own characterization and the only one on the record; nothing further about severity or a return date has been stated. Ossai’s game log and status history live on his Joseph Ossai page.
Which Titans are inactive?
Tennessee listed seven inactives, two more than the Jets. They are tackle Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson, linebacker Cedric Gray, cornerback Jalen Jones, guard Atonio Mafi, defensive tackle Jackie Marshall, linebacker Owen Pappoe and running back Nicholas Singleton.
Frequently asked questions
Who are the Jets’ inactives against the Titans?
Kicker Blake Grupe, running back Kene Nwangwu, edge Joseph Ossai, cornerback D’Angelo Ponds and linebacker Trevin Wallace. The Jets released the list at 11:30 a.m. ET on Sunday.
Why is Tim Patrick not on the inactive list?
Patrick is not on the active roster at all. The Jets placed him on the reserve/injured list on Saturday, so he does not count against the game-day inactives.
Who is kicking for the Jets in Week 1?
Jason Sanders. Aaron Glenn said on Friday that Sanders would kick in the opener, the Jets elevated him from the practice squad on Saturday, and Blake Grupe is inactive.
What injury does Tim Patrick have?
The team says Patrick has been dealing with a groin injury. The Jets have not given a return timeline beyond the reserve/injured designation.
Is Joseph Ossai out for the season?
No. Glenn described Ossai as week-to-week and said he wants to see how Ossai operates in practice next week. Ossai is inactive for this game only.
Are Breece Hall and Kenyon Sadiq playing against the Titans?
Yes. Glenn said Hall, Isaiah Davis and Kenyon Sadiq were ready to go, and none of the three appears on Sunday’s inactive list.