Jets to kick in for Marshall
The Jets will be sporting some different cleats for a good cause Monday night when they take the field against the Colts.
As part of the NFL’s My Cause, My Cleats campaign, players are permitted to wear customized cleats this week to showcase whatever causes are important to them. There are 30 Jets players planning to participate. Of those, 22 will be wearing cleats supporting Brandon Marshall’s Project 375 foundation, which advocates for mental health awareness. Marshall started the foundation after he was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder in 2011.
Marshall distributed the cleats to teammates Thursday. Marshall explained on Instagram that the Matrix-inspired cleats features letters that “are the Codes to Mental Health statistics that’s going [to] free our world from the stigma that handcuffs us from helping those suffering.”
California artist Troy Cole designed the cleats for Marshall.
Nick Folk’s cleats are for the Children’s Tumor Foundation. Breno Giacomini is supporting American Football Without Barriers. Nick Mangold’s cleats are for the New York Police and Fire Widows’ and Children’s Benefit Fund. Bilal Powell’s charity is Hands Across Louisville. Tanner Purdum is supporting Go4theGoal. Muhammad Wilkerson’s cleats back his Team 96 Foundation.
Jets offensive coordinator Chan Gailey had not spoken to the media since the Jets’ 9-6 loss to the Rams last month when Bryce Petty made his first start at quarterback. This week, Gailey shared some thoughts on how Petty played.
“He did some good things,” Gailey said. “He needs all of the work he can get. Just like every young player needs all of the work they can get. It helps to play in games.”
That is the crux of the biggest issue around the Jets right now. Jets coach Todd Bowles continues to play Ryan Fitzpatrick at quarterback while Petty sits on the bench. Gailey explained how it is tough to evaluate someone who is not playing in games.
“It’s like being able to evaluate somebody with 75-80 percent probability or being able to evaluate somebody with 90-95 percent probability,” Gailey said. “The probability in games, you’ve got a lot better idea of what’s going to happen. Whereas in practice you only have a 75 percent probability of how they’re going to be, how they’re going to play, and how they’re going to progress.”