The Jets matchup with the Denver Broncos on Thursday remains to be going to be a battle of two younger quarterbacks. Simply not the one everybody anticipated for the Broncos.

With Drew Lock harm, the Broncos are going to go together with Brett Rypien towards Sam Darnold, per NFL Community’s James Palmer.

Rypien got here in very briefly for the Broncos final week of their loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, going 8-for-9 for 53 yards. That was his first style of the NFL, and now he’ll be getting his first begin.

For the Jets desperately in search of their first win, this can be a prime alternative, because the schedule is not an excessive amount of enjoyable afterward, as SNY’s Ralph Vacchiano identified. Rypien can also be anticipated to be with out his No. 1 possibility at large receiver with Courtland Sutton harm.

Additionally, on protection, DE Von Miller is out in addition to CB A.J. Bouye.

The Jets are additionally banged up, however they’ll have their franchise quarterback versus Rypien trying to get by way of his first begin.