CORTLAND, N.Y. (AP) — Rex Ryan says wide receiver Santonio Holmes is “probably doubtful” for the New York Jets’ preseason opener at Cincinnati on Friday night, but won’t rule him out against the Bengals.
Holmes, the Jets’ top receiver, is not practicing Monday and there’s no immediate timetable for his return after injuring a rib in the team’s scrimmage Saturday night. Ryan said initial indications were that Holmes had a broken rib, but X-rays revealed no fracture. Ryan says he was “surprised” the X-rays came back negative.
Ryan adds that Holmes is “obviously tender” and said the wide receiver told him “something about cartilage,” but wasn’t clear on the exact nature of the injury.
Ryan also says second-year receiver Jeremy Kerley’s tweaked hamstring is “a pulled hamstring” and remains sidelined.
