Braxton Berrios gets rare chance to impact Jets offense with Jamison Crowder out

Braxton Berrios will get a rare opportunity to impact the Jets offense on Sunday against the 49ers when he replaces the injured Jamison Crowder in the slot.

Crowder (hamstring) was officially ruled out by the Jets on Friday, as he did not practice on Thursday or Friday. That means Berrios will fill in for him in the home opener. Berrios didn’t play any offensive snaps last week in Buffalo, but Adam Gase trusts that he and Sam Darnold will be on the same page come Sunday’s game.

“I have a lot of confidence in him,” Gase told reporters. “When we got him last year I was really excited just seeing him throughout college. We’ll get out there and it seems like him and Sam have good chemistry because they’ve worked enough together.”

Berrios piggybacked off of Gase’s comments by saying he’s had a lot of practice time with Darnold and doesn’t believe chemistry will be an issue between them.

“We do have a good chemistry,” Berrios said, per ESPN’s Rich Cimini. “My job is to be where he expects me to be.”

Berrios only played 85 offensive snaps in his first season with Gang Green in 2019. Most of his playing time came on special teams, where he had 99 total snaps. When Berrios did play offense, he wasn’t very productive. Berrios was targeted 13 times last season but only recorded six catches for 115 yards.

Most of Berrios’s yardage came on one play, too. He had a 69-yard catch in Week 11 against the Raiders last season. Without that catch, Berrios would only have five catches for 46 yards for his entire NFL career.

Sunday is a big opportunity for Berrios to insert himself into the Jets’ offensive gameplan more often. Crowder will eventually regain his starting job once he comes back from injury, but even then, the Jets will still lack receiving depth.

Berrios will get a chance to help solve that problem this weekend.


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