New York Jets starting center Connor McGovern sustained a dislocated kneecap during Sunday’s game and is considered week-to-week, NFL Network reported Monday.
There’s a chance the injury won’t require surgery, per the report. McGovern will get a second opinion.
McGovern left Sunday’s win against the New York Giants in the second quarter. Starting left guard Wes Schweitzer, who slid over to center to replace McGovern, later left the game with a calf injury.
Fourth-string offensive lineman Xavier Newman, elevated from the practice squad for the game, ended up playing 72 percent of the Jets’ offensive snaps. The Jets entered the game without guard/backup center Joe Tippman.
The Jets signed Newman earlier this month after he was waived by Tennessee.
McGovern, 30, has started every game he’s played in for the Jets, who signed him to a three-year contract worth $27 million in March 2020. He re-signed with the club this past April, coming back on a one-year, $1.9 million deal.
He has played in 102 career games (91 starts) since the Denver Broncos selected him in the fifth round of the 2016 draft.
The Jets also lost defensive tackle Al Woods to a season-ending torn Achilles on Sunday.
–Field Level Media