Christian Kirksey will sit out Thursday night’s game against the New York Jets with an ankle injury.One of Cleveland’s captains Jamie Collins Jersey , Kirksey also missed last week’s game at New Orleans, the first time he sat out a game in his NFL career after playing in 65 straight. James Burgess will start for Kirksey as the Browns try to snap a 19-game winless streak.New York starting safety Marcus Maye is sitting out with a foot injury. He’ll be replaced by Doug Middleton, who has 11 tackles after two games.Browns wide receiver Jarvis Landry will play. He had been listed as questionable with a knee injury. Landry leads the team with 12 catches for 175 yards.The Jets are also without outside linebacker Josh Martin and tight end Neal Sterling due to concussions. Martin has not played since getting hurt in the Jets’ third preseason game. Sterling was injured last Sunday against Miami. The Gerald McCoy era in Tampa Bay is coming to an end.The Buccaneers have informed McCoy that they’re releasing him, Rick Stroud of the reports.Although McCoy has been a six-time Pro Bowler and three-time first-team All-Pro in Tampa, the move comes as no surprise. McCoy is 31 years old Christian Kirksey Color Rush Jersey , has started to show signs of declining play, and was due a $13 million base salary if he was on the team this year.McCoy will certainly have options, and the Browns have already been identified as one team that has shown interest. He’ll have a hard time, however, finding a team willing to pay him the kind of money he was set to make from the Bucs.Also complicating matters for McCoy will be that there are several defensive linemen still available in free agency https://www.brownsfanshop.com/JC-Tretter-Jersey , most notably Ndamukong Suh, who entered the NFL at the same time as McCoy. (Suh went second overall in the 2010 draft, and McCoy went third.) It would not be surprising to see the Buccaneers consider signing Suh to replace McCoy.McCoy has said he’s looking forward to playing somewhere this season, he just doesn’t know where. It won’t be in Tampa.
