{"id":21648,"date":"2013-08-31T16:58:06","date_gmt":"2013-08-31T20:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=21648"},"modified":"2022-04-01T04:37:07","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T08:37:07","slug":"the-new-york-jets-make-roster-moves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2013\/08\/31\/the-new-york-jets-make-roster-moves\/","title":{"rendered":"The New York Jets Make Roster Moves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Jets are expected to make a lot of cuts to their roster today. They have until 6 pm eastern time to get within the NFL&#8217;s rules of having a 53 man roster. Earlier today they cut Defensive Lineman <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorkjets.com\/team\/roster\/Tevita-Finau\/8f4f759e-dd2d-46c2-bf22-5eea4355c206\">Tevita Finau<\/a>. The Utah Graduate was looking to make a roster spot but was unable to standout in the preseason.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Jets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Jets<\/a> waive DL Tevita Finau, according to agent <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidcanter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@davidcanter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rich Cimini (@RichCimini) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RichCimini\/status\/373891669797515265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 31, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Additionally the New York Jets parted ways with Safety <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rotoworld.com\/player\/nfl\/8646\/rontez-miles\">Rontez Miles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"da\" dir=\"ltr\">Jets waived UDFA S Rontez Miles.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Caplan (@caplannfl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/caplannfl\/status\/373898244889145344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 31, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Miles was another unsigned free agent that was attempting to impress the coaches during the preseason. It is widely rumored that he may come back at a later time and placed on the Jets practice squad. In another move the Jets released Wide Receiver <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rotoworld.com\/player\/nfl\/5233\/mohamed-massaquoi\">Mohamed Massaquoi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Jets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Jets<\/a> released WR Mohamed Massaquoi, source says. Also, some assume Jets rolling with 3 QBs. No release yet for Graham Harrell tho<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet\/status\/373904581370982400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 31, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Massaquoi was attempting to beat out Clyde Gates, Ben Obomanu, and Ryan Spadola for a roster spot on the team. The Jets released QB Greg McElroy and CB Mike Edwards earlier today as well, read more <a href=\"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2013\/08\/31\/ny-jets-release-greg-mcelroy-and-mike-edwards\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Jets are expected to make a lot of cuts to their roster today. They have until 6 pm eastern time to get within the NFL&#8217;s rules of having a 53 man roster. Earlier today they cut Defensive Lineman Tevita Finau. The Utah Graduate was looking to make a roster spot but was unable to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":16481,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[213],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-21648","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jet-news"},"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/jn_logobig13.gif","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peLffi-5Da","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21648"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21654,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21648\/revisions\/21654"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}