Jets' Moore to be inactive; Saleh: Won't deal him

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Frustrated New York Jets wide receiver Elijah Moore, who requested a commercialized Thursday aft being sent location pursuing a blow-up with a coach, returned to the team's installation Friday but volition beryllium inactive Sunday against the Denver Broncos.

"To inquire him to play a shot crippled with wherever helium is from a intelligence standpoint wouldn't beryllium just to him, successful my opinion," manager Robert Saleh told reporters. "But that's strictly my decision."

Saleh said the Jets won't assistance Moore's commercialized request, saying they anticipation to enactment retired their differences erstwhile the second-year receiver rejoins the team. He was excused from meetings and signifier Friday and won't marque the travel to Denver. He volition stay successful New Jersey, moving retired with the conditioning unit arsenic if helium were injured.

"It's portion of what we woody with each day," Saleh said. "We've had our discussions with Elijah. Trading him is not an option. We'll conscionable proceed moving with him."

The NFL commercialized deadline is Nov. 1.

Saleh, who said Thursday that Moore was fixed a idiosyncratic time to woody with a household matter, confirmed reports that Moore was told to permission the installation earlier signifier owed to a disagreement with the coaches.

A root told ESPN that it was a heated speech with violative coordinator Mike LaFleur.

"Like everything, it gets to a boiling point," Saleh said Friday. "He showed displeasure. It was 1 of those deals wherever it was conscionable champion for him to conscionable relax, calm down, instrumentality a day, drawback your enactment and we'll reconvene astatine different time."

The contention comes astatine an unusual clip due to the fact that the Jets (4-2), winners of 3 straight, person their champion commencement since 2015. But Moore, a 2021 second-round prime who showed committedness arsenic a rookie, is upset astir his usage. An every-down player, he's sixth connected the squad successful receptions (16) and 5th successful targets (28).

Moore went nationalist with his feelings Sunday aft the Jets upset the Green Bay Packers -- a crippled successful which helium had nary authoritative targets. He tweeted, "I don't understand" astir wherefore helium wasn't a bigger portion of the offense.

Referring to the tweet, Saleh issued a mild nationalist rebuke Monday, saying "mistakes happen." He defended Moore's character, and did truthful again Friday, downplaying the repercussions of the commercialized petition and the cognition that Moore is simply a selfish player.

Saleh chalked it up to Moore's competitiveness, calling it an "admirable" trait.

"He wants more," Saleh said. "That doesn't marque him selfish. In my mind, it makes him a competitor."

To regenerate Moore connected Sunday, the Jets volition activate wide receiver Denzel Mims for the archetypal time. Mims, a 2020 second-round prime who requested a commercialized successful the preseason, was a steadfast scratch for the archetypal six games. Mims and Jeff Smith apt volition stock Moore's reps successful the game.