After not attending practice Thursday, second-year wide receiver Elijah Moore asked the New York Jets to trade him, NFL Network reported.
The team reportedly does not plan to entertain his request.
Coach Robert Saleh said earlier in the day that Moore was excused from practice as a “personal day.”
Before the Jets took the field for practice, Moore tweeted “Love my teammates!” followed by “God I need direction,” but he deleted the latter.
He had also aired grievances on Sunday about not being targeted a single time in the Jets’ Week 6 win over the Green Bay Packers, tweeting, “If I say what I really wanna say … I’ll be the selfish guy… we winning. Grateful! Huge blessing! All I ever wanted. Butter (sic) sweet for me em but I’ll be solid. So I’ll just stay quiet Just know I don’t understand either.” He has since deleted that tweet.
After a promising rookie season in which he caught 43 passes for 538 yards and five touchdowns in just 11 games, the 2021 second-round pick has started every game in 2022. However, he has just 16 receptions on 29 targets for 203 yards without a score, including just four catches over the past three weeks.
“You guys look at the last couple weeks, we just haven’t thrown the ball much,” quarterback Zach Wilson told reporters. “A lot of opportunity hasn’t gone around. It’s not a thing where I’m trying to avoid him or whatever it is because he’s a great player. I’m just going through my progressions. … We’re talking about routes and how we can clean things up every week. It’s just being patient and trusting the process.
“I love him and I hope he understands that he’s special to our team.”
Moore is now the second Jets receiver to request a trade this season, following Denzel Mims in August. A second-round pick in 2020, Mims has been inactive for every game this year.
–Field Level Media
