The Jets, in need of impact players at almost all of the offensive skill positions, hope they found help at running back on the waiver wire Sunday.The Jets claimed running back Alex Green off waivers from the Green Bay Packers, who had cut him a day earlier to trim their roster to the league-mandated 53.
With one week left before the Jets' season opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the addition of Green -- the Packers' leading rusher last season -- adds much-needed depth to their current running back corps of Bilal Powell and Chris Ivory.
A third-round pick of the Packers in 2011 out of Hawaii, Green took advantage of his playing time last season, rushing for 464 yards on 135 carries to go along with 125 receiving yards on 18 catches. But he became expendable because of the Packers' investment in talented rookie Eddie Lacy.
Enter the Jets, whose running game has been in flux ever since their big offseason signing, Mike Goodson, was arrested in May and charged with possession of marijuana and a handgun.
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