The New York Jets may be without Coach Todd Bowles when they take on the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium on Saturday. The team announced that Bowles was admitted to the hospital Friday afternoon with an undisclosed illness and is in stable condition. He did not travel with the team to Foxborough, Mass.
The Jets said that in the event Bowles is unable to coach Saturday, assistant Mike Caldwell would serve as interim head coach for the game. ESPN’s Adam Schefter later indicated via Twitter that Bowles will indeed miss the AFC East showdown and that Caldwell will lead the Jets. But two writers who cover the Jets, the New York Daily News’s Manish Mehta and ESPN’s Rich Cimini, believe Bowles has a chance to make it to Gillette.
Head coach Todd Bowles arrived at the team hotel this morning and will travel with the Jets to Gillette Stadium.
At this time, it is unclear whether Bowles will direct the team from the sideline or the coaches booth.
According to reports, Bowles was visited by GM Mike Mccagnan in the hospital, while assistant head coach Mike Caldwell handled the walkthrough for the team.
Jets coach Todd Bowles was scheduled to meet with his doctors on Monday after being hospitalized late last week.
Bowles, 53, told reporters after the game the problem was “kidney stones, gall stones, gall bladder” and that he wasn’t certain he would be able to make the game at all.
Bowles, who is in his second season with the Jets, also had a health scare in February when a benign mass was removed from his throat.
The Jets are off Monday. Bowles is expected to run practice Tuesday and speak to reporters afterward. The Jets (4-11) host the Bills on Sunday to end the regular season.
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