EAST RUTHERFORD White Joe Namath Jerseys , N.J. (AP) — Taylor Bertolet had a chance to end the New York Jets‘ search for a kicker with a big night.The job still appears up for grabs.Bertolet kicked two field goals for the game’s only scores, but missed three other attempts in his bid to make New York’s roster as the Jets topped the Philadelphia Eagles 6-0 in a snoozer of a preseason finale Thursday night.Article continues below ...“I’ve got to do a better job,” Bertolet said. “I know we had some long field goals that I’m capable of hitting. I hit those kicks nearly every single day in practice.”Bertolet was cut last summer by the Jets (2-2), who opted to go with Jason Myers — who made the Pro Bowl. He was back in camp with New York this summer after replacing Chandler Catanzaro, who abruptly retired after the first preseason game.Bertolet missed two extra-point tries in his first preseason game against Atlanta, but bounced back by making his two field-goal attempts and his only PAT against New Orleans last week.But, in this one, Bertolet was wide right on a 53-yard field-goal attempt early in the first quarter before making a 23-yarder early in the second. Marcus Cooper’s interception of Eagles rookie Clayton Thorson helped set up the scoring drive.Bertolet was wide left on a 56-yarder just before halftime. His 39-yarder gave the Jets a 6-0 lead with 5:10 left in the third quarter. Bertolet then missed a 49-yarder with 9:40 remaining.Coach Adam Gase insisted his confidence in Bertolet remains “good” despite the shaky summer, and offered a reason for some of the misses against the Eagles (1-3).“Two of those, I just saw guys running out late,” Gase said. “You just can’t do that to the kicker. You can’t bust his rhythm like that.”When asked if he would be OK if Bertolet was his kicker for Week 1, Gase responded flatly: “Yep.”ACTION JACKSONEagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson injured a finger during practice earlier this week, but coach Doug Pederson didn’t appear concerned that it could sideline the star for the start of the regular season.“He’ll be fine,” Pederson said.STARTING QBSThorson, a fifth-rounder out of Northwestern, played the entire game for the Eagles. He finished 12 of 26 for just 84 yards and an interception.“Things that he has done in practice and even in some of these games, it might not look like it because of the end result, but he’s made a lot of progress this entire training camp Joe Namath Jerseys 2019 ,” Pederson said. “My hat’s off to him and how he’s worked and how he’s prepared.”Carson Wentz sat out again with the rest of Philadelphia’s starters, while veterans Josh McCown and Cody Kessler didn’t play.Trevor Siemian started at quarterback for the Jets with Sam Darnold and New York’s starters getting the night off. With the backup job wrapped up, Siemian went 5 of 5 for 37 yards in his only series before giving way to Luke Falk.BACKUP COMPETITIONFalk finished 13 of 18 for 91 yards in five series, and outplayed Davis Webb during training camp and the preseason for the potential No. 3 job.Webb played the entire second half and went 18 of 23 for 176 yards and was intercepted twice — by Josh Hawkins and Chris Worley.“Those two plays are obviously really bad,” said Webb, who threw four interceptions in the preseason. “But I had a lot of completions and ran the offense pretty efficiently, but again, you’ve got to get in the end zone and that’s something I just did not do tonight.”VALENTINE’S NIGHTFormer Australian rugby league star Valentine Holmes, in camp with the Jets as a running back/wide receiver, had a busy second half.He tied for the team lead with five receptions for 55 yards, and ran the ball five times for no yards. Holmes also had a tackle on Worley’s interception.The 24-year-old Holmes is with the Jets as part of the NFL’s International Player Pathway program. If he doesn’t make the Jets’ 53-man roster, he’s eligible for a practice squad exemption — meaning he wouldn’t count against the team’s allotment of 10 non-active roster players during the regular season.CASHED OUTPhiladelphia was driving down the field on its second possession behind runs of 15 yards by Greg Ward and 18 by Wendall Smallwood that got the Eagles down to the Jets 24.But rookie Blake Cashman popped the ball out of Smallwood’s hands on second-and-8 from the 22 and Frankie Luvu recovered and returned it 24 yards. It ended what turned out to be the Eagles’ best scoring chance of the night.INJURIESEagles: DT Aziz Shittu was being evaluated for a head injury after being hurt early in the second half.Jets: S Brandon Bryant was waived before the game. He suffered a concussion during the team’s preseason game against Atlanta last Saturday night. … CB Mark Myers was being evaluated for a head injury. … WR Charone Peake injured a hamstring.UP NEXTEagles: Open season at home vs. Washington on Sept. 8.Jets: Open season at home vs. Buffalo on Sept. 8. FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — The New York Jets will have a busy backfield this season.Le’Veon Bell is the star of the running backs group, of course. But, Ty Montgomery and Bilal Powell, and perhaps even Elijah McGuire and Trenton Cannon could all play significant roles in Adam Gase’s offense.Through four training camp practices, it has been clear that Gase likes the idea of mixing and matching his backs while using them in various ways. There could be multiple ballcarriers lined up at different spots on a given play, presenting a big-time challenge for opposing defenses.“I can tell that in this offense the backs are going to be used a lot White Keyshawn Johnson Jerseys ,” said Montgomery, who signed with New York as a free agent after splitting last season with Green Bay and Baltimore.“We’re going to be asked to run the ball,” he added. “We’re going to be asked to catch the ball. We’re going to be asked to protect the quarterback. We’re going to be asked to line up all over the field. I think it’s very useful. It creates mismatches.”Bell was signed in the offseason to be the primary ballcarrier, a bell-cow back who is used to plenty of touches. He had a league-high 406 of them in 2017, the last season he played in a game before sitting out all last year in a contract dispute with Pittsburgh.The Jets are being cautious during camp with Bell, who twice left practice briefly Sunday with cramping in his right leg. Gase had no concerns that it would be an issue, and Bell has shown no signs of rust when he has been on the field.“For me, I’m going to go as hard as I personally can each and every rep,” Bell said. “It’s going to be more so on the coaches to hold me back just because of the fact I’m not going to hold myself back. If I have four reps, I’m going to run four reps as hard as possible. And I’ll stay in for the fifth rep if they don’t take me out. That’s the kind of player I am. They’ll protect me from myself.”His dual-threat abilities are well-documented: He rushed for 5,336 yards and 35 touchdowns in five seasons with Pittsburgh, and caught 312 passes for 2,660 yards and seven scores as one of the league’s most versatile and dangerous offensive players. His 128.9 yards from scrimmage per game over his career is the best mark in the NFL since the 1970 merger.The Jets gave Bell a four-year, $52.5 million contract in the offseason, believing he’ll come back fresh. Sam Darnold predicts Bell will help “a ton.”“There are a lot of ways that we’re going to involve him in this offense,” the quarterback said.And, Bell isn’t the only one.Montgomery played wide receiver at Stanford and began his NFL career at the position with Green Bay before being moved to running back in his second season in 2016. He has thrived in a dual-threat role since, catching 107 passes for 892 yards and three touchdowns while rushing for 932 yards and seven scores in four NFL seasons.“The more guys that we have that can do multiple things the better Keyshawn Johnson Jerseys 2019 ,” Gase said. “I think Ty’s flexibility is huge for us. It helps you with the active (roster on gameday). You might be able to go a little light on wideouts because he has experience. You can go a little heavy on the backs that help on special teams as well because you can save a roster spot with a guy that can just only play offense, or can only play defense.“When you’ve got a guy that can do multiple things and contribute on special teams, that’s valuable for us.”Powell was re-signed early last month after recovering from a neck injury last October that cut short his season. The Jets’ fourth-round pick in 2011 has established himself as a solid complementary back who can also do plenty of damage to defenses while catching passes out of the backfield.The 30-year-old Powell has run for 3,446 yards and 15 TDs, along with 204 receptions for 1,567 yards and five scores in his career.“There’s so many different pieces and parts to the offense,” Powell said. “I think that’s going to help create mismatches against the defense.”While McGuire — a sixth-round pick in 2017 — and Cannon — a sixth-rounder last year — are hardly locks to make the final roster, Gase has shown a tendency to use multiple running backs in his previous stops in Miami, Chicago and Denver.“With those guys, they’re so unique,” Darnold said of his running backs. “They have such good route-running ability. They can line up out wide, run routes. In the backfield, you don’t know if they’re going to run a route or get a handoff so it makes it hard on a defense and it’s really good for us as an offense to have those weapons. We’re going to keep using them.”NOTES: Backup OT Brent Qvale was carted off the field early in practice with a right knee injury. He was scheduled to have an MRI exam, but Gase said it didn’t appear promising. … TE Daniel Brown left practice with a hamstring injury. … Rookie LB Jeff Allison didn’t practice with a shoulder ailment. … Neat moment early in practice: Defensive coordinator Gregg Williams fired up the fans when he walked over to the bleachers and told them the players are taking to the coaching, want to be coached and “they want to defend MetLife Stadium for you guys.” That set off loud cheers and a “J-E-T-S” chant.