Exclusive | Jets Alijah Vera-Tucker not even thinking about his Broncos injury history

Alijah Vera-Tucker — once opponents were determined at last season’s end — was thrilled to see a trip to Denver was missing from the 2024 Jets calendar.If a trip appeared on the schedule, the offensive lineman said he would have told GM Joe Douglas he wouldn’t be playing.Empower Field at Mile High, after all, is where Vera-Tucker suffered back-to-back season-ending injuries — a torn triceps in 2022 and a torn Achilles in 2023.On Sunday, the Jets will be hosting the Broncos at MetLife Stadium, and with only a few days until the game, Vera-Tucker has changed his mindset to block out the past.“I’m not even thinking about none of that.

I’ve talked about it before so I’m not even going to talk about it,” he told The Post on Thursday.In the past two seasons, the 25-year-old played in just 12 games.He was drafted 14th overall by the Jets in 2021 and started at left guard as a rookie for the full year.In the last two seasons, he fluctuated between left tackle and right tackle due to other linemen’s injuries before getting injured himself.Vera-Tucker isn’t quite sure if his versatility led to his injury woes, but since the offseason, the Jets made a point of wanting to keep him in one spot in an effort to stop history from repeating itself.“I think maybe.

It probably could have.At the end of the day, I don’t know a hundred percent for sure,” Vera-Tucker said.

“People sometimes just have those freak accidents.I mean, like I said, I always say if I could go back, I wouldn’t change what I did.

I want to go play tackle to help out the team and I wouldn’t change what I did in the past for sure.”This season, Vera-Tucker has stuck to right guard and he has seen it allow him to focus more.He has been on the field for all 181 offensive snaps for the Jets.“It’s been cool, knowing [the Jets] telling me I’m at right guard no matter what,” he said.

“So, it helps me keep that mindset of, OK, I’m staying at right guard so I can perfect...