Jets finally get to unleash Haason Reddick as hell debut in critical Patriots matchup

After sitting out seven games, Haason Reddick will finally be on the field in a Jets uniform Sunday against the Patriots.The former Eagles linebacker, who ended his contract holdout Sunday and reported to the team Monday, went through a walk-through Wednesday and two full practices Thursday and Friday.The Jets wanted to give Reddick a few days to settle in before confirming his availability.After Friday’s practice, interim head coach Jeff Ulbrich confirmed Reddick is set for Sunday.“He had a good week with us,” Ulbrich said.

“You know, he’s just such an experienced guy.[He’s] been in so many systems and to pick up ours was not super difficult for him.

So, he did a good job of that and put in that extra time to learn it and physically looked good out there.”Ulbrich added there will be no snap-count limit, that the Jets plan to “play it by ear.”“Although he hasn’t been doing a whole lot of football stuff in a football capacity, he’s been doing a lot of position specific stuff with pass rush specialists,” Ulbrich said.“He’s been doing conditioning, lifting, obviously, we’ll just kind of play it by ear.

A big part of that will just be [to] observe him on game day and see what he is capable of doing.”Reddick is on a reworked contract that will recoup some of the $12 million in fines and missed game checks he accumulated during his holdout.He arrives at a transition time for the Jets, who have seen a lot of changes since the last time they played the Patriots, beating them 24-3 in Week 3.Robert Saleh has been fired and Davante Adams has been added to the list of Aaron Rodgers’ options in an effort to spark the struggling offense.Now, they’re welcoming a teammate who was supposed to have arrived months earlier.Nevertheless, Ulbrich said it was “one of the better weeks” around the Jets camp with regard to preparation after an embarrassing 37-15 loss to the Steelers.The defense should also get a boost by the return from injuries ...