Jason

Davis

The Raiders lost FB Justin Griffith to a season-ending knee injury on Sunday. Davis will be there only to block. He was Pierre Thomas’ lead blocker at Illinois.

With Luke Lawton as the only fullback remaining on the roster, Michael Bush will act as the backup.

Davis wasn’t going to see the field behind Tony Richardson. The Jets will likely sign him to their practice squad if he clears waivers.

Chicago was likely hoping to sneak Davis onto its practice squad. Instead, he’ll learn behind starting lead blocker Tony Richardson in New York.

Davis lost out when Tony Hunt moved to fullback. McDougle made a strong run at a roster spot and it’ll help his chances of catching on elsewhere.

All of the players spent time on the Jets’ practice squad in 2009. Davis was claimed off waivers from Chicago last summer after seeing game action with the Bears and Raiders in 2008.

He will do the lead blocking Sunday in front of Matt Forte because Jason McKie is injured. A hometown kid, Davis played his college ball at Illinois.

There’s a chance Matt Forte’s lead blocker could be out a few more weeks. Jason Davis, who led the way against the Vikings, is a capable fill-in.

One of the stars of Hard Knocks goes down. Davis’ fate was sealed when the Jets drafted and proceeded to gush over rookie John “The Terminator” Conner. He has certainly put enough on tape to get a look from another team.

We saw this one coming from the minute Leonard Weaver went down. Davis isn’t the short-yardage runner that Weaver is, but he is at least a serviceable lead blocker. Unfortunately for Hard Knocks star Davis, the Eagles don’t play the Jets this year. Davis was signed by the Eagles as an undrafted free agent back in 2006 but never got on the field.