Injured Jets wide receiver Quincy Enunwa sounded off on Twitter about the team fining him $27,900 for missing two treatments, including one for taking his wife out to celebrate her service on Veterans Day.
Enunwa also revealed doctors told him there is just a 50 percent chance he resumes his NFL career after suffering a second serious neck injury in a three-year span. He is on injured reserve and sitting out the season, just as he did in 2017.
“Given everything that’s going on around the team I thought this could’ve been handled so many different ways,” Enunwa wrote from his verified account. “I’ve spent my time with the team trying to build myself up to be dependable and hardworking so this [stuff] hurts.”
He continued, “I missed those two days because I took my VETERAN wife out for Veteran’s Day lunch and because I had to handle an emergency in my house. I let the team know this after the fact, and, yes, I should have told them beforehand, but I feel like this was excessive.”
It’s been a month of feuds between Jets management and its players, which certainly will catch the attention of the locker room and could be an obstacle in future free agency. Jamal Adams felt betrayed when they listened to trade offers before the deadline, Luke Falk filed an injury grievance against the Jets and Kelechi Osemele battled with the team about whether he needed and could receive surgery.
Now this.
Enunwa signed a four-year, $36 million contract extension with $10 million guaranteed at signing in December, as he wrapped up a breakout year. He confirmed worst-case fears that a second neck injury has put his career in jeopardy.
“I’m on IR trying to get back to play so I never thought that they’d be worried about me missing, but obviously I was wrong,” he wrote. “The biggest reason it hurts is that I’m on IR for the second time in my career and the doctor told me I have a 50/50 chance of coming back to play. I shouldn’t even have to be in that building, being reminded every day of what I can’t do.”
He added, “This [stuff] feels like punishment already and then they FINE me the max. And then want me to continue to do my rehab there and IF I get healthy they want me to then play for them after.”
Well, technically the Jets would be paying Enunwa to play in their uniform as he is contractually obligated to do. And the Jets are within their rights to fine a player for unexcused absences from medical treatments.
Enunwa claimed he is not alone in feeling wronged by this outcome, which is why he aired the dirty laundry.
“I’m not writing this for sympathy and never wanted to even say anything,” he wrote, “but when multiple teammates are coming to me saying it’s f—ed up I don’t care to sit on it anymore.”
The Jets did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Post.