Quincy Williams lands on IR as Jets defense suffers big injury blow

If the Jets are to get into the win column for the first time this season, they will have to do so without starting linebacker Quincy Williams.

Williams will be placed on injured reserve with a shoulder injury suffered in Sunday’s loss to the Buccaneers and will miss a minimum of four weeks, a source confirmed, beginning with Monday’s game against the Dolphins.

The Jets are signing linebacker Mark Robinson off the Patriots’ practice squad to their 53-man roster to replace Williams, according to NFL Network.

The 26-year-old Robinson, a former seventh-round pick of the Steelers in 2022, had been elevated to the active roster in each of New England’s first three games, making three special-teams tackles.

Williams, the older brother of Jets defensive lineman Quinnen Williams, suffered the injury late in the second quarter against Tampa Bay and did not return in the second half.

Quincy registered four tackles, a half-sack and two quarterback hits before departing for the locker room with 52 seconds remaining before halftime in the 29-27 loss.

The 29-year-old linebacker finished second on the team to Jamien Sherwood with 116 tackles last season, his fifth with the team after playing his first two NFL seasons with the Jaguars.

Williams is slated to become a free agent after this season when his three-year, $18 million deal expires.

The Jets also added a bonus structure to the deal in August that can earn Williams an additional $1.5 million in incentives in 2025.

—Additional reporting by Brian Costello