Jets receiver Jerricho Cotchery played the 2010 season with a herniated disk and underwent back surgery on Feb. 3, according to an ESPN.com report.
Perhaps that explains the team-high eight passes Cotchery dropped during the season, uncharacteristic for him.
Cotchery, 28, told ESPN.comt hat doctors “shaved off” the piece of the disc that was pressing against a nerve. He told the website that the condition was at its worst in October.
According to the report Cotchery said the rehab is going well and his hope is to start running within a month and he believes he will be ready for training camp — if, of course, there is a training camp.
With Santonio Holmes and Braylon Edwards, along with Brad Smith, all free agents, Cotchery is the only experienced receiver under contract with the Jets.
Ironically, Cotchery made perhaps the best catch of the season when he injured his groin while running a route against the Browns, but he made a diving catch anyway.
He finished the season with 41 receptions for 433 yards and two touchdowns. In the playoffs, he led the Jets with 12 catches.