Rookie Cade Klubnik wins Jets' backup quarterback job. Edge rusher Joseph Ossai out with foot injury

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Rookie Cade Klubnik will head into the regular season as the New York Jets' backup quarterback behind Geno Smith.

The fourth-rounder out of Clemson received the bulk of the snaps during the three preseason games and had a solid training camp performance, giving the Jets confidence he can step in Smith's place if needed.

"He's our backup quarterback," coach Aaron Glenn said Monday while announcing the decision. “And he'll do a good job.”

Glenn added that the Jets are still likely to add another quarterback to their practice squad. They released Bailey Zappe on Sunday. They also waived Brady Cook, who was claimed Monday by Miami. Cook started the final four games as a rookie last season.

Klubnik started the Jets' preseason opener against Tampa Bay and led New York to scores on his two drives. He came in after one series by Smith the following week at Pittsburgh and then played the first half of the preseason finale against the Giants.

Klubnik was 21 of 34 for 190 yards with no touchdowns and one interception in the three preseason games.

“There’s just a confidence in how he operates and what he’s done in practice, what he’s done in the games,” Glenn said. “I don’t think anybody ever said there weren’t going to be hiccups. I mean, he’s a rookie, but he’s always learning, he’s a very intelligent guy.”

“He's improved over the course of training camp, and he'll continue to improve."

Edge rusher Joseph Ossai will be “week to week,” according to Glenn, after he ruptured the plantar fascia in one of his feet against the Giants last Friday night.

Ossai, signed to a three-year, $36 million contract in March after five seasons with Cincinnati, began the summer on the physically unable to perform list and made his preseason debut against the Giants. He played 11 snaps and had two tackles and a quarterback pressure before being hurt.

New York claimed kicker Blake Grupe off waivers from Indianapolis on Monday, adding him to the roster after Jason Sanders — who beat out Cade York for the job — had a shaky performance in the preseason finale during which he was wide left on an extra point and short on a 54-yard field-goal attempt.

Sanders was released by the Jets a few hours after Glenn said the veteran remained on the team for “competition” with Grupe while adding that the roster is still “fluid” as teams continue to make moves in preparation for the regular season.

New York also claimed former Carolina linebacker Trevin Wallace and waived offensive lineman Kohl Levao.

Grupe spent parts of his first three NFL seasons with New Orleans and finished last year with the Colts, who waived him Sunday after Spencer Shrader won their competition. For his career, Grupe is 86 of 105 on field goals and 96 of 98 on extra points.

“He's a small guy,” the 5-foot-9 Glenn said with a laugh about the 5-7 Grupe. “But he’s a good player. ... Looking forward to him getting out here with us and kicking.”

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Indianapolis Colts kicker Blake Grupe (10) kicks a field goal against the Detroit Lions during the first half of a preseason NFL football game in Indianapolis, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

New York Jets quarterback Cade Klubnik (10) runs with the ball during the first half of a preseason NFL football game against the New York Giants, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

New York Jets running back Chip Trayanum (40) and Jets quarterback Cade Klubnik (10) react after scoring during the first half of a preseason NFL football game against the New York Giants, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

New York Jets quarterback Cade Klubnik (10) throws during the first half of a preseason NFL football game against the New York Giants, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial on Monday spent a third day deliberating without reaching a verdict on whether the former labor and delivery nurse is criminally responsible for killing her three children in 2023 — a case that has drawn attention to maternal mental health after childbirth.

The jurors began discussing the case Thursday in Plymouth County Superior Court after hearing testimony from more than 70 prosecution witnesses, including her then-husband, and 10 defense witnesses over five weeks.

The jury is slated to resume deliberations on Tuesday.

While Clancy doesn’t deny strangling her children, her lawyer said she did it because she had lost her grip on reality due to postpartum psychosis, a rare mental illness that can follow childbirth. In the months before the killings, Clancy sought treatment for her worsening mental health, including a stay in a psychiatric hospital.

Prosecutors said Clancy knew what she was doing. They say she strangled the children because she was depressed and tired of living, and made a conscious choice to kill them before attempting suicide.

The jury could find her guilty of murder or the lesser crime of manslaughter, or it could acquit her if it finds that she wasn't in control of herself due to psychiatric problems. Clancy's sentence could be as severe as life in prison, or she could be released or remain confined in a mental health facility if acquitted.

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988.

All three children — Cora, Dawson and Callan Clancy, ages 5, 3 and 8 months — were strangled with exercise bands in the basement of the family's home in coastal Duxbury, Massachusetts, before Clancy tried to kill herself while her husband was getting takeout and going to a pharmacy on Jan. 24, 2023.

Clancy, 36, who grew up in Wallingford, Connecticut, has pleaded not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility. She did not testify during the trial, but jurors heard at length from medical professionals who treated her, as well as from friends and relatives she had told about her mental health problems.

Her defense lawyer, Kevin Reddington, said after jurors ended their deliberations Monday that he hopes the case will change how women with similar conditions are treated by the healthcare system.

“It strikes a chord with many, many people. It strikes a chord with, I think, obviously, women because it’s atrocious,” he said about how several of Clancy’s medical appointments were done virtually.

Jurors heard from medical experts called by prosecutors and the defense, who disagreed about her likely state of mind when she killed the children.

The killings happened less than three weeks after Clancy was discharged from a psychiatric hospital. She cut herself before jumping from a second-floor window after strangling the children. She remains paralyzed from the waist down.

Associated Press writer Dave Collins in Hartford, Connecticut, contributed to this report.

Lindsay Clancy watches jury members as Judge William Sullivan polls them during her murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth, Mass., Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)

Lindsay Clancy watches jury members as Judge William Sullivan polls them before they start deliberations during her murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth, Mass., Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)

Lindsay Clancy watches jury members as Judge William Sullivan polls them before they start deliberations during her murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth, Mass., Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)

Lindsay Clancy watches jurors as they enter the courtroom to start their second day of deliberations in her murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court on Friday, Aug. 28, 2026 in Plymouth Mass. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)

Lindsay Clancy watches jurors enter the courtroom for their second day of deliberations as defense attorney Kevin Reddington sits to her right at Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth, Mass., Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. (Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger via AP, Pool)