Ex-NFL player offers warning about New York City after Jets cornerback is reportedly wounded in shooting

Jack Brewer, a erstwhile peculiar teams skipper with the Minnesota Vikings, reacted to the shooting that reportedly near New York Jets cornerback Kris Boyd wounded connected Sunday morning.

Brewer told Fox News Digital that helium was "praying" for Boyd’s betterment and that NFL teams should marque definite their players aren’t retired past midnight successful a "lawless city."

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Jack Brewer of the Minnesota Vikings is congratulated by teammate Brian Williams #29 aft Brewer intercepted a Brett Favre walk successful the 2nd fractional against the Green Bay Packers connected Nov. 17, 2002 astatine the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome successful Minneapolis, Minnesota.  (Elsa/Getty Images)

"Today, New York City is adjacent much lawless," Brewer said. "With upcoming leaders who are openly anti-police and anti-law-and-order, the absorption of that metropolis is lone going to get worse. In fact, (if) I were coaching determination close now, I’d constitute it into each contract: you’re personally liable for thing that happens aft midnight, and your woody is terminated if you interruption curfew.

"Teams put millions into these athletes, they’ve got nary concern being astir successful the mediate of the nighttime successful a lawless city."

Brewer drew connected his ain acquisition playing for the New York Giants to explicit that helium knows that information lurks erstwhile the nighttime gets later.

"I played for the New York Giants, and conscionable similar these Jets players, I was retired successful New York City precocious astatine night," helium added. "I’ve been successful those clubs astatine 2 a.m. I cognize precisely what happens; fights, shootings, and chaos. You recognize the situation earlier you adjacent locomotion done the door.

New York Jets cornerback Kris Boyd (17) participates successful a drill during minicamp astatine Atlantic Health Jets Training Center connected June 10, 2025. (John Jones/Imagn Images)

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"Now, looking backmost arsenic a retired player, I tin accidental with implicit assurance that nary of america had immoderate concern being retired astir 2 a.m. Every assemblage and pro manager drills the aforesaid connection into their players’ heads, thing bully happens aft midnight."

Brewer was successful the NFL from 2002 to 2005 with the Vikings, Giants and Philadelphia Eagles.

The incidental occurred successful Midtown Manhattan astir 2 a.m. ET, the NYPD said.

Boyd was the unfortunate successful the shooting, sources told the New York Post. The Jets aboriginal released a connection connected the matter.

"We are alert of the concern involving Kris Boyd and volition person nary further remark astatine this time," the squad told Fox News Digital.

Houston Texans cornerback Kris Boyd (17) walks connected the tract astatine Houston Methodist Training Center connected July 27, 2024. (Troy Taormina/USA TODAY Sports)

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Boyd was described arsenic being successful captious but unchangeable condition, according to ESPN.

It’s Boyd’s archetypal play with the Jets. He’s been connected the injured reserve since August.

Fox News' Chantz Martin contributed to this report.

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