The Sports Xchange

New York Jets wide receiver Jeremy Kerley and two teammates suffered concussions in Friday night’s preseason game.

Jets coach Todd Bowles announced the news after the 30-22 preseason win over the Atlanta Falcons at MetLife Stadium.

Running back Daryl Richardson and safety Durell Eskridge also left the game with concussions.

Kerley, who suffered a concussion with the Jets in 2013, had two catches for 38 yards against the Falcons. He is competing to be the Jets’ No. 3 receiver behind Brandon Marshall and Eric Decker.

Jets wide receiver Shaquelle Evans suffered a sprained back in the game, while offensive tackle Ben Ijalana had a knee injury and defensive back Dashaun Phillips a rib injury.

Meanwhile, Bowles was not pleased with all of the penalty flags his team drew in the second preseason game. The Jets ended up with 17 penalties, 10 in the first half, for a total of 125 yards.

“You ain’t going to win no ballgames having 17 penalties,” Bowles said. “Effort was great, penalties were terrible. That was way more than imagined. We got better in some areas. We got worse there. We’ve got to clean that up.

“Hopefully we learn from penalties this week. We’ve got to get better every week. We’ve got to progress next week. Hopefully, the penalties go down. We’re going to work our asses off on it and we’ll go from there.”

Ryan Fitzpatrick, who took over as the Jets’ starting quarterback when IK Enemkpali broke Geno Smith’s jaw last week, completed 13 of 19 pass attempts for 118 yards.

“I think it was an up-and-down performance, it was nice to get the touchdown at the end there,” Fitzpatrick said. “I feel like personally, I missed a few reads. There’s a lot of things I think I can learn from and get better from.”