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Found December 12, 2011 on Jets Insider.com: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Jim Leonhard,  Rex Ryan
TEAMS: New York Jets,  New England Patriots

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FLORHAM PARK, NJ -- It's deja vu, all over again. For safety Jim Leonhard the classic Yogi-ism might be more than appropriate if the reports of yet another season-ending right leg injury for the veteran safety are true.He is to have an MRI on Monday and more definitive results will be known later in the day, likely during Rex Ryan's press conference with media. Eerily, it was Week 13 where Leonhard suffered a gruesome broken right leg during practice in preparation for their mega match-up with the New England Patriots. He would be done for the rest of the season...
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