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Is Mark Sanchez An Elite QB?
Rex Ryan caused a stir when he said last week that Mark Sanchez was an elite quarterback.
Naturally, that didn’t go over well with many who pointed out the flaws in Sanchez’s game.
Ryan acknowledged his stats aren’t pretty, but said he wasn’t worried about them. All he cares about is winning and Sanchez has won big games and that is what makes him an elite...
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August 26, 2011
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Jets Preseason Game with Giants Moved from 7 to 2PM Due to Hurricane Threat
After spending most of Thursday stating that they wouldn’t make any adjustments to Saturday’s game schedule, the Giants and Jets have rescheduled their preseason showdown according to Ebenezer Samuel of the New York Daily News.
The two teams will now play their annual preseason game at 2 p.m. at the newly renamed MetLife Stadium, instead of facing off at 7 p.m.
The Giants...
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August 25, 2011
Burress Says He Never Planned To Re-Sign With Giants
From the words of Plaxico Burress, it doesn’t sound like he was ever serious about resigning with the Giants after all, which is good for the Jets who went after and got the former Super Bowl WR.
To hear Plaxico Burress’ version, the Giants were never really an option. His meeting with ownership and team officials was just a long kiss goodbye, a nostalgic sit-down with...
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August 25, 2011
Former Jet Gholston Puts Some of the Blame on Ryan for Being a Bust
Vernon Gholston doesn’t take all the blame for being a draft bust. Gholston doled out some of the fault to coach Rex Ryan and the Jets, too, saying last night he didn’t get a fair shot in three wholly unproductive seasons with the Jets.
Now a backup defensive end trying to hang on with the Bears, Gholston said after a 41-13 preseason loss to the Giants the deck was...
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August 23, 2011
5 Jets Players Who Impressed Against the Bengals
The New York Jets captured their first win of the 2011 preseason defeating the Cincinnati Bengals 27-7. The biggest victory though, was that they suffered no serious injuries.
The game started off sloppy on both sides of the ball, but picked up as it went on. The weather was to blame as it was pouring in East Rutherford (my clothes can serve as evidence).
The Jets played their starters...
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August 22, 2011
5 Takeaways from the Jets 1st Preseason Game
The New York Jets lost their preseason opener to the Houston Texans 20-16 on Monday night.
The starters played one quarter and exited with a 3-0 lead. Now as with any preseason game, don’t try to look too deep into the game.
Preseason games are ultimately meaningless and the primary goal is to come out with no significant injuries.
Having said that, here are a few things...
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August 19, 2011
Source: Jets Take Chance On Aaron Maybin
Out With Gholston, In With Maybin
“I think he’s got some talent, some pass-rush ability,” Jets head coach Rex Ryan said. “If he sticks on our team, he’s going to be a pass rusher for us. We don’t need him to be a starter. We’ve got two excellent starters at outside linebacker already (Calvin Pace and Bryan Thomas).”
Aaron Maybin, the...
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August 17, 2011
OL Rob Turner Breaks Leg in Preseason Loss
OL Rob Turner suffered a broken leg in the team’s preseason loss on Monday night to the Texans and could miss up to 10 weeks, a source told the New York Daily News.
Turner suffered the injury in the first quarter, after Texans rookie DE J.J. Watt took down Jets QB Mark Sanchez and rolled into Turner, who was playing center. The injury will require surgery, according to the Daily...
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August 16, 2011
Sanchez and Ryan Laugh Off GQ Fight Comments
Last night before the Jets first preseason game, Mark Sanchez and Rex Ryan laughed off the GQ quotes about Sanchez wanting to fight Rex Ryan after he considered benching him last season.
“Was I gonna fight Rex? Obviously not,” Sanchez told Kevin Armstrong of the New York Daily News when asked about his comments to GQ in a cover story for this month’s issue. “...
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August 16, 2011
Burress Says He’ll Fully Practice Wednesday
Plaxico Burress, who sprained his left ankle while running routes at the start of training camp, told ESPN he will be ready to participate in full practice Wednesday when the Jets take the field for the first time following Monday night’s game according to Keith Armstrong of the New York Daily News.
“If he’s as eager as I am, we’ve got some trouble on our...
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August 16, 2011
Burress Relives Shooting at a NYC Club in Interview with HBO
Plaxico Burress, in an interview with HBO’s “Real Sports” that air will Tuesday, made these revelations and retraced some of the key events on the night of Nov. 28, 2008, when he brought an unlicensed handgun into a Manhattan night club, that put the former Super Bowl star behind bars for 20 months.
“I had a drink in my left hand,” Burress said. “...
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August 14, 2011
Jets Activate Guard Brandon Moore off PUP List
The Jets have activated guard Brandon Moore off the physically unable to perform list and placed him on their active roster.
Moore was coming off hip surgery in February. He has started 105 consecutive regular-season games at right guard, and has started 110 of the 112 games he has played since joining the team in 2003.
The 31-year-old Illinois product is entering his ninth season...
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August 12, 2011
5 Reasons the Jets Will Win the AFC East
The New York Jets have played in the conference championship in back-to-back years. They also lost both games and played those two games on the road.
Rex Ryan and the Jets have made it a goal to win the AFC East this year so they have a home playoff game.
However, it won’t be easy.
Tom Brady and the New England Patriots stand in their way and don’t look like they’re ready to...
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August 12, 2011
Burress to Play in Preseason Opener
Jets coach Rex Ryan plans to play Plaxico Burress when the team opens their preseason schedule on Monday night in Houston. Burress has been sidelined with an ankle injury.
“We won’t put him out there if we think he’s at risk, as with any player,” Ryan said according to Jenny Vrentas of the Newark Star-Ledger. “But I’d like to see him get out there...
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August 11, 2011
Wilkerson Sits Out Practice with an Injured Hip
The Jets held their first-round pick Muhammad Wilkerson out of drills on Tuesday with an injured hip.
Jets first-round pick Muhammad Wilkerson injured his hip yesterday and sat out the team portion of practice. A Jets spokesman said the defensive end could have returned to the field but was held out for precautionary reasons. It was not clear which hip he injured.
Wilkerson, the...
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August 10, 2011
Grading the Jets and the Other AFC East Teams in Free Agency
AFC EAST
Buffalo Bills
Unsigned players: LB Akin Ayodele (UFA), QB Brian Brohm (UFA), OLB Keith Ellison (UFA), RB Quinton Ganther (UFA), DT John McCargo (UFA), TE Jonathan Stupar (UFA), CB Ashton Youboty (UFA).
Key arrivals: Ex-Chargers WR Buster Davis, Aug. 5; Ex-Packers UFA ILB Nick Barnett, July 31; Ex-Jets UFA WR Brad Smith, July 29 (four years, $15 million); Ex-Dolphins UFA...
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August 09, 2011
New York Jets Only Offered 3 Years, $30 Million to Nnamdi Asomugha
In his weekly Monday Morning Quarterback column, Peter King detailed the New York Jets’ contract offer to Nnamdi Asomugha.
King reports that the Jets offered a 3 year, $30-million deal — salaries of $8 million this year, $10 million in 2012 and $12 million in 2013.
Asomugha ended up signing a 5 year, $60 million deal with the Philadelphia Eagles.
When news first broke of Asomugha...
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August 08, 2011
New York Jets Only Offered 3 Years, $30 Million to Nnamdi Asomugha
In his weekly Monday Morning Quarterback column, Peter King detailed the New York Jets’ contract offer to Nnamdi Asomugha.
King reports that the Jets offered a 3 year, $30-million deal — salaries of $8 million this year, $10 million in 2012 and $12 million in 2013.
Asomugha ended up signing a 5 year, $60 million deal with the Philadelphia Eagles.
When news first broke...
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August 08, 2011
Shaun Ellis Spurns Jets, Signs With Patriots
Shaun Ellis agreed to terms on a one-year contract with the New England Patriots over the weekend, ending his 11 year stay with the New York Jets.
The Jets offered Ellis a one year deal worth the veteran’s minimum ($910k), but Ellis rejected their offer and headed north to Foxboro to join Bill Belichick.
Ellis was actually drafted by the Jets with one of the picks they received...
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August 08, 2011
Mason Says Jets His Best Chance at a Super Bowl
Derrick Mason said that he wanted to play for the Jets because they provided his best chance to win the one game that’s eluded him in 14 previous NFL seasons.
“I’m coming to the end of my career,” Mason told Conor Orr of the Newark Star-Ledger. “I can still play a lot of good football, but I wanted to take every opportunity to try and win the Super Bowl...
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August 08, 2011
Mason Says He’s Coming to the Jets
Former Ravens wide receiver Derrick Mason says he has decided to sign with the Jets, reuniting with Rex Ryan and adding a boost to New York’s receiving corps.
Mason said in a statement that he’s “looking forward to working under Rex and rejoining some familiar faces.” After choosing the Jets over the Ravens and Titans on Saturday, he wrote on his Twitter page: “Jet fuel...
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August 06, 2011
Mason Leaves to Think Over Options – Jets and Two Other Teams in the Mix
Veteran WR Derrick Mason has returned to Nashville to mull over his options. He is considering the Jets, Ravens, and Titans.
He is planning on taking a few days to mull it over.
He was with the Jets on Thursday, and he passed a physical and once he did that, the team released Jerricho Cotchery, possibly thinking that Mason was going to sign – but he didn’t.
The Ravens...
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August 05, 2011
Jets Officially Release WR Jerricho Cotchery
The Jets as expected have announced the release of veteran wide receiver Jerricho Cotchery.
A respected veteran who has been with the club since being chosen with the 108th overall pick of the 2004 NFL Draft, Cotchery caught 358 passes for 4,514 yards and 18 touchdowns during his seven seasons with Gang Green. Cotchery had back-to-back 80-catch seasons in 2006 and 2007, topping 1...
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August 04, 2011
Burress Tweaks Ankle Working Out; to Miss 1-2 Days
Jets coach Rex Ryan said that Plaxico Burress has “tweaked” an ankle while working out independently and will be held out of practice for “maybe one or two days.”
Ryan indicated the injury — “something small,” he called it — was not related to the chronic ankle Burress managed while with the Giants. Burress confirmed that the injury is to his left ankle, not the...
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August 04, 2011
Jets Releasing WR Cotchery; Derrick Mason Ready to Come Aboard?
Mason Headed To Big Apple?
More weaponry for Mark Sanchez.
Jets wide receiver Jerricho Cotchery said Thursday he was revealed by the team that he will be cut if free-agent wideout Derrick Mason passes his physical.
The ex-Raven pass catcher is one of the NFL’s most underrated competitors. For all the credit a guy like Hines Ward gets, Mason should be earning the same accolades...
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August 04, 2011
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