Asked on Tuesday what a successful 2026 would look like, Garrett Wilson did not hedge, qualify or talk about process. “The playoffs, man. No doubt about it,” he said. “Playoffs and then the season restarts and let’s see what happens. Nothing else.” Garrett Wilson says the playoffs are very realistic for the 2026 Jets and…
Geno Smith stood in front of three microphones on Tuesday, the first day the locker room opened to reporters in game week, and declined every invitation to make the moment about himself. The last time he started a game for the Jets, it was Week 7 of the 2016 season. Geno Smith will start for…
Omar Cooper Jr. will make his NFL regular-season debut on Sunday in Nashville wearing a number he has not worn since high school. The rookie receiver has switched from No. 83 to No. 11, and the change went through during game week rather than in the quiet of the offseason. Jets rookie receiver Omar Cooper…
Chairman Woody Johnson and Vice Chairman Christopher Johnson led a Jets contingent to the 9/11 Memorial and Museum at Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan this week, days before the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Five current players walked the Memorial Pools with them. So did the quarterback who, 25 years ago, told…
Four days out from the season opener at Tennessee, the New York Jets still have not said who is kicking. That is not an oversight — it is a decision head coach Aaron Glenn is deliberately leaving open. The short version: The Jets have two kickers and no announcement. Blake Grupe, claimed off waivers from…
The New York Jets released their first official injury report of the 2026 regular season on Wednesday afternoon, and the headline is the one the offense needed: Breece Hall was listed as a full participant ahead of Sunday’s opener at Tennessee. The short version: Breece Hall (groin) and Kenyon Sadiq (groin) were listed as full…
The Jets named six captains for the 2026 season on Thursday, September 3: quarterback Geno Smith, right guard Joe Tippmann, linebacker Demario Davis, safety Minkah Fitzpatrick, defensive tackle Harrison Phillips and receiver-returner Isaiah Williams. Teammates voted. Five of the six arrived by trade or free agency, and every captain from 2025 lost the role. That…
The New York Jets finished the hardest part of roster season on August 31, when they cut to 53 and filled out a practice squad. What they have done since is a reminder that the squad is not a finished list. It is a working depth chart, and six days before the season opener in…
The Jets cut to 52 players, were awarded kicker Blake Grupe and linebacker Trevin Wallace off waivers, named six captains without Garrett Wilson among them, and learned Joseph Ossai ruptured his plantar fascia. Kenyon Sadiq is practicing again. The regular season opens September 13 at Tennessee. This was the week the 2026 roster stopped being…
Kenyon Sadiq returned to New York Jets practice Monday, September 1, ending an absence that stretched from OTAs through the entire preseason after hernia surgery and a July setback. Head coach Aaron Glenn and offensive coordinator Frank Reich have both said the rookie tight end will be available for the September 13 season opener at…