The Jets released their final Week 1 injury report on Friday afternoon, and it settled most of what had been unclear during a short practice week. Two players are out at Tennessee, two more are doubtful, and the running back room that drew the most attention all week came through it clean. Joseph Ossai and…
Nine days of preparation have turned into two. The Jets close a week that settled most of their leadership questions, kept their best running back on the practice field and left exactly one job hanging, and they do it with a flight to Nashville booked for the weekend. The week in short: six captains named,…
The Jets open the 2026 season on Sunday at Nissan Stadium, and the schedule handed them a storyline before it handed them a game. Robert Saleh, fired in New York midway through the 2024 season, is now the head coach in Tennessee. Aaron Glenn, beginning his second year, walks into his predecessor’s new building with…
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…