Every year as the draft approaches the classic debate emerges, should you draft the best player available or draft for need. Jets GM Mike Maccagnan is a proponent of the best player available strategy – also the correct strategy – and he should be even more so this year. With the Jets having so many…
FLORHAM PARK, NJ – The Jets are in all out rebuild mode leaving many to question why the Jets would be interested in any big name free agents, clearly the Jets know 2017 won’t a successful season but they still want to avoid having a historically embarrassing season. The Jets interest in Dont’a Hightower is…
FLORHAM PARK, NJ – Out with the old, in with, well, a few guys. The Jets purged their roster, getting rid of Darrelle Revis, Nick Mangold, Brandon Marshall, Nick Folk, Breno Giacomini, Erin Henderson, Ryan Clady and this time they won’t be re-signing Ryan Fitzpatrick. These moves were necessary not just to clear up cap…
FLORHAM PARK, NJ – General manager Mike Maccagnan took my advice (okay, not really but he at least agreed with the advice I gave him that he never actually saw/heard) and has decided to burn everything down and start what will/should be a slow, methodical rebuild. In other words, he’s going to attempt to perform…
Florham Park, NJ – Santonio Holmes sat out practice today. Don’t be too worried. It appears Holmes will be put on a similar “pitch count” as Kellen Winslow, and today was a planned precaution. But his status for Sunday is still up in the air. “I still don’t know,” said Holmes. “Still haven’t gotten any…
Florham Park, NJ — When Rex Ryan rolled into town four seasons ago, he was fierce and unapologetic. He had Super Bowl aspirations, a highly touted rookie quarterback, and a top-notch defense. But as the bombast grew stale and the playoff returns diminished, so did Ryan (literally and figuratively). The old Rex, presumed dead, is…
Geno Smith will start Week 1 against the Tampa Buccaneers, the Jets announced Wednesday. The second round pick out of West Virginia officially won the starting job after Mark Sanchez injured his throwing shoulder against the Giants in the fourth quarter of the third preseason game. The last time the Jets started a rookie quarterback…
Although the Jets have not made any official announcements regarding cuts, it appears Greg McElroy will be released when the roster is trimmed down to its 53-man limit, according to ESPN’s Chris Mortensen. McElroy, a seventh round draft pick out of Alabama in 2011, will be replaced by Matt Simms, the son of former Giants…
Today is cut day in the NFL. You know the drill: By 6 p.m. tonight, the Jets have to get the roster down to 53 from 75. The list will be updated throughout the day. Here are the final cuts for the NY Jets: RB Mike Goodson He isn’t cut, just moved to the Reserved/Suspended list…
With most starters getting the night off, including quarterbacks Geno Smith and Mark Sanchez, the Jets won the “Back-up Bowl,” 27-20, on Thursday night against the Philadelphia Eagles at MetLife Stadium. A rough first series aside, quarterback Matt Simms did a lot to improve his roster stock against the Eagles’ back-ups, going 33-44 with 285…