The first couple of training camp practices felt very weird. Yesterday felt closer to a normal training camp practice and today even more so. Why? Because nothing makes a Jets training camp practice feel more normal than the defense dominating the day. Through over a decade of covering Jets training camp, the most common theme…
Full pads were on today and it felt like football. We got perfect weather for football practice, overcast and gloomy. Some drizzles of rain, the sun tucked away behind the clouds but the only thunder like sounds came from players in pads hitting other players in pads. You could sense the shift in energy from…
I promise I won’t make this, focusing on the weird thing, a running theme throughout all of training camp. At least I hope I won’t. But when you end up getting invited to a private screening of an NFL practice, well yeah that’s going to be weird. Due to the rain the Jets had to…
Football is back and it feels weird. All of it feels weird. Face scans, temperature checks, reporters, all in masks, standing socially distanced on the sidelines. Weirdest of all? I had to put on a belt for the first time in six months. Everything felt weird except for the only thing that really matters, the…
So, I’m not sure if you’ve heard, but the 2020 NFL season is in dire jeopardy. With catastrophe looming on the horizon, I feel like the scientist at the beginning of every B-list disaster movie: I think I might know how to save the season that we all so desperately want to see, but it’s…
Jamal Adams finally got what he wanted because the Seahawks gave Joe Douglas what he wanted. Adams successfully whined his way to a new team, but now Douglas can avoid having to pay the safety a big-money, long-term contract right as the salary cap is going to take a huge nose-dive. And he got two…
Most improved position: Wide Receiver Buffalo’s free agent duo of John Brown and Cole Beasley was solid last season, producing 139 catches for 1,838 yards and 12 touchdowns, but the Bills lacked depth beyond those two. Their third-leading wide receiver in terms of yardage was Isaiah McKenzie with just 254. This lack of depth is…
As football season slogs through the doldrums of spring, Manish Mehta of the NY Daily News bestowed upon a shot of dopamine to see us through to the start of training camp; the rare mid-May news break. It was reported that the Jets “believe” they will succeed in signing former Titans defensive back: Logan Ryan….
With the draft in the rear-view, let’s take a look at some of the most notable moves made by the Jets’ AFC East rivals. Buffalo Bills Instant impact addition: A.J. Epenesa, Edge, Iowa (R2, Pick 54) Epenesa had first-round talent, but his tweener size made him an unsure fit for most teams. He should be…
The benefit of a new GM doing his first draft for a team with holes throughout the roster is that GM can stick to the best player available strategy and still fill needs. Joe Douglas may have strayed from the BPA strategy (I certainty haven’t seen his big board), but he certainly filled some needs….