Florham Park, NJ – With the Jets first pre-season game two days away, all eyes are on the team to see if they are ready to play. Practice has progressed and intensified to reflect how the players will perform in real game situations. Loud music was played once again to give players a sense of crowd…
It is only day two of training camp, and the players have yet to put on pads for the first time. With that in mind, here are the three things I took away from today’s practice. Nathan Shepherd is the real deal The Canadian defensive lineman has been getting reps with both the…
The Jets offensive line was a weak spot for the Jets last year, and I’m personally still haunted by this play from 2016, which can only be described as “how not to play offensive line”. The Jets offensive line is ranked 31st by Pro Football Focus coming into the 2018 season, and for good reason….
After trying out Wesley Johnson at center for a season the Jets realized that they badly needed to upgrade the position this offseason. After determining that the top center on the market, Ryan Jensen, was going to command more money than the Jets wanted to pay they decided to turn their attention to former Washington…
Florham Park, NJ – The Jets visit the Denver Broncos this Sunday, their first road trip since visiting the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before the bye week. The Jets won their last game 38-31 against the Broncos’ divisional rival, Kansas City Chiefs. The Broncos, meanwhile, fell to the Jets’ divisional rivals Miami Dolphins, 35-9. Denver leads the…
Florham Park, NJ – Penalties are part of a football game. An NFL team can go an entire game without committing a penalty, as the Pittsburgh Steelers did in 2012 against the Dallas Cowboys, but that takes a lot of concentration. For the New York Jets, avoiding penalties has not only been tough, but it has…
Listen, the New York Jets are not going to be good this year. Most of you know this and have accepted this. Many of you, smartly, are here for this. This is what you want, you want them to be bad, worst record in the league bad so they can draft a potential elite quarterback…
Stop me if you heard this before: the New York Jets are in the midst of a rebuild. Sound familiar? As you prepare for another season of vanilla football at a half-empty stadium, you do have something to look forward to as the NFL Draft approaches Thursday evening. For this day represents a time in the sport…
FLORHAM PARK, NJ – Rex Ryan went to bat for his rookie class on Wednesday, calling them an “A-plus” group despite their recent struggles. “I mean, if that’s not an A-plus class, I don’t know what you’re looking for,” he said of the 2013 draft class, which has seen five rookie starters, including Dee Milliner,…