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…
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – On the heels of a feel-good, 20-7, win over the Miami Dolphins on Sunday, Jets owner Woody Johnson and general manager John Idzik ended weeks of speculation by announcing that Rex Ryan will return as head coach next season. “After five years of looking at Rex, it’s pretty obvious he’s a…
Florham Park, NJ – The Jets boast one of the top run defenses in the league. The pass defense has been a different story. Antonio Cromartie has regressed in a big way, and none of the younger cornerbacks have stepped up. With the playoffs out of reach, it is one of the big issues the…
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,…
East Rutherford, NJ– The Jets dropped their third straight game and the obvious storyline revolves around Geno Smith getting benched at halftime, but equally alarming is the way opposing offenses have figured out how to swiftly attack the Jets and slowly pick them off with simple unders, outs and hitches allowing them to move the…
FLORHAM PARK, NJ – Geno Smith might be the poster boy for the Jets’ struggles this season – the guy that gets the headlines and elicits the most talk radio debate – but he’s not the only one to blame. No, the Jets have a secondary problem, namely, problems with their secondary. “The big play…
FLORHAM PARK, NJ – The Jets have keep a pretty consistent win-loss, win-loss pattern going this season, so if it holds, they should pull off a thrilling victory over the New Orleans Saints on Sunday. But as against the Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots, teams the Jets have upset so far this season, conventional…
Florham Park, NJ – It’s probably time to cut ties with Dee Milliner. He is halfway through his rookie season, and it has become clear that he will never live up to the potential he showed in Alabama. I’m completely joking, but I’m sure that previous paragraph didn’t seem that outrageous to many of you….