As the month of November comes to a close the landscape in the National Football League changes. The Super Bowl contenders rise up to the challenge in harsher conditions, the playoff teams start to hit their stride, and the overachievers and average teams start to wilt away under the pressure of the postseason. When the…
What causes more stress: New York Jets football or your family on Thanksgiving? It’s that time of year again when you get the unique opportunity to combine the two in a four day span. With Thanksgiving on Thursday and the Jets hosting the Carolina Panthers on Sunday, now is the perfect time to reflect on…
Florham Park, NJ – The New York Jets defense is starting to play like fans expected them to all season. If the defense came up in conversation, most praise was reserved for the rookie safety duo of Marcus Maye and Jamal Adams. They deserve it, too. Adams and Maye have been vocal leaders on the field…
The Jets defense dominated the Buffalo Bills last week – sacking Tyrod Taylor seven times, hitting him 11 times and recovering three fumbles – on their way to a 34-21 victory. Demario Davis, Darron Lee, Muhammad Wilkerson, Jamal Adams, Marcus Maye and others all contributed to the domination, but it was Jordan Jenkins who claimed…
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – The Jets backfield committee rushed for over 190 yards and the New York Jets pulled out the 34-21 victory over the Buffalo Bills on Thursday night. The win moved New York to 4-5 on the season and a game behind the Jacksonville Jaguars for the final wild-card spot. The Bills dropped to 5-3…
You were smart to expect the Atlanta Falcons would have some sort of hangover after blowing a 25 point lead in last year’s Super Bowl. Most people believed that even with a high powered offense returning most of their stars, the team would struggle. So far, through three games and it’s been the offense that has…
After having held Jay Ajayi in check again and actually getting pressure on the quarterback the Jets found themselves up 14 points, then they immediately started to unravel. After having such a successful day offensively the Jets got conservative, of course the false start penalties didn’t help there, and Matt Moore wisely decided to pick…
Miami FL: For the second straight week, the New York Jets had a 14 point lead against a division rival. And for the second straight week, the Jets lost the game. The Miami Dolphins won their third straight game and split the season series against New York with their 31-28 victory. The Jets had built a…
Bilal Powell and Muhammad Wilkerson will play for the New York Jets Sunday, October 22, against the Miami Dolphins. Powell sat out with an injury since Week 5 against the Cleveland Browns and Wilkerson didn’t practice all week. Powell’s season before the injury wasn’t anything to write home about except for Week 4 against the…
Miami Gardens, FL: Nearly one month ago, the Jets opened their home slate at 0-2 with a bruised ego against the Miami Dolphins. Their opponent that September afternoon was picked by some to repeat their success of a season ago and beat New York down in all facets. That wasn’t the case. The Jets dominated and…