2 of 3 Jets players put on the PUP shelf on the eve of camp have been cleared to practice.  (Center Trey Teague will likely remain on the PUP for a few more weeks.)

Justin McCareins and Rayshun Reed both passed a “test” early morning  yesterday and joined the team shortly there after.  Exactly which “test” did they have to re-do?  Here's what Mangini had to say:  “”Something I wouldn't want to do, but something that was very well defined and we needed from them to operate effectively in practice.”   Huh?  More here from Cannizzaro.

That leaves Curtis Martin as the only remaining player on the PUP from the “surprise” group added late this past week.  Things seem a little more serious than I originally predicted for Martin, but little is actually known.  Cimini's piece is the most concerning.  (Does anyone remember the Jets attempting to trade for Julius Jones?  I didn't.)  Speaking of obscure quotes, what's up with this one:  “My fire will always burn. My fire will burn until the day that I stop playing football.'' And, this one:  “I would not be working this hard if I did not want to play.”  Don't say things like this, Curt.  You're not mortal, remember?

Despite heavy-hitting in the early going, practices have remained (knock-on-wood) virtually injury free.  The same can't be said elsewhere in the league.  Some haven't fared as well. Bentley was considered a player Tennenbaum might have targeted earlier this year to replace Mawae. 

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