A player from my alma mater, James Madision (2004 Div I-AA Champs, whoo!!) Defensive Tackle Corey Davis has worked out for the Jets, Rams and Dolphins, but also for bunch of other teams. For a little more information about his career, see here on Rookiepedia.
Davis worked out for nine NFL scouts … during JMU’s pro [...]
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Thanks to you, the readers of TJB, this week I got the chance to spend 15 minutes on the phone with for the Jets’ Safety, Kerry Rhodes. Mentioning Rhodes’ name among Jets fans generally causes a mix of elation, pride and even a certain smugness (we got him *when* in the draft?!) as if he’s [...]
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The biggest issue that was discussed this year at the owners’ meetings, had to be the conduct of NFL players.
Here are some other items that were discussed during the time at the Arizona Biltmore, from a bit of a Jets’ slant.
General & Competition Committee Rulings:
Instant replay is now considered a permanent fixture, with all stadiums [...]
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Thanks to miketorse for sending on this information on the passing of former New York area sports broadcaster Jerry Girard.
“He was very popular with the viewers, very popular in the newsroom,” Karen Scott, news director for WPIX-TV Channel 11, said yesterday. “He was a hard worker, and he definitely knew his sports.”
Growing up, getting my [...]
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BT has been working to get better this offseason, by studying tape of himself, and working with a Martial Arts instructor who has worked with the Gracie brothers (of MMA fame).
It occurred to me yesterday that the Jets now have a guy named D-Bo, on their roster … Deebo!(language… beware)
Here’s an updated [...]
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Sorry to divert from my tirade on Peter King and Guinness to actually talk about football.
Randy Lange writes about Matt Chatham’s contributions on and off the field on the Jets’ web site. Be sure to hit the multimedia player for some highlights as well.
Switching gears to the Draft, Ferragamo notes in the comments on the [...]
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I saw this today on Czabe.com and had a snicker about this. I have to admit, with my trip to Italy, I was focused on other things for a while, so I guess I didn’t see these. In sake of full disclosure, I will continue to read his column (he lost me with his [2004?] [...]
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Just a quick update to say that, thanks to the fine help of Neeta and Tamiko the fine ladies from Ideal PR, the Kerry Rhodes interview went down as planned yesterday. I will likely post it on Friday, pending my volunteering to send it to them for review (once I am done transcribing it) sometime [...]
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PUNTER UPDATE!!! And he spells like Bent does!!
Andrew Gross expands on a story he wrote about Kellen Clemens.
Tom Rock posts his thoughts on the recent spate of DE signings by the Jets.
Bobby Bullock (at a new address) chimes in with some thoughts about the Bowens signing.
The Jets get no compensatory picks in this year’s draft.
Takeo [...]
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Get the feeling that the Jets are serious about upgrading their defensive front seven? Former Dolphin DE David Bowens‘ agent confirmed today that he has signed with the Jets.
Harold Lewis said the 29-year-old Bowens signed a three-year deal with the Jets. He spent the previous six seasons in Miami and had 18 of his 26 [...]
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The Jets added to their constantly expanding defensive end rotation by signing Andre Wadsworth to a free agent deal.
You may recall he was a former top three pick who hasn’t played for seven years due to injuries, but apparently showed up for a workout with the Jets in amazing shape. Here is where we [...]
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Two “too good to be true” bits of news that we had to mention:
Christmas came early! Joe THEEZ-man is out of the MNF booth!!! Although his leaving alone would be addition by subtraction, ESPN has decided to make a good move, by adding none other than Ron Jaworski, who we hope will bring some keen [...]
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Always looking out for the “non-insiders” or those of us too lazy to even use our buddy’s Insider Account for free (me), zenlaw has swiped an interesting bit of a transcript from a chat on ESPN today regarding the NFL.
eric (ny): who would you rather have….joe thomas or last year’s first OL picked, D’Brickashaw Ferguson?
SportsNation [...]
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From looking at his splits, when Pennington threw the ball in 2006, 69.4% of all passes were thrown in sets that had 3 or more receivers. With Coles and Cotchery locked up at the top two slots, a question that I have been pondering is, who from the Jets current roster will be the Jets [...]
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NFL Owners are meeting in Phoenix. The big topic this year? Team discipline issues.
Trent Green is still a Chief. If the Chiefs love him so much they want to trade him, remind me why Herm never put Huard in during the playoffs?
An interesting opinion piece on Tui’s time with the Raiders.
Dolphins have signed an O-Lineman [...]
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