Jets Halloween Spooktacular

Boogidy Boo!!!
As if this team wasn’t scary enough, according to our superduper undercover spy in Hempstead*, the Jets were practicing today in Halloween costumes.
Although Mangini had determined that giving them a day off wasn’t going to happen, he thought that providing a “Hawaiian Shirt Day” type of diversion might be helpful for the hapless [...]

Buzz: Adrien Clarke on the Precipice?

Cannizzaro slides into his article today on Pete Kendall the possibility of Adrien Clarke being benched and the reunion of him and his old teammates this weekend that Adrien Clarke is likely on the outs.

Pete Kendall was on the other end of the phone line with The Post yesterday and there wasn’t a trace of [...]

Link: Profile on Kellen Clemens

Kevin Manahan writes an interesting profile in today’s Star-Ledger on new starting Jets’ QB Kellen Clemens leading off with a story about his self-administered workout regimen on offdays.

Kellen Clemens, the local high school’s star quarterback, had a reluctant tractor tire tied around him with a homemade horse harness, and — arms pumping and legs churning, [...]

Buzz: More Smoke To the Jon Vilma Fire

David Hutchinson always does a great job of getting players to trust him with quotes about sticky situations with the team, so credit David Hutchinson for getting more interesting information on the Vilma situation. This is an anonymous quote from one of Vilma’s teammates.

“Vilma doesn’t like this defense and a lot of the guys feel [...]

Daily Links: Harris’ Star Nascent?

MDS writes a great article in the Sun about David Harris.
Gregg Hayim leads the charge to give Pennington his due.
Jets Journal chuckles at the uninformative informational call on Vilma. Cimini seems to disagree.
Schein hands out his midseason grades to all 32 teams.
Yay! The Jets are 30th in DVOA!
Hutch looks at Kellen’s playing time last week [...]

Vilma Discusses Injury Further

Jon Vilma has written on his personal website (click Journal once there) about going onto the IR. Here are some excerpts.

I am going to spend the rest of the season as the biggest fan of the New York Jets. Hurting my knee and being placed on Injured Reserve is tough, very tough. I’m down about [...]

Five Things to Look Forward To From the Jets

With the chance at a postseason berth gone for the Jets, here are five things that you can look forward to watching over the coming weeks from paying attention to the Jets. Please add yours in the comments.

KC & The Sunshine Band – Although Mangini hasn’t stated he’s the QB the rest of the way, [...]

Film Room: Ryan Parker Wants Someone to “Gillooly” Tom Brady

It’s not my favorite tune from Ryan Parker, but you have to laugh at the lyrics.
Funny … I was thinking about this just this morning when I got the email from Mr. Parker. Big Daddy Drew from KSK had offered a bounty on Brady’s knee, and I truly have thought that’s the only way to [...]

Kerry Rhodes Dating Jennifer Hudson?

The stats might not bear it out, but at least this season hasn’t been all down for at least one Jet … Kerry Rhodes.
According to yesterday’s Page Six in the Post, Jets ‘Safety Kerry “Hollywood” Rhodes is dating former American Idol contestant and Oscar winning Dreamgirl, Jennifer Hudson.
Jennifer Hudson … at the Fashion Group International’s [...]

Draft Quotes on Clemens

This morning the papers are getting quotes from his teammates, but I thought it would be interesting to look back at some quotes on Clemens around the time of the draft from coaches and draftniks …
It’s easy to quote the phrase “the #2 QB is always the most popular guy in New York.”  But [...]