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 [...]

Daily Links: Year of the Duck

Bullock is excited for the start of a new regime.
Gross blogs about Pennington’s class after finding out that Clemens is the new starter this weekend.
Rock tracks the mood after the change was announced.
Our friend seanmac writes some thoughts on Football Outsiders about the switch.
MDS makes sense in warning the Patriots about rolling over teams … [...]

Buzz: Has Pennington Been Benched for Good?

So according to papers today, Chad Pennington is out as the Jets starter. Here are a few different NY sources and what they have said. The problem is, no one wants to be quoted or talk about the matter … but there it is. Here’s what the Daily News reported this morning:

The plan, according to [...]

Film Room: Abram Elam’s Awesome Hit

If you’re a masochist (and you probably are since you’re a Jets fan and you are still reading about the Jets) here’s Abram Elam’s ever lasting legacy with Gang Green.
Thank God he was playing rather than Eric Smith or Erik Coleman …

Laveranues On The Season

Here’s Coles answer postgame on who should be blamed for the way this season has gone.

At this point, it’s something the guys upstairs in the front office will take a hard look at and try to figure something out. When you’re in a situation like this, there’s a lot of blame to be placed, but [...]

Daily Links: Can It Get Worse? Possibly.

MDS asks if this is the end of the road for Chad.
Am I the only one taking sanity pills? Everyone in the locker room was handing out “great game plan” complements to the Bills … the Bills for crap’s sake!
Tom Rock writes an excellent game review on Newsday.com.
Harris had a great game, which he felt [...]