Posted on January 31st, 2008 by Bassett
Former Jet Darrol Ray loves him some soccer.
Did anyone know that Ed Donatell was a special assistant to the Jets just to study the 3-4 a while back?
Randy Lange looks at Jabar Gaffney and his family’s history in the NFL.
Tom Rock finds that Vrabel keeping the fires stoked in himself via SpyGate.
A second Nicholls player [...]
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Posted on January 31st, 2008 by Bassett
Just three years ago, Jonathan Vilma was coming into his own, and most fans would tell you that they relished the idea of him staying in a Jets uniform for many years to come. But a funny thing happened on the way to a new coach implementing his system and try as Vilma might, the [...]
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Posted on January 31st, 2008 by Bassett
So … this week it isn’t exactly an awesome one to be a Jets fan, but I saw this video on YouTube and thought it would be nice to watch. Although it’s great to see this interview with Curtis following his 2004 season, the toughest part to watch is the last 30 seconds when he [...]
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Posted on January 31st, 2008 by Bassett
As Free Agency looms in just over a month, we here at TJB are going to start looking at some of the players that are likely to be available. With a large amount of money at their disposal, the Jets should figure to be players between early March and the 2008 Draft in late April. [...]
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Posted on January 31st, 2008 by Bassett
Eric Allen notes that Leon’s MVP award was dedicated to Mike Westhoff.
Tom Rock gets a quote from Samuel on his respect for Mangini.
Whee!! Who’s excited about Sutton coming back?
Bad news, Moss wants to stay in New England, which means he could be willing to take another pay cut.
The Langer catches up with Kareem McKenzie who [...]
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Posted on January 30th, 2008 by Bassett
Yesterday during Media Day, the press tried to corner Rodney Harrison on the subject of performance enhancing drugs.
“Time heals all wounds,” he said Monday. “But at the same time, being forthright and being honest - those are the things that I’m probably most proud of. My message to young kids basically was, ‘Hey, you make [...]
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Posted on January 30th, 2008 by Bassett
The fine folks at Reebok have been kind enough to send us at TJB some sweet Reebok’s Zero Degrees gear, and after a quick look we want to give away one Conflict hoodie to a lucky reader.
Sorry for the delay, but with many entries and a bunch of you asking where you could buy this [...]
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Posted on January 30th, 2008 by Bassett
True it might not address the Offensive or Defensive Line, but according to Rich Cimini and his blog, the Jets could make a serious run at soon to be free agent Asante Samuel. Cimini writes:
I did hear a piece of juicy info regarding Pats CB Asante Samuel, who will become a free agent after the [...]
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Posted on January 30th, 2008 by Bassett
As Mark Bungaard from across the sea had asked me questions about the Jets on his site, so too I thought it would be appropriate to do the same with him. For those of you who don’t know, Mark is from Denmark, is a huge Jets fan, and writes the only (that I am aware [...]
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Posted on January 29th, 2008 by Bassett
From the files of thing I never knew the Jets were responsible … apparently, we messed up Stu Scott’s eye. From an interview a few years back …
Q. Back in the spring, you sustained a severe eye injury while filming a story about football minicamps with the Jets. Tell us what happened.
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Posted on January 29th, 2008 by Bassett
Over the weekend, our friend MDS wrote a very interesting perspective on how the teams in the SuperBowl got there … meaning what the Front Offices of both the Giants and Patriots did to make it happen. We thought it might be interesting to riff off MDS’ work and do the same sort of analysis [...]
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Posted on January 28th, 2008 by Bassett
Time worked against me today, but I will be working on compiling what happened at the Senior Bowl into individual posts by position group. In the meantime, here’s some links to stories from the event.
Andre Caldwell and Erik Ainge made the difference for the South.
Chad Henne helped himself out for the Draft.
Sedrick Ellis was the [...]
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Posted on January 28th, 2008 by Bassett
The defensive line was again disappointing in 2007, but what does the future hold?
Did the Defensive Line make some strides towards the end of the season? What does the future hold for Shaun Ellis and Dewayne Robertson? Is Sione Pouha someone who can anchor this team at the nose? Can this team start to bring [...]
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Posted on January 28th, 2008 by Bassett
Namath thinks Eli can pull off the upset.
The Onion hits the nail on the head between the Giants and Patriots.
James Lofton is interviewing for an “unspecified job” in Oakland.
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Posted on January 27th, 2008 by Bassett
Chris Landry of FoxSports (and formerly a Scout in the League) spoke to WEEI Boston’s Dale & Holley on Thursday. During their conversation (you can hear the whole thing here) they were talking about Matt Ryan, and as you’ll hear, more generally Quarterbacks going from college to the NFL. I’ll let Chris speak for himself, [...]
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