Posted on March 31st, 2008 by Bassett
As of last week, we are proud to announce that the ‘home of the Mets, Jets and all things New York sports’ has added another blog to their growing web presence, TheJetsBlog.com. After a few months of phone calls, meetings and contract negotiations, TheJetsBlog.com and SportsNet New York have agreed to enter [...]
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Posted on March 31st, 2008 by Bassett
Over the course of the next few weeks, we are going to try and run highlights of college players that you might or might not be familiar with, but could be names you will be hearing more as the Draft approaches.
Today’s installment, one of the top line prospects in this draft … Ryan Clady from [...]
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Posted on March 31st, 2008 by Bassett
Oy, this one again?
ESPN.com’s Bill Williamson reports on Hashmarks that it sounds like the trade talks that were once thought dead, might have been rekindled.
As the NFL meetings get going, the Broncos are starting to revive their interest in Jets defensive tackle Dewayne Robertson … with [fired GM Ted] Sundquist now out of the picture [...]
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Posted on March 31st, 2008 by Bassett
In a word, no.
In the same article from Gary Myers I linked to earlier, Myers references that it might be a Three’s Company scenario in Hempstead this summer.
Pennington could easily be the starter coming out of training camp. But he and Clemens could have company this summer. The Jets held a private workout in Boston [...]
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Posted on March 31st, 2008 by Bassett
Gary Myers of the Daily News caught up with Woody Johnson at the owners meetings in Florida over the weekend.
… with lots of speculation around the NFL that Tannenbaum and Mangini must win now to keep their jobs after going 4-12 last year, owner Woody Johnson attempted to put an end to that talk.
No matter [...]
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Posted on March 31st, 2008 by Bassett
Rich Cimini writes an excellent bio piece on Darren McFadden,
The bond crisis could be causing issues for the Jets new stadium.
Mack Rosenberg expounds on Jerry Jones’ statements on moving up, and what it means to the Jets.
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Filed under: Daily Links
Posted on March 30th, 2008 by Bassett
Ray Lucas is being honored in his hometown.
I don’t like the thoughts on re-seeding, and Langer takes a look at the re-seeding, and wonders about it too.
Chris Williams speaks to Football Outsiders.
Ricky Williams is fired up by Parcells.
Could Dorsey go as his as #2?
New partial owner Stephen Ross of the Dolphins will go through the [...]
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Posted on March 29th, 2008 by Bassett
Hutch gets the story straight on Coles’ deal. Coles wanted a long-term deal, and last month the team offered him the final two years on his contract guaranteed, with some provisions to make Coles happy:
The club broke the stalemate and guaranteed the final two years of Coles’ contract at $11 million ($5 million in 2008, [...]
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Posted on March 29th, 2008 by Mack Rosenberg
Mack Rosenberg writes for SBNation’s NY Landing Strip, and writes a weekly column here at TheJetsBlog. This week, he takes a tough-love look at the Jets wide receivers.
Hey, everyone. Glad to be back here on TJB. This week, I thought I’d put a twist on the topics, switching over to some non-draft related stuff. I [...]
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Posted on March 29th, 2008 by Bassett
Jerry Jones made some statements this past week about being in the top five (but he does mention the sixth pick too) of the NFL Draft and how it’s a millstone. I had started writing up a piece about this, but it looks as if MDS has done a far better job expressing my sentiments [...]
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Posted on March 28th, 2008 by Bassett
Mike Florio hits the nail on the head on Yahoo! Sports about how Pennington is taking the high road — potentially to his own peril.
In an era when guys like Coles and ex-Jet Pete Kendall have realized the benefits of becoming a big, fat splinter in the franchise’s foot, Pennington hasn’t forced the issue.
On [...]
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Posted on March 28th, 2008 by Bassett
Someone’s got it wrong on the Coles deal. The Post has reported that the deal was extended (emphasis mine).
Laveranues Coles Laveranues Coles , who entered this offseason with two remaining years on his contract worth $11 million but wanted an extension to ensure he’d finish his career as a Jet, yesterday agreed to that [...]
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Posted on March 28th, 2008 by Bassett
Aaron Schatz of Football Outsiders does some excellent number crunching on ESPN, and he ranks the teams with the best and worst Quarterback protection? Guess where the Jets landed?
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Posted on March 28th, 2008 by Bassett
NFL.com has the great idea of polling writers in the city for each team, and here’s this week’s 1-6. Our friend Tom Rock was on the clock for the Jets, and here’s who he picked:
Dolphins — DE Chris Long (Virginia)
Rams — OT Jake Long (Michigan)
Falcons — DT Glenn Dorsey (LSU)
Raiders — RB Darren McFadden [...]
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Posted on March 28th, 2008 by Bent
The NY Post breaks the story that Laveranues Coles has received a contract extension.
Financials are not known, but they are believed to have added 2 to 3 years to his deal so that he can finish his career with the Jets. If the Jets are smart, they will have created some extra cap space [...]
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