Soundbites: Eric Mangini Presser 9/30/2008

Eric Mangini’s transcript from his press conference today …

We made one roster move. We signed Brandon Renkart to the practice squad. This week, in terms of our bye-week approach, the coaches went through last night and analyzed our first and second-down package. What we would normally be doing in terms of getting ready for an [...]

News: Lane Kiffin Fired

The worst kept secret in the NFL is finally true, Al Davis has fired Lane Kiffin.  Ironically former scapegoat of Herm Edwards, former Jets OC Paul Hackett was in the running for the job opening, but it seems that Tom Cable is going to replace Kiffin as head coach.
What remains to be seen is how [...]

Favre Nominated for FedEx Air Award

Brett Favre 6 touchdown performance was nominated as one of the FedEx Air & Ground NFL Players of the Week. You can vote all week for Favre at NFL.com/FedEx up until Friday at 3:00PM EST.  Winners are determined by online fan votes only so it’s up to you, the voters.
If Favre does win, FedEx will [...]

Jesse Chatman Practicing Again

After facing a four game suspension without pay for violating the NFL’s policy on “steroids and related substances” Jesse Chatman returned to practice/meetings with the team on Monday.   Chatman can practice this week and will be eligible to play against Cincinnati October 12.
Chatman did admit that he was used a masking agent but didn’t say [...]

Jets Cards on NFL Replay Tonight

Watching the NFL Network last night I noted that Favre’s historic six touchdown game will be NFL Replay tonight.  If you didn’t get a chance to see it, tonights the night to check it out.

Daily Links: A Weight Lifted

Jets players feel a little relief going into their bye week.
Boland gave his recap of the game and the locker room yesterday.
Will the Jets start David Barrett or Abram Elam in Smitty’s place?
After four weeks away, Jesse Chatman is back with the team.

Jets Release Ben Graham Again

ESPN is reporting that the Jets have released Ben Graham again after his replacement work for the injured Reggie Hodges.  This move now brings the active roster’s kicking specialists down to three, with Nugent still sidelined and Jay Feely kicking proxy.  Although Graham had some good distance on his few punts in the past two [...]

Eric Smith Suspended and Fined

Jets Safety Eric Smith was suspended today for a helmet to helmet hit against Anquan Boldin.  Smith will be fined $50,000 for a ‘flagrant violoation of player rules’  and suspended for the Jets first game after their bye against the Bengals.  According to PFT, the hit will cost Smith about $76,000 or the equivalent of [...]

Audible: Going Into the Bye Week …

So, with four games in the books and the Jets headed for their bye week, how do you feel about the Jets and their chances as they enter the next quarter of their season?  Do you think this team is primed to make a run?  Have you not seen enough to be convinced?  Sound off!

Link: Peter King Awards Favre

Peter King lauded some praise (imagine that) on Favre for his first career six (pinch me, over the past 10 years, that’s normally like 4 games for a Jets QB!!!) touchdown day in his Monday Morning Quarterback article on Sports Illustrated’s website.
Brett Favre, QB, New York Jets. Favre had played 282 games in the NFL [...]

Opinion: Great Kid, Don’t Get Cocky!

[Luke Skywalker blows up a TIE Fighter]
Luke: Got him, I got him!!
Han Solo: Great kid, don’t get cocky!!
Up until now, I’ve only been priveleged on only see Jet loses live, so in the first time I’ve actually seen a Jets win live and the Jets righted the karmic balance and WENT AWF.  It’s the game [...]

Daily Links: An Offensive Feast

Johnette Howard is happy with the result.
Boland reminds us the score was 0-0 at the end of the first (whoa … I know I lost track!) 
Roderick Boone at Newsday, breaks down the second quarter.  
Jetstream’s Bob Bullock is happy with the win, it would seem.  :)
Boldin’s prognosis.
Here’s the gamebook … you can look at the [...]

Boldin and Smitty OK After Helmet to Helmet

At the end of the Jets game, there was a scary moment in which Eric Smith and Cards WR Anquan Boldin collided.  Boldin was taken to Mt. Sinai in New York, but all tests resulted in a good prognosis for Boldin.  It sounds as if Smith might have suffered a concussion, based on what I [...]

Soundbites: Kris Jenkins - Cards Postgame

Kris Jenkins spoke with reporters after the game, here’s some more information about his injury, in which he tells us that it wasn’t in-game, but in practice the week leading up and he tried to play through it. 
On how his back feels after Monday night…
It feels good. Honestly, this past Monday a lot of people [...]

Game Recap: Air Coryell Redux 56-35

If the only thing consistent about a team that is finding its way is inconsistency then the Jets are a case in point.  Today’s game, once again, was a tale of two halves only this time, the first half was so lopsided that the second half could only add counterpoint to a game for the [...]