Happy Freaking Halloween!

At 4-3, this team is something of a haunted hayride with frights around every corner .. just waiting … to …

INTERCEPTION!!!!!

umm … scare you … or something …

As if this team wasn’t spooky enough, today the Jets are practicing today* in Halloween costumes.  Just like last year, the day will culminate in a parade around the new Florham Park facilities with awards given by Woody Johnson himself for best costumes.

As is Mangini’s tradition, players will knock on assistant coaches’ office doors and ask for more plays for their playbooks or on Public Relations peoples doors for bland cliches (one day at a time, every game is a big game). Word on the street is that Brian Schottenheimer was handing out 200 page binders of Brad Smith reverse plays.

Here are a few of the costumes in which some Jets showed up today.

Shaun Ellis (Panthro) — The Big Kat went as the big blueish grey Thundercat with nunchuks and everything.  Thundercats … HOOOOO!!!!!

Kris Jenkins (Junk Yard Dog) – Chain around his neck, the DJ played Jenkins theme song “Another One Bites the Dust” as he entered the field.  Grab them sacks, Kris!

Bryan Thomas (Calvin Pace) – Thomas went as his hero … the guy who’s made him relevant again.  (Hey Victor Hobson .. howyoudin??)

Chad Pennington (Random Dude With Knife Stuck in Back) -Chad apparently did take a flight up for the fun and went with the costume he almost wore last year, rather that his obtuse reference from last year.  (How prophetic was I with this?)

Bad Brett Favre (Maverick) - Riverboat Gambler?  JACKPOT!  Always getting into trouble and taking unnecessary risks, Bad Brett Favre decided to go as the classic Mel Gibson character Bret Maverick.  The allusion breaks down at some point, because I’m pretty sure Maverick never used guns.

Kellen Clemens (Goose) – Hearing Bad Brett Favre say he was ‘going as Maverick,’ Clemens went as Goose.  Oops …

Thomas Jones (Hulk) – Jones spray painted himself green and wore tattered purple Old Navy cargo shorts.

Vernon Gholston (The Invisible Man) -As a rookie hazing ritual, the vets made him wear this costume.

Good Brett Favre (Iron Man, Avengers) – Iron Man and The Avengers are making something of a pop culture comeback.  Maybe there’s some rust of late on Favre’s Iron Man suit … here’s to knocking it off this weekend versus the Bills!

Nick Mangold (Thor, Avengers) –Blond, long hair, Celtic/Norse origins … going to great lengths, it’s rumored that Mangold might even be moving to Valhalla, NY.

Alan Faneca (Captain America, Avengers) – Protecting the innocent with his shield, the ageless superhero who loves go into battle and attack evildoers.

Leon Washington (Ant Man, Avengers) – Small, but mighty!

Mike DeVito (The Joker, TDK) – Why so sad?  Trying to be topically current, DeVito thought this was a good choice.  Mangini apparently stopped DeVito before he attempted “The Pencil Trick” with a Defensive Quality Control Coach … apparently Beverly Hills Chihuahua wasn’t the only movie Mangini saw this summer.

Kerry Rhodes (Superman) – Swooping in to save the day.  Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound?  He’s got the physique for it.  Why the heck not?

Laveranues Coles (Blank Man) – What?  YOU think of a good one for Coles .. he looks like Damon Wayans to me!!

Darrelle Revis (Hamburglar) -Both love stealing people’s lunch.  RABBLE RABBLE!

*could or could not be true

If you have other scoops on costumes that were worn today, definitely let us know in the comments.

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