News: Jay Cutler on the Block

Let’s see how this plays out. I imagine that, yes, the Jets will be interested. I don’t know that this is the right move for the organization, but 26 year old QBs with proven ability like this don’t come along all that often. You can’t think that the Jets won’t at least [...]

First 100 Days: Days 66 & 67

Just like another administration’s first 100 days, so too TJB will be keeping watch over the Rex Ryan administration for the first 100 days … playing it by the numbers if you will. Each day, we’ll try to keep the associated day number in play.
Day Sixty Six
Class of ‘66 – Emerson Boozer,
1966 – The Jets [...]

Tony Richardson’s Foundation Receives NFL Grant

This is NFL Charities Week and the league is giving out $1 million in grants to 89 player-related charities.
Tony Richardson’s foundation “Rich in Spirit” will receive a grant of $25,000 from the NFL.
Here’s some other foundations receiving grants that are Jets related:
Bruce Harper (Heroes and Cool Kids)JoJo Townsell (MEFIYI Foundation)Marty Lyons (Marty Lyons Foundation)

Link: QBs Speak on Lessons from Favre

Jane McManus (who is having runaway success with her Rangers blog) has some great audio clips from the team’s three QBs from the media day last week.
One of the most interesting things? According to Erik Ainge, Brett Favre actually reads his playbook!!

News: Jenkins’ 2008 Season By the Numbers

KC Joyner provided another scientific analysis on the NY Times, this time of the Jets’ big man in the middle. He studied Kris Jenkins’ efficiency throughout the season, and if his injury impacted his play down the stretch. Make sure to check out the link, too. Joyner follows up on his offensive line article from [...]

Interview: New Era Scouting Draft Discussion

With the draft rapidly approaching, David Syvertsen of our good friends at New Era Scouting took time to answer some questions for us about the 2009 Draft Class and how it applies to the Jets needs. Big thanks to David for helping out!
TheJetsBlog.com: The Jets have a lot of needs at a lot of positions [...]

News: Vilma’s Condo Connected to Double Homicide?

The connection isn’t exactly clear, but it seems that former Jet Jonathan Vilma’s vacant home in Woodbury has become part of a tangled pair of drug related murders in New York City.

“Jonathan has no knowledge of this. He hasn’t lived there since Nov. 2007,” Frankel said – a fact neighbors confirmed.
The 2004 NFL Rookie of [...]

Thomas Jones Still Absent

Jenny Vrenthas reports that Thomas Jones is absent again this week from the team’s offseason conditioning.
Vrenthas notes that the Jets might not see Jones til June, but it was my understanding that the team had a mandatory meeting right before the draft … we’ll check it out …

Film Room: Jets ‘On The Clock’

ESPN puts the Jets on the clock at 17 and talk about all the offseason changes.

Link: Players Looking Forward to

Newsday’s Erik Boland wrote that the Jets players seem genuinely enthused about their new head coach, Rex Ryan.

“I think the right guy got the job,” safety Kerry Rhodes said. “He set the tone for us early, letting us know that we’re going to be a confident group, that we’re going to go out and attack, [...]