Daily Links: Jets Have Magic Dinner
- Calvin Pace is getting ready for life after football.
- The New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority is under scrutiny for reportedly spending about $1 million to secure season tickets at the New Meadowlands Stadium.
- Cotchery got the best of first round pick Kyle Wilson yesterday.
- Jenkins is looking forward to participating in June’s minicamp.
- Michael Vick promises to be a starting QB in the NFL sometime in the near future.
- The Raiders filed a grievance against former QB JaMarcus Russell, seeking repayment of $9.55 million.
- Bart Scott says the Jets D has what it takes to become the best defense in NFL history.
- Rex, Woody, and Tanny had dinner with NBA legend Magic Johnson recently in New York.
- The Cowboys signed former Jets TE Kevin Brock.
9 Responses to Daily Links: Jets Have Magic Dinner
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Bent says: He had a cup of coffee in camp last year. Big guy from Rutgers.
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I seriously have to stop reading articles about the defense. I want to put my head through my computer screen right now. The absolute circus that will be Opening Night can’t get here soon enough.
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Bent says:
Interesting nugget from Jenny at the Star Ledger:
Gholston is “hoping to get to 270 after playing last season at 260″.
Both those numbers are surprisingly low and do suggest he’ll still been mainly employed as an edge rusher when they go to a four man front.
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groundandpound46 says:
Daily News had a great story on gholston and the bust label a while back.
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Bent says:
46 – thanks, that provides more insight into what I was saying:
DN: How much weight will you have to put on to be effective at defensive end?
VG: I really have gained any yet. But I plan to gain a few pounds. They told me I could kind of relax on the dieting. For so long, I was trying to get down in weight. But now I can gain a few pounds back. The biggest thing is not putting the bad pounds on. If I gain muscle mass – to about 270. I’m still trying to be lean and athletic at the position. But the more weight would help in terms of taking on blocks.
Interesting…
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Tim says:
In Rex’s press conference he mentioned that Gholston has had “sacks” every day in practice so far. Sounds pretty good for 260
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GP says:
I’m just glad Gholston at least understands that he hasn’t done enough so far. A lot of people who are considered “busts” always try to shift blame elsewhere. JaCarcass Russell, for example, refused to believe that he was a ****ty QB with a lousy work ethic.
I think VG will take a big step forward this season and try to set his career on the right path. At least, I hope so.
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GP,
That’s one of the points I always bring up about Gholston when people bash him as someone who isn’t intelligent. He is VERY self aware, and realistic, when it comes to himself. He knows the expectations people had of him, where he’s measured up, and what he has to do to shed the bust label. And as I said, Calvin Pace was a very strong supporter of Gholston last year, and says it’s a matter of time before Gholston’s athleticism is equaled by his mental game.
He reminds of Mike Pelfrey. Big Pelf always had the talent to be a tremendous player. The physical gifts were never in question. He just need to develop a combination of things (harnessing his skills, developing a strong understanding of his craft, getting stronger mentally, fine-tuning pitches) and now he’s a stud. I’m not saying Gholston will ever have a ridiculous season, but he was drafted so raw that he’s needed time to develop so many different aspects of his game. If he can even produce a little, I’d keep him around. His NFL clock is starting much later than a normal 6th overall pick, so if he (miraculously) turns into a good player, the Jets could keep him around for very cheap. Let’s hope he shows some glimpses this year.
We had a TE named Kevin Brock?