Posted on March 18th, 2010 by E. Weeks
Woody is trying to downplay the whole coin flip fiasco no doubt to keep the bid for Super Bowl 2014 afloat. Damage Control!
Jay Feely is making his way to visit the Arizona Cardinals.
Sixth paragraph in, Lisa Zimmerman talks about the possibility of finding Alan Faneca a new home … I doubt that will happen this [...]
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Posted on March 17th, 2010 by Bassett
Although it’s an ESPN Insider article, I think that Bill Barnwell’s very interesting article on LaDainian Tomlinson and Thomas Jones as goal line backs is interesting. To avoid prosecution since it’s an Insider article, I’ll send you the crux of Barnwell’s piece.
Despite his 12 rushing touchdowns a year ago — nine of which came from [...]
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Posted on March 17th, 2010 by Bassett
My boy MDS says it came down to the offense for LT.
A detailed Bloomberg account of LaDainian’s presser.
LT is all about the ring.
Rosenthal notes that new DL Rodrique Wright was once well regarded when he came out of Texas.
NFLN talks about the Elite Eight offseason moves.
LaDainian talks to Shutdown (not really) about out of control [...]
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Posted on March 16th, 2010 by Bassett
Clearly, Mark Kriegel loves the move the Jets made to sign LT … woof.
The guy who made history in 2006 has shown consistent, inexorable decline with each passing season. He hasn’t had a 100-yard game since 2008. Last year saw him rush for 730 yards on 230 carries. His average of 3.3 yards per carry [...]
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Posted on March 15th, 2010 by Bassett
You can’t blame the Jets ownership for having a complex when it comes to the vying for the attention of the league when it comes to the teams in New York. The Jets have, for years, been asked to take a backseat to the big boys in blue, so it only seems natural that the [...]
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Posted on March 15th, 2010 by Bassett
Some quick hits from around the web on the Jets signing of LaDainian.
IT COMES DOWN TO COST – Doug Farrar, Yahoo! Sports
Could that Jets line give him the kind of season that Thomas Jones had in 2009? It’s doubtful we’ll ever see that much productivity from Tomlinson again, but he should see an upswing if [...]
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Posted on March 15th, 2010 by Bassett
Peter King wrote about the signing of LaDainian Tomlinson.
Ryan was in on meetings with Tomlinson on Friday in New Jersey to try to persuade him to sign as a free-agent with the Jets. Then the Jets coach, who has always struggled with his weight, went to Manhattan on Saturday to have lap-band surgery on his [...]
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Posted on March 14th, 2010 by Bassett
Apparently Rex Ryan had a scheduled procedure’ on Saturday.
JetNation ponders aquiring LT.
Chris Baker is now a Seahawk, hey Chris, don’t park in Paul Allen’s spot, OK?
Ben Nevis is All the News That’s Fit to Print.
Pat WR Wes Welker is recovering from rotatorcuff surgery.
Yet another reason why Bleacher Report needs to DIAF.
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Posted on March 14th, 2010 by Bassett
So who gets to open the new stadium? According to reports, it’’s going to come down to a coin toss.
“The Jets have presented a plan for the flip at the new stadium in the week ahead to make this decision easy,” the team’s Web site says. “The details of the 50-50 proposition have yet to [...]
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Posted on March 13th, 2010 by E. Weeks
LT seems to be “intrigued” by the role he would have in New York.
Ho! Ho! Ben Nevis is getting some love from The Fifth Down.
The Jets have effectively exchanged CB’s with the San Diego Chargers as former Jets CB Donald Strickland returns to his home state.
Will LT affect LW’s future?
Tannenbaum got to go on WFAN yesterday and [...]
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