The New York Jets defense was dealt a devastating blow this morning when they learned that OLB Calvin Pace will be sidelined for six weeks with a broken foot. Pace injured the foot against the Redskins on Friday. It was originally thought to be just a sprain, but it proved to be much worse.
With Pace [...]
The Jets offense struggled for the second game in a row as they put up only 11 points falling to the Redskins 16-11. With the loss the Jets preseason record now stands at 1-2. The team will play its preseason finale next Thursday against the Philadelphia Eagles in Philadelphia. Here are some of my thoughts [...]
The day started with the news that the Jets and Darrelle Revis remain $40 million apart in contract negotiations.
The Jets reportedly have a 10 year $120 million offer on the table, while Revis is presumably looking for a deal in the neighborhood of $160 million, which would make him the highest paid corner in [...]
While most of the news about the Jets is centered around a certain cornerback who shall not be named, the Jets are still practicing and there is plenty going on in Cortland.
It looks like Kellen Clemens can pack his bags. Rex said today that Mark Brunell is “pretty much a lock for the No. 2 [...]
Rex said he was “disappointed” with the physicality in practice yesterday. Well, the players must have heard that.
Wayne Hunter and Kenwin Cummings got into a minor skirmish today at camp after Cummings had a few late hits on Hunter.
That lead to Brian Schottenheimer and Mike Pettine jawing at each other from the sidelines.
Rex, of course, [...]
The National Football Post reports that Jets D-line coach Mark Carrier thinks that Vernon Gholston can be the next Terrell Suggs, this even though Gholston hasn’t had a pro sack yet.
New Jets defensive line coach Mark Carrier sees a little Terrell Suggs in Vernon Gholston. The Jets are converting Gholston, who has yet to record [...]
Jason Cole of Yahoo! Sports has taken the task of ranking all of the defensive lines in the NFL.
With about half of the league employing three man fronts (the Jets among them) and the other half using four man lines, it is tough to compare the two, but Cole took a stab at it [...]
Wait, that can’t be possible. Can it?
Well, Rex Ryan had encouraging things to say about the former sixth overall pick.
“I don’t want to say anything, because last year I kept saying, ‘You guys, just wait, he’s going to prove it to you,’ ” Ryan said Thursday. “So I’m not going to say anything [...]
Rich Cimini, now of ESPNNewYork, reports that the Jets have been using Vernon Gholston exclusively at defensive end during offseason workouts.
After mulling the move for weeks, the Jets are leaning heavily toward making Gholston a full-time defensive end.
The former first-round pick has been working out with the defensive linemen for weeks, sources said, [...]
Matt Sohn of Pro Football Weekly seems to think that outside linebacker Vernon Gholston may see some action at defensive end:
In Rex Ryan’s “organized chaos” defense, it can be difficult to label an individual player with one specific position. So, the fact that Vernon Gholston, who’s listed as an outside linebacker, took the majority of [...]
