Posts Tagged ‘vernon gholston’

News From Training Camp

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. [...]

News and Notes From Training Camp

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. [...]

Gholston the Next Terrell Suggs?

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 [...]

Jets DL Ranks 15th in NFL

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 [...]

Vernon Gholston Impressing

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 [...]

Vernon Gholston to the D-Line?

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, [...]

Gholston To Pull Double Duty?

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 [...]

Breaking Down the Jets 2009 Salary Cap

ESPN’s Insider section just did a full-scale blowout about the salary cap for each and every team around the league. Here’s what they had to say on the Jets: 2009 Salary Cap: $129,278,924 Player with Highest Cap Number: CB Darrelle Revis ($7,961,216; 6.2% of cap) Highest Cap Number for a Player No Longer with Club: [...]