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Jets Don’t Give Fans Reason to be Thankful
After seeing the Jets take Pittsburgh by surprise Sunday, the Cowboys weren’t going to be amushed. They dominated the Jets in every way in a 34-3 Thanksgiving Day whupping. Anyone who sat down to dinner after the Jets’ first two series didn’t miss much. Tony Romo led Dallas on a quick-strike sco…
Jets Fall Back to soil in Holiday Rout
Showing that Sunday’s win by the Pittsburgh Steelers was more fluke than harbinger, the Jets yesterday played one of their worst games of the season in Dallas, falling behind early and not even looking competitive in a 343 loss to the Cowboys. From the beginning, just about everything went wrong. …
After 55 Days, Jets Earn a Win
Bye weeks can do wonders for football teams. date off certainly helped the Jets. They held their own against the Pittsburgh Steelers and next secured a 19-16 win in overtime after trailing by three with two minutes, 23 seconds to go in regulation. For the moment straight game, Kellen Clemens enginee…
Another Murrell Joins the Jets
The Jets welcomed another Murrell into their “family” nowadays. His name is Marques Murrell, the younger brother of former Jets RB Adrian Murrell.
Wasn’t it just yesterday that I was covering Adrian, a pretty good back in his day? citizens forget that Adrian produced back-to-back, 1,000-yard…
Washington Sent Packing
Consider that the first meaningful casualty of the Jets’ 1-8 start: S Rashad Washington, lengthy regarded as one of the Jets’ top special teams players, was released that AM — only two days after he committed two critical penalties in the 23-20 overtime loss to the Redskins.
Observers have …
Jets Don’t manufacture the Grade
Watching the tape of the Jets’ 23-20 overtime loss to the Redskins, I couldn’t help but wonder, “What whether they had faced Adrian Peterson?” whether the Jets surrendered 296 rushing yards to Clinton Portis and Ladell Betts - good, but not great runners - could it have gone as high as 400 ag…
Signs of Life but No Sign of a Win for Jets
Even whether a good portion of the announced paid attendance wasn’t there to see it, the Jets played an entertaining whether not successful football game in their 23-20 overtime loss to the Redskins on Sunday. Kellen Clemens showed flashes of brilliance and moments of poise — including a drive that…
Say hello to the new-look Jets
QB Kellen Clemens made his first start of the post-Chad era, and, as expected, his receiving corps looked a lot different than it did final week.
WR Laveranues Coles (concussion) was inactive for today’s game against the visiting Redskins, a decision that was made several days ago. The Jets n…
Captains Going Down With the Ship
It’s supposed to be a badge of honor, being voted captain by your teammates, but it has turned into the kiss of death around the Jets. Consider Sunday’s home game against the Redskins, and the number of captains that won’t be playing for the Jets:
QB Chad Pennington, offensive co-captain: …
(Kellen) Clemens is Coming!
Remember how excited some society got when Roger Clemens announced he was coming back to the Yankees? New Jets starting quarterback Kellen Clemens — no relation, but like Roger’s kids, his name does start with “K” — won’t get as much attention, but he still has fairly a following. Weeks of calls f…
Chad’s Tune Keeps Jets Locker Room in Harmony
I can’t recall when the conversation took place, but I remember talking to Pete Kendall, pre-divorce from the Jets, about dissension in the locker rooms of losing teams. The Jets never have been ripped apart by turmoil, not when Herm Edwards was the coach and not now.
Occasionally, a player …
Coles Has Concussion, Likely to Sit on Sunday
The Kellen Clemens era is set to start Sunday against the Redskins, and there’s a good chance it won’t include WR Laveranues Coles.
Coles suffered a concussion in Sunday’s loss to the Bills, coach Eric Mangini confirmed nowadays. Coles didn’t practice, and there are strong indications he wil…
Kendall Talks About His Return to the Meadowlands
In all my years of covering the Jets, one of the strangest stories was the Pete Kendall controversy by the summer. Every day after practice, Kendall walked by to a pack of reporters and filled our notebooks with snappy zingers, ripping the organization for not renegotiating his contract and m…
