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Posted by admin in Newsday Blog on 07 23rd, 2009 | No Comments
We’ve moved
If you are seeing this page, you have to get with the times! Newsday has redesigned its Web site and the address of our blog has changed. So please update your bookmarks and favorites with the following address below: http://newsday.com/jetsblog Check out this first post for help with how to comment....
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Posted by admin in Newsday Blog on 07 21st, 2009 | No Comments
Leon: "This is where I want to be"
As we move one day closer to the start of training camp, the situation revolving around Leon Washington and his mission for a new contract will continue to be a hot topic and one that obviously bears monitoring. Just for a refresher, we detailed Washington’s situation here a while ago in order...
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Posted by admin in Newsday Blog on 07 20th, 2009 | No Comments
The countdown is on
Although we’re 11 days from the Jets officially taking the field for the start of training camp up in lovely Cortland, the rookies are scheduled to report exactly a week from today. Can you feel the buildup? That means summer vacation is almost over for the likes of Shonn Green and coverboy quarterback...
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Posted by admin in Newsday Blog on 07 17th, 2009 | No Comments
Start spreading the news
Before I tend to the yard duties and work up a serious lather on the steamiest day we’ve had around here seemingly all summer, I figured this is something many of you have been waiting for. Hot off the presses, we finally have the Jets’ training camp schedule and you fans can truly begin...
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Posted by admin in Newsday Blog on 07 15th, 2009 | No Comments
Jets add Richard Owens
Sorry gang, a bit scrambled around here with Hot Rod Boone on vacation before camp begins. The Jets added TE Richard Owens yesterday to replace Bubba Franks on the roster. Franks was cut on Monday. Owens, 28, spent three seasons with the Vikings and one with the Rams. He was out of the league last season. He’s...
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Posted by admin in Newsday Blog on 07 14th, 2009 | No Comments
Rhodes: I would welcome Plax
Kerry Rhodes never shies away from the hot topics, and he didn’t a few minutes ago on the horn with ESPN-1050’s Brandon Tierney. Rhodes, asked about the brief Jets’ flirtation with indicted ex-Giant Plaxico Burress, said Plax would have been a great addition to the Jets. “He would...
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Posted by admin in Newsday Blog on 07 13th, 2009 | No Comments
Bubba Franks released
The Jets got a little thinner at TE today. Just got word that they have released Bubba Franks. The 10-year pro was re-signed by the Jets on May 12. He started in four games last season and played in eight overall, catching six passes for 47 yards. When I spoke with Franks during the OTAs in May, he...
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Posted by admin in Newsday Blog on 07 6th, 2009 | No Comments
Due diligence continues
Seems like the Jets sign a new player every day. They just announced they’ve brought T Nevin McCaskill, who was waived by the Packers last Monday, on board. Listed at 6-4, 300 pounds, the Hampton product by way of Tallahassee, Fla. was originally signed by the Bills as a free agent in 2007 and...
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Posted by admin in Newsday Blog on 07 2nd, 2009 | No Comments
Calvin Pace suspended
Linebacker Calvin Pace has been suspended without pay for the Jets’ first four regular-season games for violating the NFL’s policy on performance enhancing substances. Pace, in a statement released through the team, said the suspension is a result of dietary supplement he took, though he...
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Posted by admin in Newsday Blog on 06 29th, 2009 | No Comments
Thomas Jones speaks and a Jenn Sterger sighting
Looks like Thomas Jones still has a thing for granting interviews to radio stations. Jones, who didn’t speak with the media after ending his boycott of the OTAs nor did he make himself available during minicamp, was on Houston radio station KILT last week while he was in town preparing to pick...
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