Glenn Naughton

With the second round of the NFL draft just hours away and the New York Jets sitting pretty with the second pick in that round (34th overall), Gang Green is apparently taking some calls on the pick. https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/1388230101507190786?s=20 According to NFL insider Ian Rapoport, there “could be some early action” as the Jets are receiving… Read more

Things are looking up for Joe Douglas and the New York Jets after landing quarterback Zach Wilson before trading up to add this year’s top interior lineman in Alijah Vera-Tucker.  With the first round coming to a close, the Jets are set to pick second on day two with pick 34 and there are still… Read more

In somewhat of a surprise move, Jets GM Joe Douglas moved up from 23rd to 14th overall in the first round by giving up three picks to get two in return. https://twitter.com/Connor_J_Hughes/status/1387951338349383684 Douglas parted with 3 premium picks in giving up picks 23, 66 and 86 to move up and grab offensive lineman Alijah Vera-Tucker. … Read more

As expected, the New York Jets have used the second overall pick in the 2021 NFL draft to select BYU quarterback Zach Wilson to pilot the team’s offense for what Jets brass hopes will be the next couple of decades. In Wilson, the Jets add the most accurate quarterback in the country who showed at… Read more

The New York Jets are expected to use the second overall pick on a quarterback in the NFL draft a week and a half from now.  The smart money is on BYU’s Zach Wilson but some feel it’s premature to rule out Ohio State’s Justin Fields.  Whoever it is the Jets come away with with… Read more

Joe Douglas looked like the cat that ate the canary.  Sitting down for a zoom press conference with Jets beat writers, Douglas was asked about a recent quote from Hall of Fame quarterback Steve Young who said that Douglas and the Jets were already committed to BYU quarterback Zach Wilson with the second pick in… Read more

There is no exact science that allows us to determine just how much of the New York Jets’ putrid offense in recent years was down to quarterback Sam Darnold and how much of it fell on the coaches and the talent around him.  Darnold certainly wasn’t without blame, but there is absolutely no denying just… Read more

After months of speculation, the New York Jets have finally traded former first-round draft choice Sam Darnold, the quarterback who just a few seasons ago was supposed to be the savior for a much maligned franchise. https://twitter.com/nyjets/status/1379166023392321537 Darnold moves on to Carolina in exchange for three draft choices.  It’s a sixth-rounder this season to go… Read more

When you’re one of the NFL’s doormat franchises that hasn’t made the playoffs in a decade, it becomes a yearly exercise.  Fans will review their favorite team’s roster during the offseason in search of any players who may have may have been overlooked in the previous season, but may steal a key role in the… Read more

In looking at the way the New York Jets have handed free agency thus far, it’s abundantly clear that Joe Douglas and company are looking to the not-so-distant past in hopes of finding elite talent that has performed well, but hasn’t peaked.  That’s where Robert Saleh and his coaching staff will be put under the… Read more

In a move that could give the Jets one of the better defensive lines in the NFL, the Jets have come to terms with defensive lineman Sheldon Rankins on a 2-year deal worth up to $17 million.  The former first-round draft choice will join Quinnen Williams, Carl Lawson, John Franklin-Myers, Foley Fatukasi, Nathan Shepherd and… Read more