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Bowles Handling of Jets QB’s; Brilliant or Baffling?
Just when Jets fans thought the handling of the team’s quarterback situation couldn’t possibly be worthy of any further scrutiny, it appears head coach Todd Bowles’ sudden change of direction in handling his three signal callers has divided fans on the issue once again. After veteran Josh McCown received the lions-share of reps through the… Read more
NY Jets Podcast: Preseason Week 3 @ Giants
On this episode of JetNation Radio Joe and Glenn have a lot to discuss (a good amount of it is negative). The Jets preseason game vs the Lions was a mess in many different ways. The guys will discuss all of the players who didn’t perform well. There were players who also stood out in… Read more
Is Mehta Report a Sign of Cracking at Florham Park?
The New York Jets are about to embark on what many believe will be one of the worst seasons in the history of the embattled franchise. With no proven play makers on offense, the team’s inability to move the ball in just two pre-season games already has alarm bells ringing. Many experts have labelled this… Read more
JetNation 8/22 Tuesday Tidbits
A few notes, thoughts and links to previous articles on Gang Green to pass along: A previously unforeseen camp battle for the starting center job has emerged according to head coach Todd Bowles between incumbent Wesley Johnson and free agent addition Jonotthan Harrison. Should Harrison win the job, Johnson would become a valuable back-up on… Read more
McDougle’s Strong Camp Another Test for Bowles?
It’s a philosophy preached by all 32 NFL head coaches, but for some reason it’s not always practiced. We hear it all the time; “the best players will play”. You can count Jets head coach Todd Bowles among those who has said it in the past, but hasn’t always followed through on the promise. Just… Read more
Winners and Losers from Jets Pre-Season Week 2
After another effort in which the Jets’ punchless offense showed little to no life, the defense had its share of quality moments, the list of “winners” is shorter than a Lachlan Edwards shanked punt. So without any further ado… Winners: CB Dexter McDougle: Few players, (some could argue that no other player) on the Jets current roster… Read more
Learn From History
After a crisp “game manager” performance by Hackenberg, the calls are starting about how it’s time for his education to speed up and how he needs to “air it out”. For once can people learn from history and stop rushing the process? From 2000-2014 this team has had three young QB’s become starters Pennington, Sanchez and Smith… Read more
Winners and Losers From Jets Pre-Season Opener
It was just a mere blip on what is about to be a very long and interesting 2017 NFL season for the New York Jets, but as is always the case during the NFL pre-season, some players will come in and do a bit less than what was expected of them, while others stand out… Read more
Game Observations (Jets Top Titans)
Even though it was only a pre-season game here are some of the things that stood out after re-watching the tape: – OLine pass protection of the #1 and #2 units kept the pocket relatively clean. The run blocking was shaky though and needs to improve particularly up the middle. – Robby Anderson regularly getting open in… Read more
Jets Hoping Hackenberg Short-Term Plan has Long-Term Gains
It was pre-season game number one. That’s it. Just one single game that will be largely forgotten about by most fans by the middle of this week, if not by this morning when they rolled out of bed. Led by a dominating defensive performance that included 8 sacks, the Jets defeated the Tennessee Titans by… Read more
Who you Should be Watching as Jets Preseason Kicks off vs. Tennessee
Face it Jets fans, this roster is so young and inexperienced, that if you had ten fans write down a handful of players to watch, every player on the roster might show up on the collective lists. This is an incredibly young team with open competitions for starter and back-up spots at almost every position… Read more
NFL To Hire Up To 24 Full-Time Game Officials
NFL TO HIRE UP TO 24 FULL-TIME GAME OFFICIALS Courtesy NFL Communications Department The NFL will hire up to 24 full-time game officials from among the current 124-person roster of officials, the NFL and NFL Referees Association (NFLRA) jointly announced today. The NFL and NFLRA agreed to experiment with full-time officials as part of the… Read more