Jet News
NFL To Use Replacement Referees In Regular Season
The Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the NFL and Referees’ Association expired in late May but there has been little movement on a new agreement. The NFL “locked out” the regular officials using replacements during the preseason, a similar strategy, locking the players out, used by the NFL during negotiations with the Players Association last… Read more
CB Steed Gets Waived
Another one bites the dust as the Jets have waived rookie CB Ryan Steed. Steed had 1 tackle this preseason which came against the Bengals. https://twitter.com/nyjets/statuses/240900152808841220… Read more
Jason Smith Renegotiates Contract To Match Hunter’s Cap Number
The trade of offensive linemen Wayne Hunter to the Rams for Jason Smith has become official being cleared by the NFL. When the deal was first reported it seemed as if the Jets would be incurring Smith’s current guaranteed salary of $4 million this season while Hunter had a salary of $2.45 million. The Rams… Read more
Jets Claim Punter Lanning Off Waivers
Though the kicker battle has been settled with Nick Folk winning the job once again the Jets have decided to continue on with the punter battle after a short hiatus picking up punter Spencer Lanning from South Carolina who was waived by the Browns earlier this week . In case you’re wondering, Lanning is on… Read more
Jets Trade Wayne Hunter To Rams For Tackle Jason Smith
According to reports the Jets have traded embattled right tackle Wayne Hunter to the St. Louis Rams for former 2009 #2 overall pick tackle Jason Smith: https://twitter.com/MMehtaNYDN/status/240243669339353088 Hunter will be reunited with his former offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer in St. Louis while Smith gets a fresh start in New York after struggling with the Rams. … Read more
Jets Reduce Roster To 74 Players
The New York Jets have announced that their roster now stands at 74 players. They had to be at 75 players before 4pm today. The next roster cut down date is on Friday, August 31st by 9pm (EST). The roster must be set to 53 players by that time. The biggest name on this list… Read more
Josh Baker Done For The Season With Knee Injury
Jets TE/FB Josh Baker sustained a season ending knee injury in last night’s preseason game with the Carolina Panthers: The Daily News has learned that TE Josh Baker is believed to have suffered at least a torn right ACL that will sideline him for the season. Baker is having a MRI on Monday morning to… Read more
Folk Wins Kicking Competition as Brown Is Cut
The Jets have made a decision on who will be kicking the ball for the green and white this season. Incumbent Nick Folk has apparently won the training camp competition over veteran Josh Brown as he was released by the team today: https://twitter.com/BrianCoz/status/240095545237049345 Folk went 19-of-25 in field goal attempts last season, a 76% average… Read more
Postgame Recap: Jets Lose To Panthers, 17-12
The Jets lost to the Carolina Panthers tonight 17-12, and they still haven’t scored any touchdowns, but there are positives to take away from this game. This is the kind of game most fans expected last week, where the team looked better than in its first preseason game. Instead, there was almost nothing positive to… Read more
Austin Howard Against The Panthers
Austin Howard stepped into the starting lineup against the Carolina Panthers and the early returns were good. He set out to prove that he is a starting right tackle and he played well. No sacks allowed is the stat that is the most encouraging. The line as a whole can do better when it comes… Read more
Unofficial Preseason Week 3 Injury Report
Well once again I have no offical report, so I’m going to do my best to provide a somewhat accurate injury report from stuff that I’ve read online. Again, I might miss something so please deal with it. New Your Jets Out: DT Mike Devito (calf), DT Sione Po‘uha (back), S Eric Smith (knee), CB… Read more
Jets Waive Seven, Reduce Roster to 80
The Jets have announced that seven players have been waived. The official release from the Jets appears below. The roster now stands at 80 and here are two important dates to remember about the NY Jets Roster. Monday, August 27th by 4pm (EST) – Active Roster – (75). Friday, August 31st by 9pm (EST) –… Read more