Jet News

The New York Jets trade #47, #154 (5th round), & #232 (7th round) to Seattle for #43 and select WR Stephen Hill from Georgia Tech. Basic information from NFLDraftScout.com Height: 6-4 Weight: 215 lbs. Arm Length: 33.375 inches Hand Length: 9.375 inches Combine Numbers 40-time: 4.36 Bench Reps: 14 Vertical: 39.5 Broad: 11’01” Shuttle: 4.48… Read more

New York Jets General Manager Mike Tannebaum and VP College Scouting, Joey Clinkscales spoke to the media after the Jets 1st round draft selection of Quintion Coples. Opening Statement… MIKE TANNENBAUM: We’re excited to get Quinton (Coples) at the sixteenth pick. We did field some calls, but just really felt good about the value of… Read more

Here is a transcript of Quinton Coples interview with the media after being selected by the NY Jets in the 1st round of the 2012 NFL Draft. On if he thought he would end up with the Jets… I didn’t know, I didn’t know at all.  I knew Coach Rex Ryan had promised me that… Read more

The New York Jets have selected DE from North Carolina Quinton Coples with the 16th pick of the NFL Draft. Basic information from NFLDraftScout.com: Height 6-6 Weight 284 lbs. Arm Length 33.25 inches Hand Length 10.25 inches   Combine Numbers 40 yard dash – 4.78 seconds Bench – 25 reps Vertical jump – 31.5 inches… Read more

On the verge of the draft, the Raiders are interested in hiring the Jets’ vice president of college scouting Joey Clinkscales. Clinkscales and current Raiders GM Reggie McKenzie were teammates at the University of Tennessee so they are familiar with each other unlike when Clinkscales was looking at St.Louis earlier this offseason for their GM… Read more

JetNation had the opportunity this week to talk to Hayden Smith.  For those of you that don’t know, Hayden is new to football and Nick Casale spoke to him about his background, the process of converting from rugby to football and why he decided to sign with the Jets.  You can listen to the audio… Read more

Pick the Jets Draft Picks Contest It is contest time JetNation. With the draft rapidly approaching we want you to play GM and tell us who the Jets will be drafting in rounds 1 through 3 of this year’s draft. All you need to do is: Tell us who you think the Jets will draft… Read more

The Jets held a conference call today with season ticket holders to discuss the team and upcoming draft.  General Manager Mike Tannenbaum, Senior Personnel Executive Terry Bradway and Vice President of College Scouting Joey Clinkscales were on hand to field a variety of questions. When asked about the status of the pass rush Tannenbaum responded… Read more

The NFL schedule will be announced, Lebron James style, on Tuesday night at 7pm. Exclusively on NFL.com and NFL Network on Tuesday, April 17 at 7:00 PM ET. NFL Network will feature a record three-hour special 2012 Schedule Release Show Presented by Verizon with host Rich Eisen and analysts Marshall Faulk, Michael Irvin, Kurt Warner… Read more

The New York Jets made a few roster moves today, here is the press release from the team: The New York Jets have signed DE Jay Richardson and S DeAngelo Smith. The announcements were made by General Manager Mike Tannenbaum. Richardson (DE/6-6/280/Ohio State/Dublin, OH) is a former fifth-round pick of the Oakland Raiders in the… Read more

As we mentioned the other day, Aaron Maybin will be part of OTAs and he has signed his one year contract with the Jets.  He will now have a full offseason program and they can work on taking him to the next level after his breakout season last year. [tweet_embed id=191890458471972864] The one year deal… Read more