Jet News

Free Agency is in full stride as along with interest in Brandon Meriweather the Jets have expressed interest in 4 other players: QB Drew Stanton,  S Reggie Nelson,  S LaRon Landry, WR Laurent Robinson, & WR Chaz Schilens. [tweet_embed id=179684508868689921] [tweet_embed id=179686250863792129] [tweet_embed id=179688370505662464] [tweet_embed id=179698907276783616] [tweet_embed id=179703390312464384]… Read more

After signing Thomas the Jets are moving on with the possibility of going after ex-Patriots and ex-Bears Safety Brandon Meriweather. [tweet_embed id=179680493283979265] Meriweather played in 11 games while starting 4 of them for the Bears in 2011 getting 32 tackles and 2 passes defended. As of now, no meeting is scheduled [tweet_embed id=179685647357980672]… Read more

According to the Jets official Twitter account, the Jets have signed OLB Bryan Thomas making him the longest tenured Jet for at least another year. [tweet_embed id=179677327872098304] His deal is for one year and the cash value of the deal is unknown for now [tweet_embed id=179678938564534272]… Read more

Now is a good time to take a look at the Jets salary cap position before entering free agency.  All incentives and raises are over while the cap is set at $120.6 million, so a clear understanding of the team’s finances is available for analysis.  Numbers are sometimes rounded and/or approximated just to keep things… Read more

According to a report by Adam Schefter of ESPN the NFL has stripped the Dallas Cowboys of $10 million and Washington Redskins of $36 million in salary cap space for violations during the uncapped year 2010.  This decrease will create a wind fall for most NFL teams, including the Jets, increasing their salary cap space… Read more

According to Jenny Vrentas of The Star Ledger the Jets have agreed to contract terms with pending free agent nose tackle Sione Pouha: Nose tackle Sione Pouha has agreed to a three-year deal with the Jets, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. The Jets have taken care of their top priority by resigning Pouha before becoming… Read more

Here is some NY Jets news and notes from around the web: Bent provides a salary cap update on The Jets Blog. Mike Lupica says Mark Sanchez just needs time Manish Mehta says the Jets will target LB Jarret Johnson in free agency Gary Myers says that Sanchez needs to follow Eli Manning to become… Read more

Opening Statement… SANCHEZ:  Well, thanks, guys.  Again, echoing what Mr. Tannenbaum said about waiting up all night, I appreciate that.  Number one, I want to thank Mr. Johnson, Mike Tannenbaum, Coach Ryan.  I know Mike mentioned Jackie and Ari, who did a great job; Dave Dunn at Athletes First, my brother Nick and Andrew Kessler… Read more

Opening Statement… MIKE TANNENBAUM:  Thanks for joining.  I want to apologize for everyone waiting so late.  We had this done about three hours ago, but I had a preexisting personal commitment I just simply couldn’t break, and I’m very sensitive to everyone’s time and the commitment you make for the organization and covering us so… Read more

The New York Jets held a press conference tonight, shortly after it was announced that they were pulling out of the running for Peyton Manning.  GM Mike Tannenbaum announced that the Jets have signed Mark Sanchez to a new five year deal.  This is essentially a three year contract extension added to the remaining two… Read more

According to reporter Jay Glazer the Jets are out of the running for quarterback Peyton Manning: [tweet_embed id=178309480465960960] Looks like Mark Sanchez will be back under center for the green and white in 2012… Read more