Jet News

IT MUST BE GETTING EARLY —- By JetCane We’re seventeen days into training camp, on the outside looking in, or at least trying to look inside Eric Mangini’s green crystal test tube. We’re still four weeks away from the official opening kickoff in Tennessee, and that means one thing: it is still early. Now don’t… Read more

The New York Jets will make their 2006 preseason debut Friday night in Tampa and Curtis Martin will not be in the lineup.  Martin, a member of the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list since camp began, addressed the media Wednesday before the Green & White took the field for their second practice.  The future… Read more

By Max 08/09/06 – 5:30pm Practice   This practice can be described best with these words:  game preparation.  They spent a lot of time on the 2 minute drill.  The focus seemed to be on substitutions (both sides of the ball).  The kickoff and punt teams saw lots of action.  Here are some other observations… Read more

The New York Jets announced Friday the signing of defensive back Bruce Thornton. The Jets also waived defensive back Jovon Johnson. The announcements were made by Jets’ General Manager Mike Tannenbaum.  Thornton, 5-10, 195 pounds, entered the NFL as a fourth-round selection by the Dallas Cowboys in the 2004 draft. He has played in 13… Read more

The New York Jets announced that Monsanto Pope has left the team citing “personal reasons”.  On Tuesday they also announced the signing of defensive back Jovon Johnson and that rookie linebacker Will Thompson was waived.  The announcements were made by Jets’ General Manager Mike Tannenbaum. Johnson, 5-9, 180 pounds, is a rookie free agent from the University… Read more

The New York Jets announced today that RB Curtis Martin, WR Justin McCareins, OL Trey Teague and DB Rayshun Reed were placed on the club’s physically unable to perform list.  The team also signed OL Pete McMahon and waived FB Luke Lawton.   Martin, 33, is the fourth-leading rusher in NFL history with 14,101 yards… Read more

As per various media reports (NY Post, KFFL) the New York Jets have signed their remaining two draft picks (Nick Mangold – OL and Kellen Clemens – QB).  This means that there will be no holdouts.  The Jets begin camp on Friday 07/28/06. Discuss this and more in our forums… Read more

Rich Cimini of the NY Daily News is reporting that the Jets have signed D’Brickashaw Ferguson.  D’Brick was the Jets first overall selection in the 2006 draft, selected # 4 overall.  Training camp opens on Friday 7/28 and only two picks remain unsigned (Nick Mangold and Kellen Clemens).  http://blogs.nydailynews.com/jets/     … Read more

The New York Jets announced today they have signed their second pick in the fourth-round of the 2006 NFL draft, running back Leon Washington. The announcement was made by Jets’ General Manager Mike Tannenbaum.  Washington, a 5-8, 202-pound product of Florida State University, was selected in the fourth round with the 117th overall pick. He… Read more

The New York Jets announced today they have signed their sixth-round selection in the 2006 NFL Draft, cornerback Drew Coleman. The announcement was made by Jets’ General Manager Mike Tannenbaum.  Coleman, a 5-9, 175-pound product of Texas Christian University, was selected with the 189th overall selection in 2006. Coleman played his final two collegiate seasons… Read more

KFFL is reporting that the NY Jets have signed their third round draft pick, LB Anthony Schlegel.  Financial terms were not released on this four year deal.  The Jets had previously signed DL Titus Adams (7th), TE Jason Pociask (5th), S Eric Smith (3rd) and WR Brad Smith (4th)… Read more