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Peppers wants to avoid franchise tag
Peppers hopes to avoid franchise tag CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Julius Peppers was polite, insistent that he has no problems with his coaches and stressed that North Carolina will always be his home. The four-time Pro Bowl defensive end just doesn’t want to play for Carolina anymore — and hopes the Panthers grant the impending free… Read more
Coaching Speculation
The Steve Spagnuolo watch has begun. With the Giants finding themselves with no more games to play “Spags” is officially available. Are the Jets interested? The truth will be known soon enough. Here is another speculation thread from our forums. If Rex Ryan is their man, then the Jets will have to wait a little… Read more
Eric Mangini Gets Browns Job
It didn’t take Eric Mangini long, ESPN announced today that he was hired as the head coach of the Cleveland Browns. He reportedly signed a four year contract. You can give your reaction and read more here. ESPN is also reporting that QB Coach Brian Daboll is going with Mangini and will serve as his… Read more
Seven Jets Named To Pro Bowl Squad
We repeat, seven Jets were announced as Pro Bowlers. We realize you may need a few seconds to let that sink in. Especially when compared to last years Pro Bowl squad which had zero NY Jets. Here are the Jets that were announced as starters: Thomas Jones Alan Faneca Kris Jenkins Leon Washington (Kick Returner)… Read more
Will The Jets Get A Letter This Year?
By Andrea Adelson updated 4:49 p.m. ET, Tues., Jan. 4, 2005 function UpdateTimeStamp(pdt) { var n = document.getElementById("udtD"); if(pdt != '' && n && window.DateTime) { var dt = new DateTime(); pdt = dt.T2D(pdt); if(dt.GetTZ(pdt)) {n.innerHTML = dt.D2S(pdt,((''.toLowerCase()=='false')?false:true));} } } UpdateTimeStamp('632404721848100000'); HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – Jets coach Herman Edwards Eric Mangini flashed a sly grin and… Read more
Nick's Week Two Picks
By Nick Ferraro Last Week: 3-1 Season: 3-1 Panthers -3 vs. Bears Both teams surprised last week, but the Panthers are the best bet to sustain week one’s success. The Bears played well, but the Colts were hardly ready after a preseason without many of their top players including Peyton Manning. The Panthers will throttle… Read more
Weekend At Brady's
Tom Brady’s injury status has been the subject of much speculation. Is he hurt seriously? Will he play and be effective? As is always the case with Billy Belichick, the truth is never easy to determine. JetNation.com recently went undercover and spent a weekend with Tom Brady. When we arrived at Tom Brady’s beach house… Read more
Pennington Swims With The Fish
The other day we had some kind words for Chad Pennington shortly after the Jets released him. We made our peace with Chad, but now he is the enemy. Jay Glazer on Fox Sports announced tonight that Pennington has signed a two year contract with the Miami Dolphins. The Jets opener in Miami against the… Read more
2008 NFL Rule Changes
At the NFL owners meeting this week several rules were modified. They had discussed reseeding in the playoffs. If a wild card team had a better record than a division winner, the wild card team would get the home game. That proposal did not pass this year, keep on eye on it in future years… Read more
AROUND THE NFL: FREE AGENCY WRAP UP
By Matt Greene With the Free Agency signing period on the decline, it is now time to look back on what transgressed over the past couple of weeks and digest all of the information and speculation flying all over the place. Since so much happened around the league this week, (and because there’s nothing else… Read more
Let The Games Begin…
Free agency is here and the Jets didn’t waste any time. According to ESPN.com the Jets will soon announce that they have traded for DT Kris Jenkins from the Carolina Panthers. The Jets will reportedly give up their 3rd and 5th round picks in exchange for the two time pro bowl defensive tackle. Read more… Read more
Around The NFL: Special Edition
By Matt Greene What a week it has been around the NFL. Every night for this past week I’ve been logging on to what seems like every website that covers NFL stories and rumors on the web. I thought I’d be able to fit all I needed on one sheet of notes like I had… Read more