Freddie Bishop

The New York Jets had an extra roster spot available after waiving tight end Neal Sterling. That roster spot, for this week at least, went to Freddie Bishop. The Jets announced that they have promoted the linebacker from the practice squad. https://twitter.com/nyjets/status/916707918938075141 https://twitter.com/JetNation/status/916708656623898625… Read more

Continuing to tweak the bottom of the roster and practice squad, not only did the Jets sign a couple of defensive players to their active roster, but they brought back linebacker Freddie Bishop. https://twitter.com/nyjets/status/915588152307453952   Bishop has been on and off the Jets’ practice squad last season after being imported from the CFL by GM… Read more

The Jets announced the release of reserve linebacker Freddie Bishop to sign former Seattle Seahawks and Tennessee Titans linebacker David Bass. https://twitter.com/nyjets/status/910898595217494017 In just over four pro seasons, Bass has played in 51 games (9 starts), picking up 5.5 sacks with a career high of 3 in 2014. In five games with the Jets dating… Read more

One of the more surprising decisions made by Jets GM Mike Maccagnan at final cut downs was to waive defensive lineman Lawrence Thomas who played well in limited action last season as an undrafted free agent out of Michigan State.  Well, now he’s back. https://twitter.com/calvinwatkins/status/909061934082875392 The Jets have waived injured linebacker Edmond Robinson and added… Read more

As previously mentioned, the Jets claimed four players off of waivers on Sunday that you can read about here.  Those moves, of course, mean that four players will have to be let go to make room on the roster and Rich Cimini of ESPN is reporting that those cut were linebacker Bruce Carter, running back… Read more

New York Jets head coach Todd Bowles announced after practice on Thursday that Gang Green would be without running back Matt Forte and outside linebacker Lorenzo Mauldin when they take on the Lions in Detroit this Saturday. Missing game action won’t hurt Forte nearly as much as it could Mauldin, as Forte’s roster spot is… Read more

Face it Jets fans, this roster is so young and inexperienced, that if you had ten fans write down a handful of players to watch, every player on the roster might show up on the collective lists.  This is an incredibly young team with open competitions for starter and back-up spots at almost every position… Read more

explosive adjective  ex·plo·sive 1. able or likely to shatter violently or burst apart. Explosive.  When discussing the tools required for an NFL edge rusher to be a disruptive force; to put a quarterback on his back consistently, he’s got to have “explosiveness”.  As the definition above states; able or likely to shatter violently or burst apart. It’s something the… Read more

By Glenn Naughton   One year after adding CFL import Freddie Bishop to their linebacking corps, the Jets are looking up north once again to potentially bolster the group by signing former Calgary Stampeders linebacker, Frank Beltre. A native of the Dominican Republic who played his high school football locally at Randolph High School in… Read more

By Glenn Naughton   The Jets have announced that injured safety Antonio Allen (concussion) has been waived on the eve of their week 14 contest against the San Francisco 49ers. https://twitter.com/nyjets/status/807686024734248961 Taking Allen’s spot on the roster will be linebacker Freddie Bishop. who has spent all of this season on Gang Green’s practice squad following… Read more

By Glenn Naughton Continuing to trim their roster to 53, the Jets are rumored to have cut linebackers Trevor Reilly, Freddie Bishop and running back Antone Smith along with the previously mentioned Tarow Barney and Claude Pelon. https://twitter.com/RVacchianoSNY/status/772083686665781248 https://twitter.com/Connor_J_Hughes/status/772083979398868992 Deciding not to carry both Reilly and Bishop comes as somewhat of a surprise given the… Read more