George Fant

This game should be one for the ages.  The “playing for absolutely nothing” New York Jets face a Dolphins team fighting for their playoff lives and they’ll do so with a backup QB and a slew of backup offensive linemen. Both starting tackles and their starting right guard will all be out.  That’s right.  LT… Read more

Jets left tackle Duane Brown could be ready for Sunday’s meeting with the Miami Dolphins and it couldn’t have come at a better time.  While head coach Robert Saleh said Brown is a “game time decision”, the veteran left tackle said he’s “good to go” for Sunday. https://twitter.com/DWAZ73/status/1578437831546269696 Of course, team doctors will have to… Read more

More bad news on the injury front for the Jets at the offensive tackle position.  According to NFL insider Ian Rapoport, rookie tackle Max Mitchell suffered a dislocated kneecap in yesterday’s win.  It’s the same injury suffered by Mekhi Becton two seasons ago.  In Becton’s case, his 5-8 weeks turned out to be nearly a… Read more

NFL insider Field Yates is reporting that the Jets will in fact be placing starting left tackle George Fant on injured reserve.  This means the team will be without his services for at least four weeks. https://twitter.com/FieldYates/status/1574859485839036436 Fant was pulled from last weeks game in the midst of what was his worst performance as a… Read more

Even before the Jets lost Mekhi Becton for the season with a knee injury, the team was making an effort to add an insurance policy in free agent Duane Brown.  Just days after Brown visited, Becton went down for the year and a deal with Brown got done.  Not long after, it was Brown who… Read more

The Cleveland Browns must be kicking themselves right now, wondering how they ever blew that 13-point lead against a hapless New York Jets team that fell today to the Cincinnati Bengals by a final score of 27-12.  For those who tuned in, they know it wasn’t really that close. The previously winless Bengals came to… Read more

While the Jets 53-man roster is official on paper, maybe calling it the 50-man roster would be more appropriate as a few players always get shuffled on and off of rosters in the days the follow.  With other teams cutting down to 53, the Jets may scoop up somebody else’s discarded players.  But until then… Read more

The Jets have placed five players on the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list as training camp gets ready to kick off.  Offensive tackles Mekhi Becton and George Fant, tight end CJ Uzomah, DE Carl Lawson and guard Dru Samia. As reported yesterday, the team officially signed cornerback Craig James.  To make room for James… Read more

The Jets are in a precarious situation with offensive tackle Mekhi Becton.  The big man is coming off of a season-ending injury that knocked him out for all but a few snaps of the 2021 season.  In his place, George Fant stepped in and was one of the better left tackles in the NFL.  This… Read more

Jets fans finally got an update on the team’s expectations in regards to the return of Mekhi Becton but didn’t get to find out where the lineman is in terms of his weight. https://twitter.com/RichCimini/status/1537088017814409216 With his knee reportedly in good shape, head coach Robert Saleh said Becton will return when training camp kicks off in… Read more

The New York Jets draft class is one that’s going to be talked about quite a bit in the coming weeks.  Fans hope it’s one that will be earing the same praise a few years from now that it is today. https://youtu.be/d2x6UUGzyKg On this week’s episode of JetNation RadioAM, we’re joined by Chris Schubert of… Read more