Morris Claiborne
With Draft in the Books, Which Remaining Free Agents can Help Jets?
The NFL draft is a wrap and there won’t be much news between now and the start of training camp. But this doesn’t mean there aren’t some veteran free agents waiting to sign with a club who can help the Jets if given the opportunity in the coming weeks and months. Let’s take a look… Read more
With Free Agency Days Away, Time for Jets to Lock up Some of Their own
The free agent frenzy of 2019 is just a few short days away and while the Jets will be heavily involved in much of the bidding, Gang Green should look to lock up a few pending free agents of their own before the cash starts flying league-wide. Here are a few players the Jets would… Read more
Bills v. Jets: Who’s Dinged Up, Who Can Step Up?
Two weeks ago, after losing to the Vikings, Jet’s safety Jamal Adams made an impassioned plea to the Jet’s locker room that they didn’t want to wind up like last season when things went from bad to worse. The Jets were 3-4 last season too, and then went off the rails, losing 7 of their… Read more
Jets vs Bears: Who’s Dinged Up, Who Can Step Up?
Sam Darnold and Mitch Trubisky will take the field tomorrow at 1pm on CBS as the 3-4 Jets hope to get back to .500 while sporting a lengthy injury report. As we know, this means an opportunity for some guys who are a bit lower on the depth chart to step up and make some… Read more
Leo Looking to Keep Things Going: Jets vs Vikings key Head to Head Battles
The 3-3 New York Jets wrap up a set of three consecutive games at MetLife Stadium when they host the 3-2-1 Minnesota Vikings. If there’s any lingering animosity over the Jets being snubbed by Viking quarterback Kirk Cousins this offseason, there shouldn’t be. Being spurned by Cousins is what led the Jets to draft Sam… Read more
Jets vs Colts Report Card; More High Grades in Another Big win
For the third time this season, the Jets got major contributions from all three phases of the game, leading to a 42-34 victory over the visiting Indianapolis Colts. Let’s take a look at Gang Green’s report card: Quarterback: A Darnold played his best game as a pro, completing 80% of his passes while throwing a… Read more
Broncos vs. Jets: Who’s Dinged Up, Who Can Step Up?
The Jets host the Broncos in their second home game of the season Sunday at 1pm on CBS. After starting the season with a victory over the Lions, the Jets have lost 3 straight, falling to 1-3. The season is far from over, but it will be if the Jets don’t find a way to… Read more
Trumaine Johnson Ruled out for Sunday
The Jets secondary will be without its top cornerback on Sunday as Trumaine Johnson has been ruled out by head coach Todd Bowles. Johnson appeared on the injury report yesterday with a calf injury that limited his participation in practice and is apparently not well enough for him to suit up on Sunday. With Johnson… Read more
Claiborne, Johnson Earn top Grades From PFF
While the Jets 1-2 start may not be exactly the team and their fans were hoping for, there have been a few bright spots in the season’s opening weeks with one of those being highlighted by the folks at Pro Football Focus. https://twitter.com/PFF/status/1045369245083656192 According to PFF, Jets starting cornerbacks Morris Claiborne and Trumaine Johnson have… Read more
Handing out Jets Game Balls Following 48-17 Victory
Whether it’s a misinformed pundit who covers the NFL on a national level, or just your run of the mill “Same old Jets” fan who lamented the fact that the team opted to trade Teddy Bridgewater in favor of Sam Darnold, last night was a shock to the system. In what was easily the team’s… Read more
Jets vs Lions Report Card
The New York Jets opened their 2018 season with a 48-17 throttling of the Detroit Lions on the road and there was no shortage of outstanding individual and group performances. Let’s take a look at how we saw it. Quarterbacks: A The only reason this isn’t an A+ for rookie QB Sam Darnold was the… Read more
Position Group Breakdown: Cornerbacks
While much of the talk regarding Gang Green this offseason has revolved around the quarterback position, one could make the case that an equally important spot to their success is at cornerback. After drafting both Jamal Adams and Marcus Maye at safety, the Jets and Mike Maccagnan knew they had to upgrade at cornerback. When… Read more