All Entries in the "New York Jets" Category
Kevin O’Connell Has Torn Labrum
Jenny Vrentas of The Star Ledger reports that quarterback Kevin O’Connell has a torn labrum in his throwing shoulder. O’Connell was waived by the New York Jets on Tuesday. After his release, which the most recent episode of HBO’s “Hard Knocks” series showed occurred after quarterback Kellen Clemens had agreed to a reduced salary, O’Connell [...]
Jets Claim LB Ricky Foley Off Waivers
Former CFL linebacker/defensive prospect Ricky Foley is going from “On the Fringe” to “Hard Knocks”. According to Foley’s agent, Paul Sheehy, the New York Jets have claimed Foley off waivers from the Seattle Seahawks. Foley (6-2, 245) posted 12 quarterback sacks for the B.C. Lions of the Canadian Football League last season, and signed a [...]
Jets Waive QB Kevin O’Connell
The New York Jets have placed quarterback Kevin O’Connell on waivers, Jenny Vrentas of The Star-Ledger reports. A 2008 third-round pick (94th overall) out of San Diego State by the New England Patriots, O’Connell (6-5, 225) was the fourth quarterback on the Jets, who have apparently decided to keep Kellen Clemens as the third quarterback [...]
Jets Release WR Laveranues Coles
Wide receiver Laveranues Coles’ third stint with the New York Jets came to end on Sunday as the team announced that they have released him from the two-year contract he signed with the team on July 30. Coles caught four passes for 19 yards this pre-season. Chosen by the Jets in the third-round (78th overall) [...]
Jets LB Calvin Pace to Miss Six Weeks
New York Jets outside linebacker Calvin Pace will miss six weeks with a broken right foot, reports Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News. Pace had a team-high 5 tackles and a sack/forced fumble before injuring his foot in Friday night’s pre-season loss to the Washington Redskins. The six-week recovery time-frame means Pace will [...]
Matt Slauson Wins Jets LG Job
Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News reports Matt Slauson will open the 2010 regular season as the New York Jets’ starting left guard. Slauson has been in an open competition with 2010 second-round pick Vladimir Ducasse for the position, which opened up after the team released veteran Alan Faneca during the off-season. Slauson [...]
Bobby Bowden to Appear on “Hard Knocks”
Former Florida State head coach Bobby Bowden will appear on next week’s edition of “Hard Knocks”, Joe Rose of WQAM reports. “I was at their practice [Wednesday] night and got to see a couple of my former players on their ball club (Laveranues Coles, Antonio Cromartie) so I guess they’ll show that next week,” Bowden [...]
Jets, Revis Nearing Agreement on Contract
Tim Cowlishaw of the Dallas Morning News took considerable heat this week when he reported that the New York Jets and All-Pro cornerback Darrelle Revis were nearing a contract extension, and that one could be announced on Wednesday. Today, Dan Graziano of FanHouse reports that the Jets and Revis are nearing a deal, and that [...]
Jets Confirm Mangold Extension
The New York Jets have confirmed that they have reached an agreement in principle with two-time Pro Bowl center Nick Mangold on a new contract. Mangold was purposely held out of today’s practice. “I didn’t want to step into a hole“, head coach Rex Ryan said, according to Manish Mehta of the New York Daily [...]
Jets Guarantee Money to a Cornerback
The New York Jets recently re-worked the contract of restricted free agent cornerback Drew Coleman, Jenny Vrentas of The Star-Ledger reports. Coleman was tendered at the “Original Round” level, and was scheduled to earn $1.176 million in base salary this season. Until the day before the 2010 season-opener, that sum was not guaranteed, which could [...]
Nick Mangold Could Be Next Member of “Core Four” To Get Contract Extension
15 hours late on this, but Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com reported last night that Pro Bowl center Nick Mangold would be the next member of the New York Jets’ “Core Four” (Mangold, D’Brickashaw Ferguson, David Harris, and Darrelle Revis) to receive a contract extension. Mangold is entering the last year in a five-year, $10.518 million [...]
Jets Sign LB Boris Lee
The New York Jets have signed free agent linebacker Boris Lee. First-year punter T.J. Conley has been waived. A 6-0, 238-pound undrafted free agent, Lee was a four-year starter at Troy, totaling 397 tackles, including 32.5 for a loss and 9.5 quarterback sacks. A three-time first-team All-Sun Belt Conference selection, Lee added eight interceptions, three [...]
Giants S Deon Grant Says Jets “Feel Worn Down”
New York Giants safety Deon Grant tells Ralph Vacchiano of the New York Daily News that the players “are not down” because they haven’t done a lot of hitting during training camp. Grant adds that friends of his on the New York Jets, who the Giants face on Monday night in the new Meadowlands Stadium, [...]
Jets Swap Offensive Linemen
Jenny Vrentas of The Star-Ledger reports the New York Jets have waived offensive lineman Marlon Davis, and signed guard Chet Teofilo. Davis was “Waived/Injured” with a quad/knee injury. Teofilo (6-4, 309) is an undrafted free agent out of Cal who was with the Dallas Cowboys during the OTAs and mini-camps. Dallas waived Teofilo on June [...]
Jets DBs Do Revis Rain Dance
It apparently landed on the cutting room floor at NFL Films, but prior to their Green & White scrimmage on Saturday, the New York Jets defensive backs performed a form of a rain dance to inspire divine intervention in the contract stalemate between the Jets front office and All-Pro cornerback Darrelle Revis, Manish Mehta of [...]
