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The Giants lost free agent running back Derrick Ward to the Tampa Bay Bucs.  Ward signed a 4 year, 17 million dollar contract with Tampa.  Ward rushed for over 1,000 yards last year running for the G-Men… Read more

Here are links to some recent signings around the league: Mike Nugent signs for the veteran minimum in Tampa.  He will compete with Kicker Matt Bryant.  Oh Terry Bradway why have you forsaken us. Laveranues Coles signs with the Bengals (4 years \ 28 million). Chris Simms joins the Denver Broncos. Romeo Crennel is the… Read more

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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