Glenn Naughton

By Glenn Naughton Charles Robinson of Yahoo.com sent out a tweet earlier today divulging further details on the contract negotiations between the New York Jets and free agent quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick.  The Jets’ current offer is reportedly for a total of $24 million over three seasons. https://twitter.com/CharlesRobinson/status/737001035646926848 If correct, this answers the question many Jets… Read more

By Glenn Naughton   So now it’s being reported that the New York Jets have offered free agent quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick a 3-year contract with a year-one value of $12 million.  The initial report came from Mark Cannizzaro of the New York Post, before Ian Rapoport of the NFL network not only confirmed the offer… Read more

By Glenn Naughton   It’s an unfortunate set of circumstances for Geno Smith, really.  Here we are, months removed from the 2015 football season, anxiously awaiting the start of OTA’s to hear about which players are impressing and which one aren’t, then the on-field action gets overtaken by the business side of the game. At… Read more

By Glenn Naughton   Multiple media outlets, including Mark Cannizzaro of the New York Post, are reporting that the New York Jets current offer to free agent quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick is a 3-year deal, with the first season being worth $12 million. https://twitter.com/MarkCannizzaro/status/736309454916997120 This is the closest thing we’ve seen to “concrete” evidence in regards… Read more

By Glenn Naughton   Sometimes life just isn’t fair…and this is one of those times. Unfortunately for Jets quarterback Geno Smith, the NFL has no time for sob stories.  It’s a league for grown men that will force players to deal with varying degrees of adversity at any given time.  Smith has already seen his… Read more

By Glenn Naughton   Well, it just wouldn’t be the New York Jets if an off-field story didn’t grab a headline during OTA’s. A time that should be spent basking in the optimism of a new season being just around the corner, a camp already overshadowed by Ryan Fitzpatrick’s contract status is now completely overshadowed by… Read more

By Glenn Naughton   In an interesting twist in the team’s contract negotiations with free agent quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick, multiple sources are reporting that Jets wide receiver Eric Decker is skipping voluntary workouts in protest.   https://twitter.com/BrianCoz/status/735650682884247552 https://twitter.com/KimJonesSports/status/735651518251171840 After throwing a team-record 31 touchdowns last season, Fitzpatrick galvanized a previously divided locker room and won… Read more

By Glenn Naughton   At this point, we’re all too familiar with the seemingly never-ending contract impasse between the New York Jets and free agent quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick. As one would expect, neither side has publicly discussed the terms of the deal in regards to what the team is offering, or what Fitzpatrick is demanding… Read more

By Glenn Naughton   New York Jets director of player personnel, Brian Heimerdinger recently addressed the still unsettled New York Jets quarterback situation but added little to what has already been reported. According to Newsday, In discussing last year’s franchise touchdown record-setting quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick who threw for 31 scores, Heimerdinger said  “You hope to… Read more

By Glenn Naughton   When the New York Jets chose Penn State Quarterback Christian Hackenberg in the second round of the NFL draft, the reactions were predictably mixed among the Gang Green faithful.  Some chose to focus on his early results, his 20 touchdown 10 interception freshman season under Head Coach Bill O’ Brien in his pro-style… Read more

By Glenn Naughton   There’s no way of getting around it.  The close of the 2015 season for the New York Jets and their fans was a tough one to stomach as the team fell to former Head Coach Rex Ryan’s Buffalo Bills in week 17.  The loss did eliminate them from playoff contention, but from a… Read more