Phil Sullivan

As the NFL lockout continues the players and owners are making blogging about the NFL a very painful experience.  The old saying, “no news is good news” simply just does not make us feel better.  In this case, no news means no NFL.  Not a situation that any of us ever wanted to be in… Read more

Since the players union has decertified the question everyone is asking is what does that mean?  According to NFLLockout.com a site that tells the players side of the story: • Because a fair, new Collective Bargaining Agreement was unable to be reached by the expiration of the current contract, the NFLPA, to best serve its… Read more

Today was the deadline for the latest contract extension and a new deal was not reached.  According to ESPN.com: NFL labor talks broke down just hours before the latest contract extension expired Friday. The union decertified, and players including Tom Brady and Peyton Manning sued the league, putting the country’s most popular sport on a… Read more

Here is an interesting story about how Foxboro is getting tough on public inebriation.   They are implementing $200 fines for public drunkenness.  Hey Fitzy will you prepay that charge or just settle up each week? FOXBOROUGH — In the past three years, as local bars and tailgaters have multiplied, the Patriots’ hometown has seen a… Read more

As we wait for the NFL Labor situation to get resolved the NFL news business is pretty slow.  It seems that the owners have taken the fun out of the speculation game.  How can the fans build their dream rosters without any of the rules being known? Will there be an 18 game schedule? What… Read more

We figured a brief recap of the labor negotiations would be helpful.  The CBA (Collective Bargaining Agreement) has expired.  The players are not threatening to strike, the owners have threatened to lock the players out.  There is some good news: A union source told NFL Network’s Albert Breer on Friday that “we’ve made more real… Read more

Roger Goodell spoke with the media today in regards to the NFL labor situation.  Not surprising but the Commish didn’t say much, they are in a media blackout. Transcript of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell 3/4/11 – Washington, DC “As you know we’ve extended our agreement for mediation for another seven days. We are continuing to… Read more

Adam Caplan from FoxSports.com has an excellent update on a judges ruling that will prohibit NFL owners from taking TV money in the event of a work-stoppage. U.S. District Court Judge David Doty overruled special master Stephen Burbank’s recent ruling that the owners could use the $4 billion in television money they had stashed away… Read more

Now that we have your interest, no it isn’t Brian Schottenheimer.  From TheJetsBlog.com: The Jets Assistant Offensive Coordinator Mike Bloomgren, who had been with the team since 2007, has taken a job at Stanford as the Offensive Line Coach and Running Coordinator. His bio on the Jets website notes that he was a quality control… Read more

Thank you for all the birthday wishes.  As we start another year we would like to hear from JetNation. We want to know what you think. Please tell us what you like about the site, what you don’t like.  As well as ideas you have on things we can do differently or ways that we… Read more

Happy Birthday JetNation. Six years ago, JetNation.com was born.  Just want to thank everyone who is a part of the JetNation community.  Because of your dedication and passion, JN has grown so much over the years.   What started out as a forum and a blog has grown into the best community of Jets fans on… Read more