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Courtesy of New York Jets The 14th head coach in New York Jets’ history had his first full day Wednesday, meeting with members of the coaching staff. Those staff meetings will continue today on Eric Mangini’s 35th birthday. Twelve years after starting out as the ball boy in Cleveland, Mangini is now the chief officer… Read more

by Nick Ferraro The second round of the playoffs provided more clarity to the NFL season as a whole. It is clear that the Seahawks are a solid, yet not dominant, team. It is clear that the Patriots late run was partly due to improved play and partly due to inept competition. It is clear… Read more

by Jet Moses Over the years, I have called Herman Edwards a charlatan, a flim-flam man, a con artist, and a liar. Allow me to add carpetbagger to that list. I’ve described him as incompetent, stubborn, foolish, and deceitful. And with the closure of the final chapter on Herm’s tenure as the New York Jets… Read more

from MSGNetwork.com HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) – Looking to replace Herman Edwards, the New York Jets are talking to Jim Haslett, Mike Tice and Joe Vitt, all of whom were head coaches in the NFL this season. General manager Terry Bradway said Haslett, fired last week by New Orleans, spoke with Jets officials on Monday. He… Read more

by Rich Cimini New York Daily News After two days of negotiating – and, some suspect, several weeks of unspoken flirtation – Herm Edwards has agreed to a four-year, $12 million contract to coach the Chiefs, an NFL source said yesterday. The former Jets coach will be introduced today at a news conference in Kansas… Read more

ESPN.com news service Former Jets coach Herman Edwards has reached a verbal agreement in principle with the Kansas City Chiefs on a four-year, $12 million dollar contract to become their head coach, ESPN’s Chris Mortensen reported. The 51-year-old Edwards will receive a raise over the $2 million per year that he was making as Jets… Read more

Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs were close to coming to terms with Herman Edwards on a contract that would make him their next head coach, a person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press on Saturday night. The person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of… Read more

by Len Pasquarelli ESPN.com Joe Vitt, who served as the St. Louis Rams’ interim head coach while Mike Martz was sidelined by a bacterial infection to his heart, will interview early next week for the New York Jets’ vacancy created by the Friday departure of Herm Edwards. Vitt’s only head coaching experience came with the… Read more

4th rounder is all Jets get by Rich Cimini New York Daily News Tomorrow is the one-year anniversary of the Jets’ wacky wild-card victory in San Diego. Even by Jets standards, it’s hard to fathom how quickly everything has crumbled since that starry night. They went from Super Bowl aspirations in 2005 to a 4-12… Read more

by Len Pasquarelli ESPN.com Only the unlikely scenario under which the two sides do not strike a contract agreement will keep New York Jets coach Herman Edwards from moving on to the Kansas City Chiefs in the same capacity, ESPN.com has learned. The two teams late Thursday agreed on compensation that will free Edwards from… Read more

by Patrick Stanton JetNation Senior Columnist WASHINGTON REDSKINS @ TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS –SAT 4:30pm ABC What a tangled web the rush for the playoffs weaves. At one point this season, it looked as if the Redskins would not even sniff the postseason while the Bucs would be happy just to get a wild card berth… Read more