Jet News

Okay, okay, maybe the Revis signing is imminent, maybe not, but the team is still making moves.  The team re-signed 5’11” 205 pound Keith Fitzhugh a safety out of Mississippi State. The 23 year old Fitzhugh was signed as an undrafted free agent last April and cut after an injury in August.  The team brought… Read more

Courtesy NY Jets PR Department On if the contract extension is official… It is official, yes. Signed, sealed and delivered. On how it feels to have received an extension… Fantastic. I could not be more excited to have that done, to be here as long as I can imagine. It kind of came out of… Read more

Nick Mangold came into camp on the last year of his rookie deal.  He wanted a new contract but he chose to handle matters professionally and quietly.  On Monday, the New York Jets rewarded him in a very big way.  Mangold signed a contract that is reportedly worth 55 million over 7 seasons.  That makes… Read more

Drew Coleman re-worked his contract and ensured himself a roster spot along the way.  According to Jenny Vrentas of the Newark Star-Ledger his new deal breaks down this way: 850k fully guaranteed contract 220k upfront (signing bonus)… Read more

Due to rain the New York Jets have announced that the open training camp session for today has been cancelled.  The Jets will still practice, except it will be inside and not open to the public. From NYJets.com Mon 8/23 CLOSED DUE TO WEATHER CLOSED DUE TO WEATHER CLOSED DUE TO WEATHER As of right… Read more

In some general housekeeping Thursday, the Jets waived P T.J. Conley and signed LB Boris Lee, an undrafted free agent out of Troy.  The 6’0″ 238 pounder was in the Chargers camp earlier in the year but was released in June.  Lee,  a four year starter at middle linebacker and three time all Sun Belt selection, was a… Read more

A New York Jets tradition is the naming of “King Ugly”.  It is not the most flattering of awards but football is a tough sport.  Today the Jets selected Brian Jackson. JetsTwit.com has all the info here and the corresponding tweets about it.  You can read the whole story here. The New York Jets broke… Read more

Via @DKnyj The overall tone of the practice today was pretty relaxed. We started following the defense and they started off with some Tip Drills, working on blitz packages, etc… Rex was tossing the balls in the tip drill, it was nice to see him involved. At one point he said, “Now Marino’s got it… Read more

The first episode of Jets on Hard Knocks aired tonight on HBO and it lived up to the hype.  Jets fans were excited to see what HBO would do and they did an excellent job of introducing story lines (Rex Ryan’s personality, Darrelle Revis holdout) and they jumped right into the human interest side of… Read more

Transcript of Jets head coach Rex Ryan’s midday news conference following Tuesday’s morning training camp practice.  Courtesy NY Jets PR Department: Good practice today. The offense dominated in the red zone, 7-on-7, but then the defense responded in the team period. We put them in a situation where the offense had to have it, score… Read more

Woody Johnson doesn’t seem to think Darrelle Revis will be on the field week one, the sides are that far apart.  In the JetNation Forums there are numerous threads about the situation: Woody Says no to Mevi$ Should the Jets trade Revis Blame Al Davis Woody’s gut feeling is Darrelle won’t play this year So… Read more