Jet News

The New York Jets announced Monday they have signed tight end Walter Rasby. The Jets also announced they have released wide receiver Curtis Williams and defensive end Val Barnaby. The announcements were made by Jets’ General Manger Mike Tannenbaum. Rasby joins the Jets after spending the 2005 season with the New England Patriots. He originally… Read more

The San Francisco 49ers have announced that they traded RB Kevan Barlow to the NY Jets for an undisclosed draft pick.  Barlow will have to travel to NY and pass a physical before the trade is official.  Barlow is a former 3rd round pick who has played his entire career with the 49ers.  His best season was… Read more

Lee Suggs failed his physical and is property of the Cleveland Browns.  Derrick Strait is once again a New York Jet.   The trade which was announced yesterday has been voided. Stay tuned for more details as the Jets will continue their search for a running back.  Discuss this and more in the JetNation forums… Read more

The Jets today traded CB Derrick Strait to the Cleveland Browns for RB Lee Suggs.  The former fourth round pick is entering his fourth NFL season.  His best year was in 2004 when he rushed for 744 yards. Discuss this trade in our forums… Read more

IT MUST BE GETTING EARLY —- By JetCane We’re seventeen days into training camp, on the outside looking in, or at least trying to look inside Eric Mangini’s green crystal test tube. We’re still four weeks away from the official opening kickoff in Tennessee, and that means one thing: it is still early. Now don’t… Read more

The New York Jets will make their 2006 preseason debut Friday night in Tampa and Curtis Martin will not be in the lineup.  Martin, a member of the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list since camp began, addressed the media Wednesday before the Green & White took the field for their second practice.  The future… Read more

By Max 08/09/06 – 5:30pm Practice   This practice can be described best with these words:  game preparation.  They spent a lot of time on the 2 minute drill.  The focus seemed to be on substitutions (both sides of the ball).  The kickoff and punt teams saw lots of action.  Here are some other observations… Read more

The New York Jets announced Friday the signing of defensive back Bruce Thornton. The Jets also waived defensive back Jovon Johnson. The announcements were made by Jets’ General Manager Mike Tannenbaum.  Thornton, 5-10, 195 pounds, entered the NFL as a fourth-round selection by the Dallas Cowboys in the 2004 draft. He has played in 13… Read more

The New York Jets announced that Monsanto Pope has left the team citing “personal reasons”.  On Tuesday they also announced the signing of defensive back Jovon Johnson and that rookie linebacker Will Thompson was waived.  The announcements were made by Jets’ General Manager Mike Tannenbaum. Johnson, 5-9, 180 pounds, is a rookie free agent from the University… Read more

The New York Jets announced today that RB Curtis Martin, WR Justin McCareins, OL Trey Teague and DB Rayshun Reed were placed on the club’s physically unable to perform list.  The team also signed OL Pete McMahon and waived FB Luke Lawton.   Martin, 33, is the fourth-leading rusher in NFL history with 14,101 yards… Read more

As per various media reports (NY Post, KFFL) the New York Jets have signed their remaining two draft picks (Nick Mangold – OL and Kellen Clemens – QB).  This means that there will be no holdouts.  The Jets begin camp on Friday 07/28/06. Discuss this and more in our forums… Read more