Draft
Jets Sign 5th Round Pick John Conner
On Friday, the New York Jets announced that they have signed their 5th round draft pick, John Conner. Conner (5’11”, 246) is a fullback and was selected 139th overall by the Jets. He played his college ball at Kentucky. He played in a school-record 53 games and earned 27 starts during his five seasons. Primarily… Read more
New York Jets Draft Recap
Unless you were in hibernation this past weekend you know that the NFL Draft took place. The Jets were also active making other moves; specifically trading Leon Washington and waiving Alan Faneca. Here is a recap of the Jets draft selections and some other news and notes: Round One – Kyle Wilson, CB/KR Round Two… Read more
New York Jets Post Draft News Conference
Courtesy NYJets.com Transcript of Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum and head coach Rex Ryan’s post draft news conference Saturday afternoon: ??TANNENBAUM: To just wrap up all the transactions for today, we drafted Joe McKnight and also John Conner. We traded Leon Washington to Seattle and released Alan Faneca. Just looking at all these moves, in part… Read more
New York Jets UDFA Signings
JetNation member uart (Brian) is doing an excellent job of recapping the New York Jets undrafted free agent signings. Here is the official thread with the list which is updated as new signings occur. As of right now, here is how it breaks down: SIGNED: Donovan Warren, CB, Michigan – Source Charlie Tanner, OG, Texas… Read more
NY Jets Draft Two; Leon Washington Traded
The New York Jets 2010 draft is done, unless they make a trade to get back into a later round. It was a wild day for the Jets and one that changed the direction of the ground game. Veteran running back Leon Washington who recently signed his tender offer to return to the team was… Read more
NY Jets Draft Vlad Ducasse, OT
In the 2nd round of the NFL draft the New York Jets selected Vlad Ducasse an offensive tackle from Massachusetts. He stands at 6’4″, weighs 332 lbs and can also play guard. Kudos to this guy for basically calling this pick a few hours before it was made. Here is the NFL.com profile on Ducasse… Read more
Draft Day Two
The second day of the NFL Draft is here. The NFL in their infinite wisdom managed to take something that was fun and enjoyable for the fans and spread it out over three days, making it less fun and enjoyable along the way. They are aiming for better TV ratings and time will tell if… Read more
NY Jets Draft Kyle Wilson, CB
Kyle Wilson from Boise St. was the New York Jets 1st round draft pick. The Piscataway NJ native joins a very talented Jets secondary (Revis, Cromartie at CB). This will enable the Jets to match up against passing teams like the Colts and Patriots. As well as enable the Jets to continue doing what Rex… Read more
Draft Day Is Here Jets Fans
By Tyson Rauch Draft Day is here NY Jets fans and here are some news and notes: 1) The New York Jets introduced Jason Taylor to the media on Wednesday and the former Dolphin did his best to say all of the right things. It is no secret that Taylor wanted to return to Miami… Read more
Draft Day Party
Jet Nation loves a good draft day party. The only problem this year is that the NFL spread the NFL draft over 3 days (April 22 – 24). That means that round one is taking place on a Thursday night. A great night to go out partying if you are in college. Not so much… Read more
Mid-December 1st Round Mock Draft
The order’s been determined simply by doing the league standings on ESPN.com in reverse. 1. St. Louis – Ndammukong Suh, DT, Nebraska – Best defensive player in the draft and makes total sense given Spagnuolo’s reliance on the defensive line for his style of play. With Carriker returning from IR, St. Louis will have 3 of… Read more
This Thing Still Works?
By Doug Cantor Wow, go figure. I’d thought it to be dead at this point. Well regardless, another year of college ball in the bag and now it’s Bowl season. Here are my overall top-ten prospect rankings for now, I’m including a few juniors in here because they’re almost locks to declare at this point… Read more