Darron Lee

Tis the season for the New York Jets to embarrass themselves on Monday Night Football, crushed by the Colts, 41-10, falling to 3-9 and officially out of playoff contention. New York opened the game with a three and out, then allowed an Indianapolis touchdown. The Jets then went three and out again, and allowed another… Read more

The Jets came out of the bye week and into the fire with a big game against division leading New England Patriots, and after a series of lead changes, ultimately lost the game 22-17. The game, originally scheduled for 8:30 but flexed to 4:25, isn’t the marquee matchup it would have been if the Jets… Read more

By Glenn Naughton   At the start of every NFL season, fans across the league have a similar prayer that they send up to the football gods.  In descending order, those prayers involve a Super Bowl trophy, or even an appearance,  a playoff appearance, or at the very least, for their team to remain competitive… Read more

The Jets started their third quarterback of the season this afternoon, with Bryce Petty making his first NFL start in the wake of injuries to Ryan Fitzpatrick and Geno Smith. In a game that was ultimately a snoozefest, Petty didn’t make much of a difference as the Jets fell to the Rams 9-6. The Rams… Read more

https://twitter.com/nyjets/status/797840316065869824 While Ryan Fitzpatrick is active for today’s game, Bryce Petty will indeed get his first NFL start. Petty and Fitzpatrick split reps with the starters this week in practice, so Bowles likely knew his decision well before news broke last night. Fitzpatrick will backup Petty, and Hackenberg will remain on the bench. It’s a… Read more

https://twitter.com/nyjets/status/795303455300718592 Nick Mangold will sit out once again this week. Mangold is still recovering from an ankle sprain, and will be replaced by Wesley Johnson who has done well in his place. Both Ryan Clady and Muhammad Wilkerson will play today. Wilkerson and Clady didn’t participate in practice this week and were listed as questionable… Read more

By Glenn Naughton   As was the case last week for the Jets in terms of a lengthy injury report, it was more of the same today as a total of seven players were held out of practice, while seven more were limited. According to head coach Todd Bowles, the non-participants were C Nick Mangold… Read more

By Glenn Naughton   When the New York Jets inside linebacker corps was  decimated in a matter of days due to injuries (Darron Lee, Bruce Carter) and one non-injury designation (Erin Henderson), things looked bleak for their already struggling defense. With a recently injured David Harris left as the only proven starter on the depth… Read more

https://twitter.com/nyjets/status/792753478493958144 Nick Mangold will miss his fifth game in 11 seasons with the Jets. Wesley Johnson will start in place of Mangold at center. Fellow lineman Breno Giacomini recently returned from the PUP list, and will start in place of Ben Ijalana at right tackle. Marcus Williams will start for Buster Skrine at cornerback, likely… Read more

By Glenn Naughton   It was just a formality, but the New York Jets have officially placed injured starting quarterback Geno Smith on season-ending injured reserve as a result of the torn ACL he suffered this Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens. https://twitter.com/nyjets/status/791306352492744704 The team also confirmed the return of linebacker Taiwan Jones who spent most… Read more

By Glenn Naughton   It didn’t garner nearly as much attention as Geno Smith’s right knee injury simply because nothing grabs attention the way a quarterback injury does, but following Smith to the locker room just seconds after his injury, was inside linebacker Bruce Carter.  It should have been a terrible blow to the Jets… Read more