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Myself And David Vill (dvdvill) Q&A Only Good Moves
A little off topic here, but recently, yours truly and our very own staff writer and Jets Flight Connections contributor David Vill took time out of our very busy schedules :-D to answer some questions for a excellent movie website entitled Only Good Movies. You can find the interview by clicking on the above link, and I encourage all of you to check the website out. If anything is muttered about any film, your likely to read about it there. Interviews, features, reviews, movie countdowns, you name it they have it. A must read for any movie fan. Anyway enjoy myself and David talking about some of the movies that rock our world and some that don't.
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2009/2010 New York Jets Starters, Draft Status
by David_Wyatt on Feb 8, 2010 6:30 PM EST
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I started thinking about the importance of the draft. Having spent quite some time this week on scouting reports for the first round, it got me thinking about the current Jets team, and their draft status coming out of college. Maybe something that will only interest a few. I put together some tables for the Jets starting line-up's in 2009/10, just to get a good idea of how much it can benefit a team to get it right early. So take a look for yourselves, I put down some conclusions at the end, but I just found it interesting to really see the draft status of our starters from last year.
*I added Braylon Edwards in as a starter even though he joined mid-season.
Click the comments section to open up full story, and cleaner table.
Offensive Starters
| Position | Player | Round Selected | Selected by Jets (Y/N) |
| QB | Mark Sanchez | 1 | Y |
| RB | Thomas Jones | 1 | N |
| FB | Tony Richardson | UDFA | N |
| TE | Dustin Keller | 1 | Y |
| WR(1) | Braylon Edwards | 1 | N |
| WR(2) | Jerricho Cotchery | 4 | Y |
| C | Nick Mangold | 1 | Y |
| LT | D'Brickashaw Ferguson | 1 | Y |
| LG | Alan Faneca | 1 | N |
| RT | Damien Woody | 1 | N |
| RG | Brandon Moore | UDFA | Y |
Defensive Starters
| Position | Player | Round Selected | Drafted By Jets (Y/N) |
| NT | Kris Jenkins | 2 | N |
| DE(1) | Shaun Ellis | 1 | Y |
| DE(2) | Marques Douglas | UDFA | N |
| ILB(1) | David Harris | 2 | Y |
| ILB(2) | Bart Scott | UDFA | N |
| OLB(1) | Calvin Pace | 1 | N |
| OLB(2) | Bryan Thomas | 1 | Y |
| CB(1) | Darrelle Revis | 1 | Y |
| CB(2) | Lito Sheppard | 1 | N |
| SS | Jim Leonhard | UDFA | N |
| FS | Kerry Rhodes | 4 | Y |
Conclusions:
- Off the 22 main starters for the 2009/10 New York Jets, 11 were selected from the draft or the un-drafted pool by the New York Jets. (6/11 on offense, 5/11 on defense)
- The starting Jets consisted of twelve 1st round draft choices. 6 of which the Jets selected themselves (3 on the offensive side of the ball, 3 on the defensive side)
- The Starting Jets consisted of two 2nd round draft choices. Both on the defensive side of the ball.
- The Starting Jets consisted of no 3rd round draft choices.
- The Starting Jets consisted of two 4th round draft choices. One on the offensive side of the ball, one of the defensive side of the ball.
- The Starting Jets consisted of no 5th/6th or 7th draft choices.
- The Starting Jets consisted of five UDFA players. Two on the offensive side of the ball, three on the defensive side of the ball
- Of the five UDFA players, only one was scouted and signed by the Jets (Moore). Three were scouted and signed by the Ravens (Douglas, Scott and Leonhard) , and one was scouted and signed by the Cowboys (Richardson)
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Tales Of A Super Bowl: How Super Bowl XLIV Became My Most Memorable Super Bowl Ever
by Xander Diaz on Feb 8, 2010 12:07 PM EST
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Super Bowl Sunday and I awoke like a kid at Christmas time. I didn't have a pony in this race but the prospect of witnessing a shoot out between two incredible quarterbacks like Peyton Manning and Drew Brees was one I had been relishing from the moment it became a reality.
It was this growing feeling of anticipation for what was hopefully to be a great game that lead me to want to post about some of my favorite Super Bowl memories. I was really hoping Super Bowl XLIV would prove to be a worthy candidate.
"No good! Wide right!" I'll never forget Al Michaels' words during Super Bowl XXV when Buffalo Bills kicker Scott Norwood muffed what should have been a game winning 47 yard field goal. Instead he propelled the New York Giants to World Champions. How big was that missed field goal? Big enough to inspire a movie. His missed kick inspired the plot idea for the 1994 Jim Carrey film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. The "Ray Finkle" character is loosely based on Norwood. Talk about memorable.
Who will forget the final play of Super Bowl XXXIV and 'The Tackle'? St. Louis Rams' linebacker Mike Jones hits Titans receiver Kevin Dyson just one yard short of the goal line stopping a beautiful last second drive by late Steve 'Air' McNair.
Of course, you can't mention great Super Bowl Moments without mentioning Super Bowl XLII and the incredible "The Helmet Catch". After a miraculous escape from what seemed like an inevitable (and possibly game ending) sack, New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning would toss a pass to wide receiver David Tyree, who ended up using his helmet to help catch the ball while being harassed by Patriots defender Rodney Harrison. The play would lead to the upset of the ages, as the Giants would go on to beat the mighty New England Patriots 17-14, spoiling the Patriots shot at NFL immortality with a perfect 19-0 season. Best part of that memory for me is that the Patriots were taken down, in part, by a guy who had been used primarily on special teams and had only 4 receptions for 35 yards and no touchdowns during the 2007 regular season.
Insert evil grin here.
It's Saturday and I want to have something ready in time for pre-game Sunday. I get started on a rough draft. It's ok but I'm not in love with it and decide it needs some work before it gets posted.
Laziness ensues.
7:00 a.m. Sunday and I have a schedule to keep. Church, shopping, prep, guests, game time....and now I need to find time to get this post finished and up. I'm running late and I make a quick attempt to do something about my post and realize I need to wait to get back home so I can do this right and not rushed. I hit the showers and I head out.
Church lets out and I hit the ground running. My wife woke up not feeling well and skipped church so I had no one to slow me down. Good start.
10 a.m. Party City for some football themed party stuff. Grocery store for the eats and drinks. Things are rolling along splendidly. I'm going to make it home with plenty of time to finish and post my article well before game time.
11:00 a.m. It's time for my final errand before I can go home, a 6 foot sub for me and the guys. I get to the deli and the guy tells me my sub won't be ready until 1 p.m.! I'm not happy but I know can still pull this off so I don't panic. It's about 30 minutes each way from my house to town so I decide to save the gas and just kill time in town until the sub is ready.
12:15 p.m. I get a call from the deli. The sub is ready and I can finally go home.
12:45 p.m. I'm on the home stretch. One more mile and I can unpack, get the wife up and going and get that article fixed and posted. Suddenly from a driveway ahead I see a pickup truck flying down the drive in reverse and as I stomp on my brakes to avoid the collision I watch it careen across the road and slam into the utility pole across the street. The pole made a horrendous cracking sound, shaking violently and snapping several of the lines attached to it.
I'm sitting there in a kind of shock at what just happened, when a 9 year old boy climbs out of the driver's seat of this pick up. The kid doesn't have a scratch on him and is laughing like he just got off a ride at 6 Flags. His parents came running down the hill nothing but pure terror and relief in their faces.
Apparently, the little boy was going to town with his dad when his dad realized he had forgotten his wallet. He strapped the boy into his car seat, started the car and ran inside to find the wallet.
The boy immediately climbed out of his safety seat and into the drivers seat where end resulted in what is now a matter between the Eisner family, the municipality and the state police.
1:30 p.m. I'm home and we have no cable. The wires I saw snap turned out to be the cable line and a telephone land line. I have no idea what time the cable will be back so I start calling the guys and breaking the news.
So now I have a house full of food and drink for a party that wasn't happening and no TV or internet to watch the game on or updates from. I'm not afraid to admit it...I almost cried.
The cable didn't come back on until well after the game had ended. After all that had happened, my wife and I just stayed home. I could have gone to one of my buddies homes to watch but my wife would have opted out because she wasn't feeling well to begin with. My wife watches all the games with me and after all she did to get this party going; cooking, cleaning and decorating, I didn't feel right leaving her behind.
Yeah I know, I know. What can I say? I love my wife...that and the Jets weren't in it so whatever.
We watched Zombieland with Woody Harrelson and ate as much of that monster sub, baked ziti, potato salad, smoked venison and various dips, chips, cookies and cake that we could.
I didn't see a second of Super Bowl XLIV and yet it will always be the most memorable Super Bowl of my life.
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Jets Flight Connections 020810
by dvdvil on Feb 8, 2010 10:54 AM EST
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Former Jets LB Jonathan Vilma wins the Super Bowl in Miami.
OC Brian Schottenheimer is very happy for Saints QB Drew Brees.
USA Today: Colts HC Jim Caldwell's perfect ending proves elusive, too.
Sun Sentinel: Ankle injury catches up with DE Dwight Freeney in the second half.
New York Newsday: It was a clean telecast for CBS.
Miami Herald: Super Bowl III lifted the game from the grips of irrelevance.
Dave Barry: The Super Bowl was great, and so was the game.
Gary Myers: Jets will be in next year's Super Bowl.
NBC New York: Super Bowl lessons for the Jets.
Mike Lupica: Season is never over for HC Rex Ryan.
More connections after the jump.
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Scouting The Draft: Ricky Sapp OLB, Clemson
by David_Wyatt on Feb 8, 2010 6:20 AM EST
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Finally getting around to Ricky Sapp. I know a few people here are very high on him, and his stock seems to continue to rise on a weekly basis. I didn't see much of him in 2009, mainly because the ACC is not a conference I really enjoy watching outside of the two Tech teams and occasionally Miami. Saying that, ever since people started raving about him, I have been researching him, and he does look like quite an exciting prospect.
I try and bring you some quotes on the player in each of these scouting reports, but Ricky Sapp actually wrote a few articles as part of his training for the combine and this gives us a look at his mentality and also explains the reason why he chose not to participate in the Senior Bowl which was heavily criticized by some. So I thought I would change it up here, and post some thoughts directly from the former Clemson Tiger:
The Senior Bowl was (Saturday), and I decided not to participate. I know a lot of people were wondering about that. And the reason why I didn’t play is because I felt like I have a lot more work to do to get my knee stronger and ready for the combine, and I just did not want to take any chances. Yes, I missed out on a great opportunity to play with all the great seniors from this season, but I felt like that was the best decision for me.
Sapp missed some time towards the end of the 2008 season after tearing his ACL in his right knee, although he looked strong and unaffected during his 2009 season. So it's interesting to hear him say that he feels like he needs to get his knee stronger, heading in to the combine. Some have speculated that because his coverage skills are questionable, transitioning from a 4-3 DE, to a 3-4 OLB, he didn't want to hurt his stock in the coverage drills at the Senior Bowl. I don't know how truthful that is though, and it seems reasonable to me that he wouldn't want to risk injury on a knee weeks before the biggest few days of his life with the combine and NFL draft. Also his coverage skills are going to be tested pre-draft anyway on his pro day, so I think people may be reaching with criticism.
Career Stats
2006- 13 games played, 20 tackles, 6 tackles for a loss, 4 sacks
2007- 12 games played, 44 tackles, 9.5 for a loss, 6 sacks, 1 forced fumble
2008- 10 games, 25 tackles, 9.5 for a loss, 2.5 sacks
2009- 14 games played, 60 tackles, 15 tackles for a loss, 5 sacks, 1 forced fumble
Career Awards & Achievements
2005 High School All-American (USA Today)
2006 Freshman All-American Honourable Mention (Scout)
2009 Second Team All ACC
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Saints Win
by John B on Feb 7, 2010 10:19 PM EST
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I honestly didn't have a rooting interest at the start of the game. Both of these teams seemed pretty likable to me. Somewhere in the second half I started pulling for the Saints. Seeing a tortured franchise and fan base finally break through gives me hope for the future. Maybe that can be us one day.
The way they did it gives me even more hope. They found a brilliant coach who convinced his team and fans the past meant nothing. This coach was an expert using X's and O's on one side of the ball. They also found a franchise quarterback.
I know we'll hear a lot about Hurricane Katrina in the coming days. A lot of people will play Devil's Advocate and say football is meaningless compared to that event. They're right, but nobody is saying otherwise. This game gives a lot of people who have had a disproportionate amount of pain in their lives over the past few years a brief shining moment to feel good about something. It won't heal a city.
PS Eric Mangini looks brilliant for running Jonathan Vilma out of town.
PPS Nobody ever questions them on this, but can anybody honesty tell me at this point the Chargers kept the right quarterback four years ago?
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Super Bowl XLIV Game Thread
We've been asked by the parent company to not have a game thread on the site and instead direct you to the one on SBNation.com where you can chat with other NFL fans.
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Scouting The Draft, Chad Jones, S, LSU
by David_Wyatt on Feb 7, 2010 2:23 PM EST
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That's right, were going for the double here on GGN today, and bringing you two reports on the same day. That's how good we are to you. As a LSU baseball fan, let me just get this out of the way straight away, Chad Jones was part of the 2009 NCAA College World Series winning LSU Tigers, so I already think of him pretty fondly as a an athlete, will try and stay impartial on the football scouting though, even though I'm high on his game anyway.
Firstly I will say that it is going to be near impossible to keep Taylor Mays talk out of this thread, but we have gone over him 3-4 times already, people know how I feel about him, and I know how others do, so if we can, let's keep the focus on Chad Jones in the comment section.
SEC seems to be the preferred college football conference to show over here, so it has given me a good chance to really get a look at him on every down to see his positioning, how he reads the game, and his movement even when he is not in on the play. Although I do wish the camera angle would be a little wider so you can pick up all the players, but that's a 'grinds my gears' that we can hold for another occasion.
When Chad decided to leave school for the NFL, it was devastating news to two head coaches, Les Miles of the football team and Paul Mainieri of the baseball team:
"My attitude has always been that a young person has to do what they think is best for their own life," Mainieri said. "I feel very grateful that he was a part of our program for two years. He helped us win a national championship last year. And I loved coaching him. He’s a wonderful young man. I’m sorry that we’re not going to have him any longer."
Career Stats
2007- 14 games played, 34 tackles, 4 passes broken up, 2 sacks, 1 interception
2008- 13 games played, 50 tackles, 6 passes broken up, 0 sacks, 2 forced fumbles, 1 interceptions
2009- 13 games played, 74 tackles, 6 passes broken up, 1 forced fumble, 3 interceptions
Career Achievements & Awards
2009 Second Team All SEC (AP)
2009 Second Team All SEC (Coaches)
Walter Camp, National Defensive Player of the Week (September 2009)
2009 NCAA College World Series Champion
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