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5 | 2 | 0 | 198 | 98 |
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4 | 4 | 0 | 177 | 134 |
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3 | 4 | 0 | 176 | 177 |
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3 | 5 | 0 | 123 | 169 |
(updated 11.3.2009 at 4:44 AM EST)
Early Christmas Shopping Suggestion
by John B on Nov 7, 2009 8:22 AM EST
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Over the next few weeks, I'm going to profile a few cool spots to shop for the Jets fan in your life during the holiday season. This is a website with 1980's style t-shirts, including Jets shirts. I personally think this is a bit nicer than the Jets thong we profiled here last year.
Looks to me like a decent shirt to show your team love at a reasonable price.
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Vote Joe Klecko in the JC Penny/Van Heusen Hall of Fame Poll
by John B on Nov 7, 2009 8:13 AM EST
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JC Penny and Van Heusen are presenting a Hall of Fame vote for NFL fans. This is sanctioned by the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The results will be announced on selection weekend. Does this count? In a technical sense, no. The winner is not automatically inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Why should you vote then? Joe Klecko is on the ballot. Right now he ranks 71st in votes. We have to do better. Klecko belongs in Canton. How many players can say they have made the Pro Bowl at three different positions? Klecko did that at defensive end, defensive tackle, and nose tackle. Think of the variety of skills it takes to consistently play well at all three positions. Klecko did it. That's the mark of a dominant force. I know Mark Gastineau got more headlines for his antics, but Klecko was the best player on the New York Sack Exchange in the 1980's. It's always a sore point during the holidays with my father that Joe isn't in Canton.
Fan movements matter in Hall of Fame voting. Steelers fans pushed for Lynn Swann and John Stallworth. Giants fans did the same for Harry Carson. The biggest movement was Redskins fans pushing Art Monk. They drew voters' attention and got them to take a second look at these guys. There's no major movement for Klecko. Let's get something started here.
Former Jets Boomer Esiason and Nick Lowery are also on the ballot, but most of their credentials came with other teams. They also aren't as deserving in my book. Klecko is a Jet for life. He still cares about the organization and is a presence in Florham Park. Show Hall voters how deserving he is by clicking here and voting.
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Parade Day in New York
by John B on Nov 6, 2009 8:00 AM EST
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Today the Yankees head down the Canyon of Heroes to celebrate championship number 27. I'm interested to see how Jets fans root in baseball. The general perception is Giants fans root for the Yankees, and Jets fans root for the Mets. I'm an exception to that rule, though. I'm a big Yankees fan.
Please vote below.
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Braylon Edwards Takes a Leadership Role
by John B on Nov 5, 2009 9:03 AM EST
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Braylon Edwards is stepping up in the locker room.
I asked Edwards, as he was getting ready to leave the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center on Monday for a six-day bye week, if he's given his new teammates the full force of the Braylon boldness yet or if there's a lot more left for everyone to feed off of once the team reconvenes next Monday.
"I think the team has seen it. Guys have made comments," he said with a smile. "I think the guys have seen that I want to win, I want to do everything in my power to win. I'm here to help. I'm not here to cause problems and be a distraction. So I've just been going out there and giving it my all, practicing hard, playing hard, and I think the guys appreciate it."
They do appreciate his attitude, and they welcome the great things that may be ahead now that he and Cotchery finally were teamed at full strength for Sunday's home rematch against the Dolphins, during which they combined for relatively tame yet still beguiling numbers of seven catches for 144 yards and Edwards' not-to-be-denied 19-yard touchdown late in the third quarter.
How many times do you see it? A guy who was a problem somewhere benefits from a change of scenery. Make no mistake about it. Edwards is playing for a new contract and will be on his best behavior. He wants to show the league his former team was the real problem. Still, he's seemed very mature, a real asset during his month in New York.
I think the Jets need to make resigning him after the season a priority. Do you think it's more important to sign Braylon or Leon Washington to a new deal?
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Prospect Watch: 2010 NFL Draft, Carlos Dunlap
by David_Wyatt on Nov 4, 2009 5:00 PM EST
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The second in our prospect watch, draft special. This week is highly regarded but often disagreed about Florida DE, Carlos Dunlap.
Many Jets fans might scream when I say that scouts will be more impressed by his athletic characteristics than his on field action, and the word potential that so many of us have to come to loath. Athletic ability and potential are the two most used phrases to describe one Vernon Gholston in the run up to the 2008 draft.
However at 6'6 290lb's and a 4.7 40 time, we have to at least have a look at him, and his pass rushing ability that seem to be missing from our defensive ends. Granted we run a 3-4 and ends are not as relied upon for their pass rushing ability as in the 4-3, and some are sceptical where Dunlap fits, is he a 4-3 DE or a 3-4 one?
Continued after the jump
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Should Vernon Gholston Have Been Active?
by John B on Nov 4, 2009 8:08 AM EST
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Linebacker Marques Murrell, one of the Jets’ best special-teams players, was a healthy scratch Sunday, while Vernon Gholston was again active. Gholston has 12 tackles on defense this year, and one tackle on special teams, while Murrell has eight special-teams tackles. Gholston has only four tackles since Calvin Pace returned from suspension.
When asked why Gholston was up instead of Murrell, special-teams coordinator Mike Westhoff said, "That’s a good question. You’d have to ask the defense that, to tell you the truth."
It’s understandable that the Jets would want to get a return on their $21 million investment of guaranteed money in Gholston, the sixth overall draft pick in 2008, but they also must think about the bottom line of winning down the stretch, now that they are in a playoff battle. And if Murrell or someone else gives them a better chance to win that day than Gholston, then that decision must be made — no matter how it looks publicly or how it hurts in the wallet.
Nobody is more disappointed that Gholston has not developed into a defensive force as I am, but I don't think I agree with this thinking. Vernon has been solid against the run this season, and the biggest focus heading into Sunday was on stopping the run. We're not having this conversation if special teams standouts like Jay Feely don't kick a line drive, Wallace Wright takes a better angle, or Larry Izzo doesn't totally whiff on a tackle.
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Prospect Watch: 2010 NFL Draft, Arthur Jones
by David_Wyatt on Nov 3, 2009 7:22 PM EST
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So with it being a bye week and Rex ordering everyone to vacate the building by Thursday or else, we thought it might be time to switch gears. Start talking about the future potential Jets while the current Jets fly off to Cali (Rhodes) or anywhere else they might be jetting off to (no pun intended).
So this week I'm going to take a look at some of the prospects that the Jets may have their eyes on in 2010, because although the players are taking a welcome break, being a fan is a 24/7/365 job and well, we need something to keep our mind occupied until a week Sunday.
You may not agree with some of the players we profile this week, and obviously that's fine, just leave your comments with your opinions on the particular player being discussed.
So first up after the jump, it's a player close to home, Syracuse's Arthur Jones
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Borrowing from ST to bolster D lost the game
by NC_Scott on Nov 3, 2009 9:19 AM EST
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I was surprised in Week 1 that Shonn Green was not active. What I realized later was that Ryan decided to bolster the defense, missing both S Ellis and C Pace, so he stacked the defense and consequently, had to deactivate some of his 3rd string players. Every week since that I noticed that different players were inactive, mainly to add personnel at weak spots on the field.
Now I dont know how common it is from week to week to dramatically change your active and inactive players - but the Jets do it a lot. And unfortunately, with Jenkins out for the season and some other minor injuries, Rex apparently did the same last week against the Fins.
While our defense certainly played well and looked the part, thanks in part to the creative personnel packages on the field, the special teams suffered as a direct result:
"Westhoff was without three of his favorite players Sunday, Ahmad Carroll, Marquice Cole and Marques Murrell, who were inactive. The Jets wanted more size and help for banged-up linebacker Bart Scott."
from the NY Daily News.
So it wasn't just a fluke that Miami was so dangerous on kickoffs - with Carroll, Cole and Murrell all inactive, and Brad Smith injured and J Miller signed to just handle KR duties (this spot used to belong to L Washington who was also the 2nd RB.. this week we needed 2 bodies to fill that role, RB S Greene and KR J Miller), we should have realized early on in the game we'd be in trouble - especially when K Jay Feely made two or three kickoff tackles. Once we saw our Kicker getting downfield and making the tackle, EVERYONE should have realized that something wasn't right with that picture. And now I think we all understand why.......
Now I don't necessarily blame Rex for this because looking at our Defense, they are among the most devastating in the NFL, despite a laundry list of injuries and suspensions since week 1. However, you cannot completely deplete special teams and expect to contain the kickoffs. After the first 2 kick returns for a touchdown, I was surprised and mad to see they were still kicking to Ginn. I would have preferred them kicking it out of the endzone (hell, even out of bounds and take the penalty) than give up huge field position and a possible 3rd TD to Ginn.
I think we need to cross train the team a little better on ST so that when we pull the 3rd and 4th stringers out (or inactive them) and the guys higher on the depth chart have to play ST, they know what they're doing.
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