Report: Jets To Ink Laveranues Coles For Short Stint

by Matt Birch on Dec 4, 2010 10:21 PM EST

My two cents: WR Jerricho Cotchery's groin injury may be nagging him a bit. Remember, the Jets gain a roster spot as SS Jim Leonhard is now on I-R.

Manish Mehta confirms it:

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Confirmed that #Jets will sign WR Laveranues Coles on Sunday. I'm hearing he may be with #NYJ for a week or two. #nfl #patriots

Update: Cimini adds some clarification.

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#Jets signed L. Coles for emotional spark, leadership. Also allows Coles to retire a Jet, which could be real soon, like Tuesday.

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Does this have anything to do with Turner being involved in the Leonhard injury?

I hope not but Coles does have good hands and it would be nice to see him come off the couch and help the Jets beat the Pats. It would be great to see Sportscenter lead off with “Coles comes out of nowhere to beat the Pats”.

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by YankeesJets on Dec 4, 2010 10:30 PM EST reply actions

Very interesting point

Normally I would say “no” but the timing was almost instantaneous after what happened yesterday…. weird.

Truth is, we may never know. Unless we don’t see Cotchery on the field much at all on Monday, and Coles is in 3-WR sets. Then we’ll know it’s due to his injury.

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by Matt Birch on Dec 4, 2010 10:41 PM EST up reply actions

This move is kind of out of nowhere to me

I thought Turner looked alright in the last couple of games. Coles does bring experiance though.

by YankeesJets on Dec 4, 2010 10:45 PM EST up reply actions

This move is kind of out of nowhere to me

Same here, hadn’t heard ANY Coles talk since like week 1/week 2. Esp after Holmes was activated in week 5, figured it was done with.

I like the move, esp if Cotchery is ailing a bit. Virtually no risk for us here.

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by Matt Birch on Dec 4, 2010 11:13 PM EST up reply actions

(Sigh)

by Crackback on Dec 4, 2010 10:35 PM EST via mobile reply actions

Might be insurance b/c of Cotchery's injury....

Groin probs can tend to linger.

by James Calvin on Dec 4, 2010 10:38 PM EST reply actions

Yup, groin and hammy both can linger for long periods of time

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by Matt Birch on Dec 4, 2010 10:39 PM EST up reply actions

This week Coles, next week a safety (I hope)

by viguy007 on Dec 5, 2010 12:02 AM EST reply actions

hamlin i believe was recently released by baltimore

any chance we pick him up? ravens d is similar to ours so it wouldnt be huge learning curve

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by dabu7 on Dec 5, 2010 12:26 AM EST reply actions

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by Znell on Dec 5, 2010 1:33 AM EST reply actions

Only if he’s wearing 87. He was wearing 19 in preseason. With Clowney gone, maybe he’ll take the number back.

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by John B on Dec 5, 2010 9:48 AM EST up reply actions

Considering he's thinking of retiring

I think he’d get his old number back.

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by Branta on Dec 5, 2010 10:12 AM EST up reply actions

Ugh. Why. I don’t think he can contribute at this level anymore.

by SioneBAAOOOHA on Dec 5, 2010 3:40 AM EST reply actions

That's terriffic

Glad for your input. Now are you an assistant WRs coach or the equipment guy?

From what we saw in the preseason and from HK, I think Coles will be fine. He is not a starter obviously, and he won’t be, he’ll just be a 3rd or 4th option and maybe special teams.

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by Branta on Dec 5, 2010 10:13 AM EST up reply actions

It doesn’t take an assistant wr coach to notice how he’s played for the last year plus. Patrick Turner is the better option at this point. You are a better option at this point.

by SioneBAAOOOHA on Dec 5, 2010 10:23 AM EST up reply actions

exactly

Why wait until cotch comes back to sign him? If he was useful he wouldve been here last week. He looked old and slow last year and in camp this year; and he hasn’t played any football in 3 months. Its delusional to think he’s going to make any meaningful contribution on Monday night after being signed on Sunday morning.

This is nothing more than attempt to give the team an emotional boost in the wake of the Leonard injury. Its ceremony and pageantry, but there’s nothing substantive going on here.

by Crackback on Dec 5, 2010 10:32 AM EST via mobile up reply actions

I’ve been advocating this move for a while. No complaints here.

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by John B on Dec 5, 2010 9:48 AM EST reply actions

If we win the SB, which we are all hoping for, would LC get a ring then?

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by dvdvil on Dec 5, 2010 10:32 AM EST up reply actions

Well if its like Baseball than yes...

cause its just team discretion, and usually anyone that was on the roster for any part of the regular season gets one.

by Judgegavel on Dec 5, 2010 10:50 AM EST up reply actions

I remember back in 2003 there was this guy Lenny Harris who was playing for the Marlins. They played the Cubs in the NLCS. Harris had spent time with the Cubs earlier that year so the announcers kept mentioning how he would get a National League championship ring no matter who won.

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by John B on Dec 5, 2010 12:29 PM EST up reply actions