Jets QB Coach Cavanaugh Links Early Success To Sanchez's 'Poor Decision-Making'
With high-profile backup Tim Tebow right behind him on the depth chart, the pressure is on Mark Sanchez more than ever.
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With high-profile backup Tim Tebow right behind him on the depth chart, the pressure is on Mark Sanchez more than ever.
Jets fans were split on the "Hard Knocks" debate this offseason. Well, those in the "shouldn't they" camp are in luck.
Mark Sanchez has heard the chatter: The rift. Tebow-mania. Regression, regression, regression. The Jets quarterback is ready to start fresh in 2012 -- and prove his doubters wrong.
We all get it -- right tackle Wayne Hunter was terrible in 2011. But there's more to a man than one bad season. Hunter has something to prove and the game to get it done. You just have to think back to not too long ago.
The much-maligned Wayne Hunter is moving on from what happened on the field last year -- both his play and blowup with Santonio Holmes.
Tim Tebow says he has worked exclusively at quarterback as Mark Sanchez's backup during the early portion of the New York Jets' offseason program, and is "just trying to learn the offense."
The All-Pro cornerback says Thursday that the way the Patriots coach "disrespects" the Jets is uncalled for and not professional.
Mike DeVito doesn't want to be seen as the first victim of big rookie defensive lineman Quinton Coples.
Forget training camp, you could make a documentary series about the should-they-or-shouldn't-they drama surrounding the Jets and "Hard Knocks."
Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie and Joey Clinkscales were college teammates at the University of Tennessee and are said to be lifelong friends. The Jets hoped to keep Clinkscales in the organization, league sources said.
The Jets have restructured DeVito's contract, reducing the veteran player's salary this season after drafting Quinton Coples in the first round.
For all those naysayers on the Tebow trade, here's something to think about.
Hayden Smith participated in rookie minicamp with the New York Jets over the weekend, hoping to catch on as a tight end. He still has lots to learn, but he's not just a feel-good story.
New York was good to Phil Simms. Now his son will try and make his mark on the Big Apple.
So, when he picked up the phone and the New York Jets offered him a tryout, he jumped at the chance. Then, he had to explain it to all of his cringing buddies.
Rex Ryan says he "absolutely" would like his son to continue to play football despite him suffering a concussion last season.
Quinton Coples has been held out of 11-on-11 team drills because of what the New York Jets defensive lineman says was "a coach's decision."
The Jets quickly got their speedy new wide receiver under contract.
Tony Sparano, the new offensive coordinator of the New York Jets, spoke with reporters on a conference call on Thursday and offered some of his initial thoughts and opinions about New York's offense.
"I live day by day and one day at a time," Ray Lucas said. "I still have a lot of pain that I deal with, but I relish in the fact that sometimes you've got to walk through hell to get to heaven."
"It is a tremendous, tremendous loss for those of us who played against Junior, have known Junior for many years," WFAN's Boomer Esiason said Thursday morning.
For many of us, watching our favorite team fail to win a championship year after year is an exercise in patience and humility, not to mention a test of character. Tyler Gildin knows this all too well.
Say goodbye to defensive lineman Ropati Pitoitua, who became expendable after the Jets drafted Quinton Coples last week.
Jets first-round pick Quinton Coples took a few minutes to speak with Joe & Evan on WFAN, and he discussed the kind of player he is, responded to criticism about his dedication and revealed whether or not he knew Jets coach Rex Ryan was going to select him at No. 16.
New Orleans Saints linebacker and former New York Jet Jonathan Vilma has been suspended without pay for the entire 2012 season by the NFL, one of four players punished for participating in a pay-for-pain bounty system.