Schwartz: A Busy Thursday For Jets
When you cover an NFL team, just about anything can happen on any day at training camp. Teams are always bringing guys in, cutting players, and repeating the process.
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When you cover an NFL team, just about anything can happen on any day at training camp. Teams are always bringing guys in, cutting players, and repeating the process.
Hard-hitting special teams ace James Ihedigbo won't be playing for the Jets this season. A person familiar with the situation told the AP that New York will not re-sign the free agent safety.
It's official: Braylon Edwards is no longer an option for the Jets. The San Francisco 49ers signed Edwards to a $3.5 million, one-year contract Thursday.
The Jets released popular wide receiver Jerricho Cotchery Thursday, apparently clearing the way for veteran Derrick Mason to sign with the team. But in a late twist to the story, Rex Ryan said that was the way Cotchery wanted it.
On probation after pleading guilty to a DWI charge in Manhattan, former Jets wide receiver Braylon Edwards was reportedly involved in a Birmingham, Michigan bar brawl on Monday that left two bouncers with minor injuries.
Sione Pouha remembers being impressed after watching highlights after the Jets drafted Muhammad Wilkerson in the first round. Then, Pouha got to meet Wilkerson and, well, the film didn't lie.
Brodney Pool is back in the Jets' secondary. According to multiple reports, the Jets agreed to terms on a one-year contract with the veteran safety on Wednesday.
Rex Ryan, the hefty and sometimes haughty head coach of the Jets, is back in his familiar perch – the headlines. And befitting his bombastic theme since arriving in New York, he commands the bold ink for items off the field as frequently as his deeds on the football field.
Mike Tannenbaum made some New Yorkers say "Nnamdi who?" when he signed Plaxico Burress on Sunday. Jets fans may be disappointed, but Tannenbaum is happy with how his roster is shaping up.
Mark Sanchez was in total control in practice on Tuesday, and that's the way things are these days for the guy who carries his team's Super Bowl hopes on his shoulders.
David Harris was rewarded by the Jets for his patience. The playmaking linebacker signed a new four-year deal Tuesday night after Harris originally looked into an extension last year.
David Harris, who signed his franchise tender before the NFL lockout began in March, said earlier Tuesday that he expected a contract extension to be signed soon. Turns out, Harris received a completely new deal from the Jets.
Damned if you do, damned if you don't. That's the rule of law in Jets Nation. Somehow, some way many of the fans always seem to forget just how good of a general manager Mike Tannenbaum is.
Mark Brunell will be back as Mark Sanchez's backup and mentor after the Jets re-signed the 40-year-old veteran to a one-year deal. The Jets cut Brunell, due $1.25 million in base salary this year, on Friday but brought him back at a lesser salary.
From Big Blue to Gang Green. According to various reports, the Jets and Plaxico Burress have agreed to a one-year deal deal that will pay the wide receiver just over $3 million.
Holmes was considered the Jets' top priority, and the team agreed to terms with him on a deal worth almost $50 million on Wednesday.
Smith, also a hard-hitting special teams player, has been with the Jets since they drafted him in the third round out of Michigan State in 2006. The signing comes after New York lost out Friday night to the Philadelphia Eagles in its pursuit of free agent cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha.
In a stunning turn of events, the Jets were beaten out in the race for cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha on Friday, not by the Cowboys, but by a mystery team.
God bless Jets fans. Their dreams are as limited, to paraphrase Rod Serling, as their imaginations. They've developed this subconscious membrane that shields them from reality. It's a defense mechanism, no doubt, to protect you from the decades of decay since Joe Namath.
The Jets have been in the forefront during this NFL free-agent frenzy period. But don't look now, here come the Patriots.
It's already crazy for NFL teams, players, agents and fans -- and it's about to get a whole lot worse. Check out who's going where with CBSNewYork.com's free agency tracker, and follow the biggest names out there with our FA twitter stream.
Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum continued his onslaught of undrafted free agent signings on Thursday. The Jets added six more UFAs, bringing their total to 16 since the NFL lockout ended.
Predictably, Boomer & Craig opened up this Friday edition of the "Morning Extravaganza" talking about the prospect of the Jets landing the prize of the free-agent pool, cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha.
Darrelle Revis and Nnamdi Asomugha. Sound good, Jets fans? If Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum indeed wants to make that incredible cornerback tandem a reality, he may have to up the ante.
The NFL lockout is history and the league's free-agent frenzy is -- well, it's frenzied. But there's still plenty of work ahead for NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith.
