Palladino: Jets Fans Have Reason To Be Pumped About Chris Johnson
Ground-and-Pound? Thunder-and-Lightning? Johnson-and-Ivory? It doesn't matter what you call it. It's a backfield -- a real, live, legitimate, threatening backfield.
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Ground-and-Pound? Thunder-and-Lightning? Johnson-and-Ivory? It doesn't matter what you call it. It's a backfield -- a real, live, legitimate, threatening backfield.
Chris Johnson is looking to quickly prove his critics wrong. The Jets signed the former Titans running back Wednesday, a little over a week after he was officially released by Tennessee.
There's a new quarterback in town -- even if it's just for a few months. Freeman has agreed to a deal with the Giants, the QB's agent confirmed via Twitter on Wednesday.
The free-agent running back attended the Knicks-Nets basketball game in Brooklyn on Tuesday night, and told reporters that he had a productive visit with Gang Green.
Is New York about to add a big-name rusher? Johnson was reportedly seen at the Jets' training facility Tuesday, one day after taking a physical with the team.
Just in case Boomer needed a refresher, Craig did his best NFL Films reenactment of the former QB's passing orgy in 1996.
Boomer went to see the new movie "Draft Day," starring Kevin Costner and Jennifer Garner, on Monday with his son Gunnar.
Tebow insists he's not done trying to make it as an NFL quarterback. It's a good thing a certain Eagles star isn't his agent.
It was a common refrain after Ryan signed a multi-year extension: if the Jets don't make the playoffs, well, it was nice knowing you. But he won't be operating under any such guillotine, according to Metro.
The Giants are either in the market for an insurance policy or a high-profile practice player. Perhaps it's both.
The Giants insist Eli Manning's ailing ankle is a football injury, plain and simple, according to the New York Daily News.
Several officials told the AP that a newly-formed Bills stadium task force of public and private leaders seeking to bolster the team's long-term viability is considering sites that would put it closer to the team's burgeoning Ontario fan base.
McIntyre became a free agent last month after he was not tendered an offer by the Jets as a restricted free agent.
Patterson spent last season with the Giants after eight years in Philadelphia. He played in all 16 games for the first time since 2009 and made 35 tackles (22 solo).
NJ.com released an explosive report Friday that said the Eagles were worried about Jackson's ties to reputed Los Angeles gang members.
While Michael Vick will compete with Geno Smith for the starting job in New York, Mark Sanchez is coming to Philadelphia as insurance.
After finding out that Mark Sanchez signed a one-year contract with the Eagles, Boomer and Carton wonder why the Jets didn't bring him back.
The NFL will experiment with extra-point kicks from the 20-yard line for two weeks in the preseason this summer, but implementing longer PATs for the regular season has been tabled.
Buffalo Bills President Russ Brandon has told NFL owners that Bills owner Ralph Wilson has died. Brandon made the announcement at the league's winter meetings in Orlando on Tuesday. Wilson was 95.
The latest development comes on the heels of a report saying the Eagles were prepared to release Jackson if a trading partner -- cough, Jets, cough -- couldn't be found.
It looks like the "No Fun League" is going back out on tour.
Kelly is expected to undergo surgery following the return of oral cancer. His wife, Jill, says on her blog that the cancer is "starting to spread."
The Jets head coach delivered quote after quote on Tuesday, sounding as confident as ever after finishing last season with a surprising 8-8 record.
"When you try to take it too far, people turn the other way. I'm just telling you, when you've got a good thing and you get greedy, it always, always, always, always, always turns on you. That's rule No. 1 of business."
In other words, the free-agent QB won't be immediately typecast as a backup. But he shouldn't expect to be handed the starting job, either.
