According to ESPN, the New York Jets are looking into possibilities of replacing struggling PK Nick Folk who has missed 5 of his last 10 field goal attempts. Last Thursday he missed a 44-year attempt, almost missed an extra point and came up short on three kickoffs. The week before Folk missed 3 field goals…
November 30, 2010
Last Sunday QB Mark Sanchez became only the fourth quarterback in the past 40 years to win his first two starts of a season, and the second in as many years (QB Joe Flacco of Baltimore did it last season). With a win on Sunday against the Tennessee Titans, Sanchez would become the first rookie…
September 24, 2009
As a clear indication that availability of CB Lito Sheppard and CB Donald Strickland for Sunday's game against the Titans is a question mark, the New York Jets activated CB Marquice Cole from the practice squad and waived TE Matthew Mulligan from the 53-man roster. Both Sheppard and Strickland suffered inuries in the game against…
September 23, 2009
For the second week in a row QB Mark Sanchez is among the finalists for Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week award. He won the award last week with his brilliant debut performance against the Houston Texans. This week the other finalists are CB Bruce Johnson of the New York Giants, WR Percy Harvin of…
September 22, 2009
MLB David Harris has been named the AFC Defensive Player of the Week for games played on NFL Kickoff 2009 Weekend (September 10, 13-14). He registered a team-high 12 tackles, one sack and one pass defended in a 24-7 road win against the Houston Texans. Harris helped limit the Texans’ offense to 183 total yards…
September 17, 2009
The first week of the 2009 NFL season is over and the early betting lines for Week 2 are out. The New England Patriots are favored over the New York Jets by 5 points in what is going to be the first real test of Rex Ryan's team. Both teams won in Week 1, which…
September 15, 2009
Later today, by 4pm to be precise, all NFL teams will be required to cut down their rosters sizes to 75 players. Then, the really big purge will come on September 5th, when all teams will be required to trim their rosters down to 53 players. The New York Jets currently have 75 players on…
September 1, 2009
Despite QB Mark Sanchez' shaky performance on Monday against the Baltimore Ravens, it looks like head coach Rex Ryan is leaning towards naming him the starter. He's expected to start against the Giants on Saturday and play into the third quarter. UPDATE (8:48 a.m.): According to ESPN, Sanchez has been named the starter. He will…
August 26, 2009
The New York Jets might return to Cortland again next year, at least that's clearly what Rex Ryan wants to do. Jets' head coach stated that he would like to go back to Cortland next year, as it helped the team's chemistry. C Nick Mangold, who returned to practice yesterday, might play on Monday against…
August 19, 2009
Pro Bowl C Nick Mangold returned to practice this morning after missing one week with a knee injury. NT Kris Jenkins continued working on the stationary bike. OG Alan Faneca and OT Damien Woody were out as well. QB Kellen Clemens, who put himself back into the quarterback race yesterday, practiced with the first team…
August 18, 2009
Both CB Darrelle Revis and FB Tony Richardson are back in practice this morning after missing several sessions due to injuries. NT Kris Jenkins and C NIck Mangold, however, are both out with respectively calf and knee injuries. According to head coach Rex Ryan, Mangold may "miss a practice or two", while Jenkins is "progressing."…
August 10, 2009
DE Shaun Ellis is expected to be suspended by the league for last year's incident with marijuana. On November 29th of 2008 the 10-year veteran was arrested in Morris County, NJ for possessing of less than 50 grams of marijuana, which is a disorderly person offense in New Jersey. Additionally, he was driving without insurance.…
August 9, 2009
The competition for the starting quarterback job continued last night, as the New York Jets held their annual Green & White scrimmage in front of 6,100 fans at SUNY Cortland. QB Mark Sanchez completed 9 of 16 passes for 70 yards, 0 TD, 0 INT. QB Kellen Clemens went 5 of 7 for 26 yards, 0…
August 7, 2009
While the battle between QB Mark Sanchez and QB Kellen Clemens is still going on, head coach Rex Ryan shed some light yesterday on when it could be over. Ryan said that the competition could be over before the preseason game against the New York Giants on August 29th. Neither quarterback has looked impressive thus…
August 6, 2009
This morning TheGangGreen.com introduces a new series of articles called "Morning Stream", which will include Jets-related news from around the Internet blog sphere. Hopefully, I'll be able to keep this thing going on a regular basis and, as always, if you want to contribute in any way, please drop me a line. So, here we…
August 5, 2009
NFL owners voted unanimously Thursday to break off talks with the players' union on a contract extension, leaving the current salary cap in place with the start of free agency looming - and possibly forcing the mass dumping of veterans. As of now, the salary cap remains at $94.5 million. The two sides had hoped…
March 2, 2006
According to the NY Daily News, DT Josh Evans is strongly considering retirement from the NFL, which is obviously the reason why Jets drafted DT Sione Pouha in the 3rd round. In other news, the Jets signed the following undrafted free agents: LB John Pickens, LB Mondoe Davis, LB Dennis Haley, OT Henry Tellis, FB…
April 26, 2005