HOME SCORES & SCHEDULE STANDINGS Sorry to start another Petethread. This is what I like many are thinking... By Jason Cole, Yahoo! Sports August 19, 2007 New York Jets management and guard Pete Kendall continue to be engaged in a somewhat silly game of irritating each other, according to several people in and around the team. Ultimately, two sources said, Kendall isn't expected to be cut until Sept. 1, the final roster cutdown before the regular season. According to one player, the feeling is that the Jets don't want to give Kendall any extra time to get acclimated to a new team, especially in the strong likelihood that Kendall will sign with the Dolphins. Kendall irritated Jets coach Eric Mangini earlier this week when he canceled a mandatory lifting session the Jets had scheduled for Saturday after playing Minnesota in an exhibition game. Kendall, who also is the team's player rep for the NFL Players Association, pointed out to Mangini that the team had not received enough mandatory off days in the early part of training camp. Kendall then pushed the point by demanding that Mangini announce the day off before the Minnesota game rather than allowing Mangini to make the day off seem like a reward for excellent effort. The Jets countered by forcing Kendall to play center during the game against the Vikings. Kendall has told Jets management numerous times that he does not want to play center again after subbing at the spot in 2005 when Kevin Mawae was injured. Kendall, who is entering his 12th season, expressed annoyance earlier in the week when he worked at center in practice. On Friday, he botched two snaps, including one that led to a defensive touchdown for the Vikings. All this is a continuation of a long-running feud between the Jets and Kendall over his request for an additional $1 million in base salary for this season. New York declined the request, prompting an angry response from Kendall, who twice has renegotiated his contract to help the Jets against the salary cap. Kendall is scheduled to earn $1.7 million in base salary this season, although he likely will earn much more if he is released because many teams have so much cap room. Kendall has been outspoken in his criticism of the team. In turn, the Jets put Kendall in the rookie dorm at the beginning of training camp. Kendall also had to play with the second unit on offense in the exhibition opener and has played in the second half of both exhibition games, a relatively unheard of practice for a player with Kendall's resume. Despite that, Kendall helped backup quarterback Kellen Clemens audible on a play call in the exhibition opener, leading to a touchdown pass by Clemens. Aug 20 J.P. Pelzman, of the Bergen Record, reports New York Jets OG Pete Kendall worked with the first-team offense at left guard during practice Sunday, Aug. 19.
The situation is just out of hand. Releasing him will be a mistake, like i said in my blog we need to just get on with things, play him at LG, work something out regarding his contract.
I would trade him to Miami but only if the terms of the deal required him to play center!!! too funny.
so do they plan on changing all the terminology and playbook cuz im sure kendall will have alot of "knowledge" to bring to his new team especially if it was the phins
yeah the way the author wrote the article it sounds like two female friends getting back at eachother. over and over.
I was just thinking what kind of effect this is having on other players on the team, i mean who do they side with and if its Kendall this will be having a detremental effect on the way the management is viewed by players.
What I said when all this first erupted. The part which worries me most is that the Oline operates as a team within a team and a big part of that is solidarity. How can there be solidarity when the guy next to you is intent on causing trouble , rightly or wrongly. I'm not going over the top here , but I'm shiting myself at just how bad I think our Oline is going to be , Minny may be the tip of the iceberg.
Absolutely, also last offseason Brick and Mangold could not compliment Kendall enough on how he had helped them develope there game, settle in and be there for them in reagrds to advice. Kendall helped them a great deal, and although they are no longer rookies he helps this O-line a great deal. So yer im worrying aswell
but y waste so many preseasongame-snaps on him, if we still need to find his replacement, when we want to release him?
The thing is that everything pointed to us not releasing him, and thats why i thought he was getting the reps. But now this has come to light and it just seems like the management is being petty here and we need face the music realise that we need him and sort this out ASAP
Okay, so this shit was going on right before the minny game? I can see why the team may have looked unfocused if there was an unrelated power play going on. Not that it mattered in a preseason game, but this is just a bunch of horseshit. They cut McClover last Sept 1 and he ended up hooking up with a team that went to the SB. Cutting a guy on 9/1 isnt anything worth strategizing about. A lot of freakin pettiness if thats the case.
How is that proof? Dude, you can't take everything you read as if it's written in gold. You think Kendall would make enemies of other players by getting them injured on a play because he'd do something stupid like that? You obviously have something against him and that's your opinion but the conspiracy shit has gotta go.... Kendall took a cut for the team when they needed it now the FO is not even giving him the respect he deserves.
I just want one REASONABLE explanation as to why when we are so far under the cap , we cough up what was agreed upon. Unless we are planning on going all out in free agency next year?? I find it very hard to belive that PK would delibrately high snap , with Clemens of all people.
If Kendall wanted an extra million this year, why did he not ask for it in the contract negotiations a year ago?
It was beleived that the re-negotiation of his deal last year included the jets giving him extra this year. Thats how i understand it anyway
