After spending Woody Johnson Jr.’s college fund on a bevy of outside free agents, the Jets have started locking up their own guys. Yesterday it was Kerry Rhodes getting a new five-year deal worth a reported $33.5 million, $20 million guaranteed. He would have been a free agent after the season. The fourth-year safety and [...]

Surprising news out of Florida today. According to the South Florida Sun Sentinel, the Dolphins are negotiating with two potential draft picks, Jake Long and Vernon Gholston. Whoever agrees to a reasonable contract first will presumably be the No. 1 pick.
Long, the offensive tackle out of Michigan, has long been believed to be in the [...]

The Jets’ four preseason opponents are out for 2008. Cleveland is up first in Week 1, followed by Washington in Week 2, the Giants in all-important Week 3, and Philly in who-cares Week 4. Do those teams sound familiar? They should. All four beat the Jets in 2007. I’d say the Jets can exact a measure [...]

Another mock draft is out, this one by Todd McShay of ESPN. he’s got the Jets taking Ohio State LB/DE Vernon Gholston, joining the chorus of mock drafts predicting that pick. McShay reports a source as saying the Jets are “infatuated” with Gholston, which if true suggests strongly they’ll draft him.

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Big news trickled down yesterday, starting from the man at the top. Jets owner Woody Johnson said that despite the $140 million spending spree that has made the Jets more active than any NFL team in the offseason, there is no win-now mandate for Tannenbaum or Mangini. Both will be back in 2009 regardless of [...]

A league source is reporting that Laveranues Coles and the Jets have “compromised” by guaranteeing the final two years of Coles’s contract at $11 million but not extending it. Except, by all accounts that was what the Jets had offered weeks ago and Coles turned it down. Why would he accept it now? He’s not getting [...]

The Daily News is reporting that Laveranues Coles and the Jets are close to the extension the receiver has been seeking. If all goes smoothly it could be done as early as tomorrow. The report doesn’t disclose years or numbers.Coles just reported to the offseason conditioning program on Monday, a week after it began. He’d [...]

Great article here by Mike Tanier of FootballOutsiders.com about the signings of Faneca and Woody. He dives deep into the numbers to show just how bad the Jets O-line was last year and how those two will affect far more than their two positions.  For example, the Jets allowed 13 uncontested sacks last year (think Jason Taylor [...]

It’s not often you see a three-time Pro Bowler as the second tight end in a two tight end set. That’s what the Jets will have after bringing Daniel Lamont Franks (his friends call him Bubba) aboard on a one-year, $1.65 mil deal. He’ll back up Chris Baker to form a potentially dangerous receiving duo. Franks [...]

Obviously the folks in Tennessee’s front office don’t get the NFL Sunday Ticket. If they did they never would have signed Justin McCareins. Anyone who saw McCareins with the Jets knows that he can’t help a winning football team. He’s slow, not a great route runner, and he’s blessed with worse hands than Captain Hook. [...]