Rex likely will stay, Tannenbaum could be reassignedMike Florio, profootballtalk.com Changes are likely coming to the Jets if (when) another season ends without a playoff berth. Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News shed some light during Thursday’s PFT Live on what could happen. Mehta firmly believes that coach Rex Ryan will be bac… |
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AccuScore: Dolphins lose againDec 6, 2012
The Miami Dolphins are slumping and have lost four of their last five games. According to AccuScore, that slump will continue. AccuScore projects the 49ers (8-3-1) will win comfortably at home against Miami. This is a very long road trip for the Dolphin… |
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Doug Farrar, yahoo.com It's common practice for quarterback coaches to use brooms in practice to simulate defensive pressure for their quarterbacks on non-contact days, but as the New England Patriots prepare for their "Monday Night Football" tussle with the Houston… |
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Jack Dickey, deadspin.com During Sunday's Fox telecast of Mark Sanchez's public flogging, in between the moments when Brian Billick repeated "jump street" and read copy for New Girl, a graphic popped up: Mark Sanchez, it read, had turned the ball over 81 times since hi… |
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Key matchup: Aqib Talib vs. Andre JohnsonDec 6, 2012
There are plenty of great matchups to watch when the Houston Texans (11-1) travel to play the New England Patriots (9-3) on "Monday Night Football." But one to really keep an eye on will be the battle between newly acquired Patriots cornerback… |
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Mike Westhoff, asked to describe the Jets?...Dec 6, 2012
Jack Dickey, deadspin.com Mike Westhoff, asked to describe the Jets? "I don't know. Close the door on your head and tell me how bad it hurts." More » |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com If there’s been a story covered more fervently than the Jets’ quarterback conundrum in the last few days, it is the efforts to find a legislative solution in the House and Senate to stop us from going over the “fiscal cliff.” The two stories conve… |
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Mike Kurylo, nytimes.com Kerry Collins and Trent Dilfer were high picks who had better playing days for teams that did not draft them. |
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Jack Dickey, deadspin.com We don't know what goes on in Fort Wayne, Ind. We've never been there and have no desire to visit. But we do know that today, in Fort Wayne, local, state, and federal officials carried out a raid on two homes owned by longtime NFL offensive tackle Jason… |
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Still no timetable for Mark Anderson’s returnDec 6, 2012
Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com Defensive end Mario Williams has picked up his game after a disappointing start to the season, but the Bills’ other big free agent signing on the defensive line may not get a chance to make an improvement on his own slow start. Anderson remains out afte… |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com It sounds unlikely: A 29-year-old two-time Pro Bowl quarterback is openly begging for another chance in the NFL, and all 32 NFL teams are saying, “No. thanks.” But that’s exactly the situation Vince Young is in right now. Young, who has been a free … |
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Flashbacks of Henne vs. Sanchez debateDec 6, 2012
Remember when there was intense debate in the AFC East blog about which quarterback was better: Chad Henne or Mark Sanchez? Miami Dolphins and New York Jets fans couldn't get enough of these young gunslingers. They were expected to develop and eventuall… |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com One of the funniest things about the Jets pulling Mark Sanchez in the 7-6 victory over the Cardinals last week is that he wasn’t even the worst quarterback on the field. Bad as Sanchez was, Ryan Lindley was worse and wound up playing the entire game. We… |
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Doug Farrar, yahoo.com We're pretty sure that New York Jets owner Woody Johnson, an avowed backer of the Mitt Romney campaign, will not like what Senator Harry Reid (D-Nevada), the Senate Majority leader, had to say about his franchise while recently speaking on the Senate fl… |
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AccuScore: Jags beat JetsDec 6, 2012
The New York Jets made their quarterback decision and went back to Mark Sanchez. But according to AccuScore, it doesn't really matter who is under center this week for New York. AcccuScore predicts the hosting Jacksonville Jaguars (2-10) will beat the J… |
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Peter King: NFL Week 14 PicksDec 6, 2012
If the Pats get the AFC's No. 2 seed, they'll have earned it, thanks to a brutal two-game stretch that starts now. Can they slow the Texans' playmakers? Peter King picks Week 14. |
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Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com For years, basketball coaches have prepared their teams for shot-blockers by giving practice players tennis rackets. The Patriots are only facing J.J. Watt and the Texans this week, not Dikembe Mutombo, so they’re using racquetball racquets. “I know c… |
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Bills lose another lineman: Hairston to IRDec 6, 2012
Associated Press, ESPN.com Buffalo Bills offensive lineman Chris Hairston has been placed on injured reserve and will miss the rest of the season with a bone injury in his right ankle. |
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Tebow not quite ready to return to Jets' lineupDec 6, 2012
Rich Cimini, ESPN.com New York Jets backup quarterback Tim Tebow returns to his hometown this weekend to face the Jacksonville Jaguars, but he's likely to be a spectator. |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com Jets coach Rex Ryan stuck his neck out for quarterback Mark Sanchez by sticking with Sanchez as the starter. But Ryan says he doesn’t think his own future is necessarily tied to Sanchez’s. At his press conference today, when a reporter suggested that … |
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Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com The Jets have decided to turn back to Mark Sanchez at quarterback, a decision that will be a big part of the discussion on Thursday’s edition of PFT Live. Mike Florio will talk to Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News about the Jets’ choice, which c… |
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Tebow looks forward to Jacksonville returnDec 6, 2012
New York Jets backup quarterback Tim Tebow is popular everywhere. But the place where he's most famous is in Jacksonville, Florida. Tebow is a Jacksonville native who won a Heisman Trophy and two national championships with the Florida Gators in nearby … |
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Barry Petchesky, deadspin.com On Sunday, the Jets had the ball deep in Arizona territory and a one-point lead. The directive came in from the Cardinals' sideline: Let them score a touchdown, so Arizona could get the ball back down eight with more than a minute remaining. Sound advic… |
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Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com With more than 10,000 unsold non-premium tickets available as of last week for Sunday’s game between the Rams and the Bills, Buffalo was destined to have a second straight local blackout. Thanks to Russell J. Salvatore, that won’t happen. According to… |
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Can Williams set personal sack record?Dec 6, 2012
Considering the slow start, it’s hard to fathom that Buffalo Bills defensive end Mario Williams has a chance to set a new career best in sacks this season. Williams, who has 9.5 sacks, is just five shy of eclipsing his personal record of 14 sacks in 200… |
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Thursday morning one-linersDec 6, 2012
Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com The Bills will be plugging in two first-time starters on the offensive line this week. Dolphins rookie Jonthan Martin is excited about switching from RT to LT after the injury to Jake Long. Jets backup QB Tim Tebow reached out to a teen who was injured … |
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Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com As Jaguars quarterback Chad Henne prepares to play against the Jets on Sunday, he’s thinking about how close he came to becoming a member of the Jets in March. Henne confirmed that Jets offensive coordinator Tony Sparano, who coached him in Miami, was e… |
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Week 13 Film Review, Horror EditionDec 6, 2012
Andy Benoit, nytimes.com The Jets' Mark Sanchez deserved to be benched after his second interception in the opening quarter against Arizona. |
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AccuScore: Patriots beat the TexansDec 6, 2012
The Houston Texans (11-1) and New England Patriots (9-3) will have a huge matchup with playoff implication on "Monday Night Football." So who will win this big game? According to AccuScore, New England will leave Gillette Stadium with the vict… |
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View From Boston on Sanchez: Thanks, RexDec 6, 2012
Toni Monkovic, nytimes.com Some Jets fans may not agree with the decision to start Mark Sanchez, but the feeling is more supportive among Patriots fans. |
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Brian Burke, nytimes.com Teams often cling to quarterbacks for longer than they should. The Jets should have been looking for an upgrade at quarterback two years ago. |
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Nobody troubled Tom Coughlin on Wednesday about whether Eli Manning or David Carr will be starting at quarterback against the New Orleans Saints. Taken out of context, it might be a reasonable question. After all, Manning ranks only 16th in the NFL quar… |
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Monday night's Patriots-Texans game is exciting for a number of reasons. You can spin it as a possible matchup between the league's best offense and i... |
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