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The big defender in the middle of the Jets’ defensive line participated in 11-on-11 drills at practice this morning. Jenkins, who is entering his third season with the Jets, missed the last 10 games and all of last year’s playoffs with a torn ACL.

He had been limited to individual work during Organized Team Activities, but planned on returning all along at the team’s minicamp, according the Daily News’ Manish Mehta. Jenkins is currently working to get his weight down, partly to get into shape for the season, but mostly, as we all know, as part of his weight loss challenge with right tackle Damien Woody and coach Rex Ryan.

“Right now, I’m in second,” Ryan said at his press conference today, according to TheJetsBlog.com. “Actually, I was letting them get out there a little bit. It’s hard. I’ve been reeling them in a little bit.  Slowly, but surely.”

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The emotional side of Rex Ryan came out Monday at the Jets’ morning meeting. Ryan gave a speech to his players and ended up crying. After a 3-0 start, the Jets have dropped five of six and are currently 4-5 with slim playoff hopes. Ryan is an emotional guy and cried after the Jets beat Houston in week one, his head coaching debut. He also traded barbs with Channing Crowder of the Dolphins and has been very vocal with the fans and media. The Jets have been very disappointing in their last six games and their 3-0 start is a distant memory.

“He didn’t bash us at all. He was just very emotional. He was crying,” Damien Woody told The New York Post. “Rex believes in our team so much I can’t even put it into words and it would be a shame if we didn’t capitalize on our opportunity.”

The Jets have played several “Super Bowls” this season and this week will be another as they travel to Foxborough to face the first place Patriots. A Jets’ win narrows the Patriot’s division lead to just one game.

“I was a little upset to see him that way,” Darrelle Revis told The New York Post. “I’m upset for the same reasons he’s upset.”

The Jets are playing the Patriots at the worst time. The Pats and head coach Bill Belichick were embarrassed last week against the undefeated Colts when they decided to go for it on fourth-and-two on their own 28 yard line with around two minutes left and didn’t convert. Knowing Belichick, he’s going to want to beat the Jets by 50 to feel better about his gaffe. 

Nine games into the season and we’ve seen several difference sides of first year head coach Rex Ryan. The Jets will need to give their best effort to contend with the Patriots in week 11.

It’s just the preseason.  It’s the time where players and teams get a chance to work the kinks out before the games matter.  The Jets are 0-2 in their first preseason games but nobody cares about preseason records.  The Lions were 4-0 in the preseason last year and went 0-16 in the regular season.  We look at individual efforts in the preseason.  How is the team meshing?  How well are the getting accustomed to the pace of a game rather than practice? 

There has been some Jet quarterback bashing by some members of the media that I do not agree with.  Some media members are already questioning the defense.  My answer to these people is to give it time.  Sanchez and Clemens don’t even have a full game of stats combined.  Rex will make the decision on a starting quarterback when he is comfortable and the Jets’ defense is going to be fine.  Rex isn’t going to give out all of his defensive plans in the preseason is he? No, he is going to hold off on some of the plays and schemes for when it counts. 

So let’s all take it easy and be positive like the Jets players.  Here are some recent tweets from Jets players reguarding the team and how things are going. 

damienwoody:  i really like our team! we’re going 2 be better than what people give us credit for

chansistuckey: Tough loss but love the way we competed. Gonna be an exciting season

kerryrhodes: once we have all our pieces in tact we r gonna b super tough! not just jenks and revis but also strickland at the nickel and we didnt really give flacco alot of different looks lol dont b 2 amazed! i like wat we did in that game at end of day!