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Damien Woody talks about a possible return to the Jets (video)

Rich — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 22:38:10 +0000

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Jets to release Kris Jenkins, Vernon Gholston, Damien Woody and Jason Taylor

Rich — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 23:16:42 +0000

Manish Mehta of the NY Daily News tweeted the Jets will release Kris Jenkins, Vernon Gholston, Damien Woody and Jason Taylor.

None of these releases are a huge surprise. There was no way Gholston was returning for another season, Jason Taylor is due for too high of a roster bonus in 2011, Jenkins has been hurt the last two seasons, and reports recently surfaced that the Jets were looking to move second-year man Vladimir Ducasse to right tackle, which is the position Woody plays.

Mehta, however, says any of those players could be re-signed at a cheaper rate.

Rex Ryan Cries to Team During Meeting

Rich — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:55:48 +0000

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.

Jets Preseason and Jets’ Players Positive Tweets

Rich — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:45:43 +0000

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!