This is how Mike Tannenbaum opened up his conference call with Jets beat reporters shortly after 8 p.m.:

"I just want to announce that we've signed Stacy Tutt to an exclusive-rights contract, and that's about it," the Jets general manager said. "So if there are no questions, we'll just call it a day."

Mike T was just kidding, of course — not about Tutt, the fullback who really did sign a new de… More

There are some difficult goodbyes in the game of football, and this is one of them:

Goodbye, Jonathan Vilma. Best of luck and skill as a Saint.

Vilma's stay with the Jets has run the gamut, and today it has run its course as the inside linebacker was traded to New Orleans for an undisclosed draft pick.

I feel the same way as many Green & White fans. Jonathan is a fine linebacker, but there was … More

The Jets defense got better today. Draft picks are nice, but you weren’t going to find a 6’4”, 349-pound NT who can anchor your front come April. Kris Jenkins has the ability to be a dominant nose in the 3-4 and his passion for football is undeniable.

Jenkins is a three-time Pro Bowler, having earned trips while a member of the Carolina Panthers in 2002, ’03 and ’06. Injuries limited him to… More

One of the great things about the NFL is that it brings the holidays to its fans not just one day a year but several. There's the national holiday known as the Super Bowl, the morning of every team's opening day and the draft.

And there is Friday morning, when fans will see if Pigskin Santa left an unrestricted free agent under each team's tree.

Of course, the free agency signing period extends … More

The NFL draft gets all the league's fans salivating. And in some cases, the draft spurs fans into action.

Dan Riback contacted me recently. He's a self-described Jets fanatic — "I bleed green," he states simply — since the 1970s, having grown up in Fair Lawn, N.J., a short drive from the Meadowlands.

He's bicoastal now with a home in California and an apartment in Chatham, N.J., not far from… More