File Under: Mike Tannenbaum, Kerry Rhodes, Jets Night at Shea, Fox-TV
07/11 — The Jets' and Mets' mutual admiration society, which many thought finally held its last meeting at Tuesday night's "Jets Night at Shea" festivities, will continue through Saturday's Mets game at Shea against the Colorado Rockies.
Here's the scoop. The Mets were looking for a Jets player to read their starting lineup on FOX's regional telecast of this afternoon's game at Shea. The hottest team in the National League (seven wins in a row) asked the Jets, who suggested Kerry Rhodes, and one of the hottest safeties in his game agreed to handle the announcing chore.
So after Jets Night at Shea, it'll be Jets Day at Shea. Rhodes is expected to don an Amazins jersey, pitch the Mets lineup, then take in the action from seats behind home plate.
It's a great stage for Rhodes, who has come close two years in a row to cracking the Pro Bowl lineup and has been hard at work this off-season working on his game not for a trip to Hawaii, although that would be nice, but to help his defense and his team start fast and finish strong in 2008.
Coincidentally, the Jets issued an updated roster today and for K-Rhodes there is one significant change. After being listed at 210 pounds his first three seasons in the NFL, Rhodes will now be officially listed at 220. He didn't gain the weight from eating bonbons.
Update, 4:05 p.m. — FOX got an audio glitch ironed out in the top of the first (the audio was a second ahead of the video for the start of the game), just in time for Rhodes, in Mets uni, to sail through the lineup.
Increased Dimensions
Rhodes isn't the only one to get a change in his program measurables. Here are recent height/weight alterations for 11 other Jets on the training camp roster:
| Player | Old Ht | Old Wt | New Ht | New Wt |
| WR David Ball | 6'0" | 197 | 6'1" | 200 |
| DT Thomas Johnson | 298 | 305 | ||
| OL Will Montgomery | 312 | 310 | ||
| DT C.J. Mosley | 314 | 305 | ||
| LB Marques Murrell | 246 | 250 | ||
| K Mike Nugent | 5'9" | 188 | 5'10" | 190 |
| OL Clint Oldenburg | 300 | 310 | ||
| TE Jason Pociask | 6'2" | 6'3" | ||
| QB Brett Ratliff | 224 | 235 | ||
| WR Paul Raymond | 170 | 185 | ||
| CB Jonathan Zenon | 176 | 193 |
Mike T on Jets Nation
General manager Mike Tannenbaum, fresh off of either a round of golf or a round of negotiations along with director of football administration Ari Nissim to bring the Jets' four unsigned draft choices into the fold, is the guest of Jets Nation on SportsNet New York. The first airing of this week's show is today at 11:30 a.m.
ScottinAfghanistan Said:
Mon, July 14, 2008 - 2:31pm ET"Stop with the Chad bashing, guys. He's the most accurate passer in NFL history. He can get the job done. I'll support whoever wins the QB competition. I've seen Chad when he is good, though, and I'd like some more of that."
Row Said:
Mon, July 14, 2008 - 3:29pm ET"You guys also have to remember Favre had 15 pic's including a few game changing ones in the playoffs, and 9 fumbles last year. Favre is not the Jets and should not be talked about on the forum. Thanks Kerry for the 5 picks, you should be the D's captain. For the record, Montana took the Chiefs to the AFC championship game in 1993 to get knocked out, literally. IMO, the Chiefs would have won. "
brady0nHisBack Said:
Tue, July 15, 2008 - 8:45am ET"I for one love farve but the jets will never pick him up they need to find out whos gonna be the futher of the organization the defence is gonna be great one more talented corner and you have an elit d' on paper. But lets be honest here we have two QBs that only if we some how mold them together we have real full QB so next year we have to draft a first round high caliber player maybe tim tebow from florida other then that maybe a tall talented wr "like" plaxico and you have a team that can beat newengland and thats where we need to start. Lokking foward to 08 bradys going downnnn!"
oldtimegreen Said:
Fri, July 11, 2008 - 11:45pm ET"Randy, Tell us about that centiries-old tree in the virtual middle of one of the practice fields. I hope it will stand forever. Genuine thanks."
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