File Under: Kris Jenkins, Tim Carlson
09/18 — Timeout, oh Readers of the Radar, to welcome to our family Tim Carlson, our new intern for newyorkjets.com.
Tim comes to us from Queens, N.Y., where he is a lifelong Jets fan from a family of followers of the Green & White, and from SUNY Albany (a few boos for the summer home of the Giants can be inserted here).
He is a fine young man of 25 who has complementary sporting pursuits. He plays Ultimate Frisbee in pickup games in New York's Central Park after playing — "I played it all the time in Albany," he said — and he's an avid snowboarder in the winter.
Carlson clearly adds youth and quickness to the Radar roster that still consists of me and Eric Allen, and we have high hopes that he'll clear the high bar set by other interns of my acquaintance, such as Casey Pearce, managing editor of SanDiegoChargers.com, Troy Nelson, former editor of Guitar One magazine, John Beattie, now a production assistant with NESN, Jeff Weinstein, working sports information up at Boston College, and Stephen Haynes, our summer intern who's back with Newsday.
Tim's first offering for the Website is a feature on new punter Reggie Hodges that is now on the site. Check it out if you have a minute.
Injury List Update
Today's injury reports show the Jets' list unchanged but two players making some improvement for the Chargers. Massive NT Jamal Williams (knee) was limited in today's practice after not participating in Wednesday's workout. And LT Marcus McNeil (neck), who missed all the preseason games and the first two games of the regular season, went from limited participation Wednesday to full participation today. RB LaDainian Tomlinson continued to sit out practice with his aching toe.
Jenkins' Guest Appearance
The third installment of "Jets 24/7" this season airs Sunday at 11:30 a.m. on WCBS-TV, Channel 2 in New York, with a simulcast on SportsNet New York. And the guest segment will be on nose tackle Kris Jenkins, for whom the show could be renamed "Jets 24/7/almost 365" in his honor. Possible feature within the feature: baby and childhood pictures of the mammoth man who's been wreaking havoc with opponents' interior offensive lines so far this season.
Frank Said:
Sat, September 20, 2008 - 1:15pm ET"Drew I really don't enjoy beating up on you but Ray just validated my statement. Favre did check off on the play and I beleive someone wrote about it today in one of the papers. As for the three runs at the very least on 3rd down they should have spread the O and let Favre check down. 3 times in the same formation is just plain stupid."
Ray Said:
Sat, September 20, 2008 - 1:54pm ET"Drew, if you go to the wednesday Favre press conference he specifically mentions checking off or audibling on that play. So mike ex jet fan, what do you normally do each year after week 3 of the NFL season? All your Jets gear is packed away other than your paper bags. That'll show em! Mgmt and the coaches will do better if we all just band together and wear these bags on our heads!!"
Hattie Said:
Mon, September 22, 2008 - 12:51pm ET"Go Jets Go! We'll be wearing our # 4 Favre Jet's jersey tonight in Green Bay, our hearts are with you all, ( 4 - ever ) fan faithful."
njphones Said:
Thu, September 18, 2008 - 7:12pm ET"So now you are just pulling writers off the streets? Frisbee and snowboarding are credentials for journalism? I write a blog (bleed green) for Fox Sports.com (http://community.foxsports.com/blogs/NJPhones) I live a mile from the Florham Park training facility, I work in NYC, and I'm a season ticket holder for ten years, how about a job? Good luck Timmy!"
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