The Jets celebrated as if Mike Nugent had kicked a game-winning field goal.

And while Nugent didn’t actually win a game, his 48-yard make at the end of today's session meant no meetings and no curfew for the players tonight. They jumped and danced, hooted and hollered, and exited the premises just as quickly as they could.

Head coach Eric Mangini was in a giving mood because he gave the guys a… More

All things considered, there was a little something for everybody in today's Green & White scrimmage at Hofstra's Shuart Stadium.

The Green team, which prevailed, 10-7, got some big completions from Chad Pennington to Jerricho Cotchery, one of which went for the winners' only touchdown, and Brad Smith. The White side got a long Kellen Clemens-to-Dustin Keller TD strike. Both teams' defenses had t… More

FIRST QUARTER

The rain started falling on cue, with the first snap of the Green & White Practice. There are no kickoffs and KO returns in this practice, so Kellen Clemens and the White offense got the ball first.

Clemens hit Leon Washington with a couple of passes, the first going for 27 yards as Leon motored through the secondary. But Clemens was sacked on a fourth-and-1.

The Greens' first ser… More

Today's late practice was a mix of offense vs. defense and then special teams. And it brought us some of the first matchups between the Jets' two first-round rookies.

It was a split decision in the 1-on-1 drills. Dustin Keller beat Vernon Gholston on a reception over the middle. But the former Ohio State linebacker came back and beat the ex-Purdue tight end for a "sack."

Some other observatio… More

One of the treats of watching every snap of every practice of your favorite NFL team is observing the unheralded or unknown players step up and make play after play.

One of those Jets in today's second practice of camp was WR Paul Raymond, the small, fast undrafted free agent out of Brown.

In the morning Raymond nicely gathered in a deep ball from Brett Ratliff during position drills. And he pic… More