This is the silly time of the year, when football writers and electronic personalities have no raw meat, no fresh input to sell to their customers. And so they make up trades.

Nothing wrong with this. It's what fans do every day of the week, even in summer, from the bars to the rec rooms to the water coolers. (Do folks still gather around water coolers in offices anymore? Just asking.)

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Tennesseean Chad Pennington isn't the only one who will enjoy this weekend's business trip to Nashville. Chris Baker also loves the city, in part because the Titans fans love their football and in part because Baker helped beat them when he gathered in Pennington's 12-yard pass for the winning score with 2:10 to play in last season's opener.

"I really enjoy playing on the road," Baker told me aft… More

Because Brian Schottenheimer hadn't spoken with reporters for two weeks, one thing that came up at the informal media gathering with the Jets' OC this afternoon was a two-week-old topic: the third- and fourth-and-1 calls that were both stopped by the Eagles at the end of the Jets' 16-9 loss.

Schottenheimer defended the calls — "We liked the sneak and we liked the play on fourth down. Unfortunatel… More

It was Coordinator Day at Weeb Ewbank Hall today, and OC Brian Schottenheimer was ready to dive into the subject matter of his first question: TE Chris Baker.

"It's funny. Everybody's been asking about Chris lately," Schottenheimer said. "Chris is a complete player, he really is. He's been seen over his career as a great run blocker, but he's got excellent hands. He's doing a better job of route-… More