The Jets didn't get to draft Arkansas back Darren McFadden in this draft — Run DMC was snapped up by the Raiders two picks before the Jets at No. 6 in Round 1. And they didn't care to maneuver up to 22, which is where Dallas and Arkansan owner Jerry Jones took McFadden's Razorback running mate, Felix Jones.

But in Round 7, the Green & White did the best thing they could in bringing some of that… More

Something I've tried to do in my Radar reports from the NFL Scouting Combine this week is to bring out whatever Jets angles there are. And that's not hard to do with Chris Long, the Virginia defensive end and son of Hall of Fame Raiders DE Howie Long.

For one, there is the coaching he's received with the Cavaliers and head coach Al Groh, who was the Jets' head coach for just the 2000 season. Amon… More

It's called Radio Row. It was created by the NFL in the Nineties when sports talk radio mushroomed in every major league city around the country and all those shows needed space at the Super Bowl venue. So their tables and equipment and banners were placed in a row in some long, narrow area of the media center at each Super Bowl venue.

In Phoenix for SBXLII, Radio Row has become Radio Square, and… More

As we forge ahead into the off-season, I'll be revisiting some areas from 2007 as I complete one spreadsheet or database after another on the season just finished. Today the topic is penalties.

In short, head coach Eric Mangini's unflagging efforts to reduce flags against his team paid dividends again. The Jets had 63 penalties marked off against them for 486 yards, both figures the second-lowest… More

We've gotten to know Thomas Jones a little bit now, three-quarters of the way through his first season as a Jet. We know he's got muscles on top of muscles, that he's the salt of the earth, that he's a team player.

But even with the several 100-yard games and just those two home wins against Miami and Pittsburgh, Jones seemed just a bit grim or reserved during most group interviews before practic… More