Bubba Franks made his presence felt at today's OTA practice.

Every time you looked up, Franks, the 6'6", 265-pound tight end who came over from the Packers as a street free agent in March, was snagging a pass for six.

There were some nice snatches at helmet level or above from Chad Pennington in red zone drills. There was No. 88 reaching for a "touchdown" in the corner of the end zone on a zip… More

The air was a little brisk, in the upper 50s perhaps, for this morning's third practice of the Jets' weekend rookie minicamp, leading to this exchange between defensive coaches:

Bryan Cox: "Bob, you look cold."

Bob Sutton: "It's linemen's weather."

It was also special teams weather, at least for much of the 40 minutes of media availability. And while the Jets' 50 draft picks, undrafted free age… More

Porcelain has played a central role in a couple of Green & White anecdotes this decade.

Eight years ago, Al Groh said the enormity of becoming head coach of the Jets didn't hit him until he read all about it on a sports section tacked to the wall over a restaurant facility. Then this afternoon general manager Mike Tannenbaum had his own bathroom story about the Jets' extremely successful second-r… More

They play the games in the fall but that doesn’t make schedule day any less exciting. Even though we already knew whom the Jets would face in 2008, we didn’t know when and we wondered for months. Well, thankfully we ain’t wondering anymore!

When we internally received the official email early this afternoon, I decided to break the season up into quarters to view what was on the horizon.

Qu… More

The NFL's slogan for 2008 is "Believe In Now." The Jets, in their approach to this year's free agency and trading period, appear to have bought into that. But they also have expressed faith in the future with the signing of safety Kerry Rhodes to a contract extension.

The deal, finalized and announced by the team this afternoon, will keep Rhodes in green and white for years to come. And with the … More