Bubba Franks' 2008 was not the highlight of the venerable tight end's career. Even Bubba said so.

"I got hurt pretty early, so I was kind of like a fan. I had to sit back and watch," Franks told me last week after an OTA practice. "I disliked sitting on the sideline or even standing. It's something I really never had to do. Then all of a sudden you're on the sideline pretty much watching the rest… More

GM Mike Tannenbaum was asked, after the Jets' portion of the draft had concluded on April 26, what had happened to the rumored re-signing of veteran TE Bubba Franks. Had it fallen through?

"Well, he's still a free agent," Mike T said, "so I don't think the book is totally closed on that."

How right he was. There were a few veteran TE rumors and reports before and after that, but this afternoon t… More

Say this for Mark Sanchez — the kid just doesn’t play around. After Kerry Rhodes told me that Sanchez had already contacted the Jets’ receivers, I stopped TE Dustin Keller in the locker room Thursday and asked him if he had heard from the rookie quarterback.

“He texted us. He wanted to get together and throw a little bit before rookie minicamp,” Keller said. “He just wanted to get a feel wh… More

The Jets are building the competition at the tight end spot behind and alongside last year's first-round pick, Dustin Keller.

Kareem Brown has already been transitioning to TE from the D-line. The personnel department brought in J'Nathan Bullock, the power forward from Cleveland State, plus Andrew Davie from Arkansas and Rob Myers from Utah State as undrafted free agents for this past weekend's m… More

The New York Jets experienced a first Tuesday morning when general manager Mike Tannenbaum and vice president of college scouting Joey Clinkscales participated in an exclusive conference call, not with reporters as they often do but rather with club seat owners and suite holders at New Jets Stadium.

Neither man gave up the name of the player the Jets secretly covet at their No. 17 position in t… More