The New York Jets have just announced the eight players they have signed to their practice squad. All eight spent time on the team during last month's training camp.

One thing on tight end Jack Simmons’ daily training camp to-do list comes every night, after Jets position meetings conclude. That’s when his dad, Terry Simmons calls him from his home in the northwest Chicago suburbs.

“He doesn’t want to be overbearing. He knows we have a tight schedule,” Jack said. “So he calls every night after 10 p.m. We talk for 10 minutes and he asks me how things are g… More

Minicamp has reached its conclusion and the Jets won’t work out on the field as a full unit for another seven weeks. The Jets' 2009 training camp will begin in Cortland, N.Y., and both Randy and myself will be in attendance when two-a-days commence under Rex Ryan.

But with minicamp fresh in our minds, let’s just hit up a few highlights from the past three days.

MVP

S Eric Smith — Wide rec… More

Thomas Jones looked cut, crisp and cheerful at today's OTA practice.

Cut? Is it possible that the Jets' Pro Bowl back has added muscles to his muscles?

"You get down on South Beach," speculated center Nick Mangold, "you want to make sure you look right, I guess."

Crisp? Absolutely. Again, there are no pads or tackling at these workouts, but Jones looked like he hadn't lost any of his giddyup as… 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