I have always been of the opinion that, as Coach Herm once famously said, "You Play. To Win. The Game." And that means all games: preseason games, games after your playoff seed has been determined, games when you're playing out the string.

Especially when you're playing out the string. Really, whenever I hear how the Jets should lose their last "X" number of games to get the highest draft choice … More

The sleet started to click off my second-floor window here at the Weeb around 10 this morning. Soon the wet snow started to float down. You could see some fat flakes on the heads of players who would go outside and then come back into the locker room.

One player was hopeful the Jets' practice would be moved into the practice bubble. But that was so Miami week. As an equipment man told him: "It's … More

The Jets' bye week schedule could have gone either way. You could've seen head coach Eric Mangini going double sessions from now to Pittsburgh or giving them this week off to rest the players' weary brows.

Mangini took the road that passes closer to the R&R approach than to boot camp.

"We'll work here tomorrow and the next day with the players," Mangini said at this afternoon's news conference,… More

It’s fitting that the NFL is honoring six new inductees into the Hall of Fame today. On Friday, head coach Eric Mangini invited a future first-ballot Hall of Famer to speak to his team. Jerry Rice, arguably the greatest player in the history of pro football, was in Hempstead on Friday as the team got a rare cancellation of practice.

“I think it is always valuable for players to see people who w… More

At his midday news conference, Eric Mangini made a few unmistakable points about the penalty lap he ordered his offense to run two hours into this morning's practice, detailed in my previous blog.

In general, the head coach said: "That was a combination of two or three things. I explained to the team after practice, we have all day to practice. I'm perfectly content to stay out there all day. I e… More