A big banner hangs across one of the many second-floor walkways that span the streets of downtown Indianapolis. It contains the slogan "2008 Starts Now" positioned right next to the NFL Scouting Combine logo.

It's true enough as the next draft class of 300-plus college players goes through the annual ritual of being prodded and poked, measured and tested, audiotaped and videotaped under the big w… More

Jabar Gaffney and his father, Derrick Gaffney, have a unique relationship. It's one that doesn't require Dad, the former Jets wide receiver, to be on site to watch his son, the current New England WR, play in Super Bowl XLII on Sunday.

"All the family wanted to come to the game, so he thought he would give up his ticket," Jabar said from the Patriots' Kierland, Ariz., hotel this week. "He set an … More

Happy New Year.

That sentiment was issued a few times at Weeb Ewbank Hall today, both as a holiday greeting and coincidentally as a wish for better times for the Jets on this interface day between the disappointing 2007 season just ended and the hopes for the 2008 that is just ahead.

The ritual for "baggie day" the day after an NFL season ends is for all players to take trash bags to lockers, sa… More

Among other themes, this is Jerricho Cotchery week. J-Co, with an injured right index finger that you'd figure is crucial to catching any given pass and with an injured Laveranues Coles that we all know is crucial to other receivers catching a lot of passes.

Yet Cotchery cranked it up a notch during his eight-catch, 152-yard, one-TD day.

Some question whether Cotchery is a "No. 1 receiver." What… More

On this day before Christmas, Jets head coach Eric Mangini held a short teleconference with reporters. The QB topic is always a hot one and Mangini was asked if it was important for the Jets to get another look at Kellen Clemens when the Jets host the Chiefs in their regular-season finale.

“You’d like to see him be able to play if he can play,” Mangini said of his second-year passer. “But the imp… More