“Ground and Pound” has become a common Jets phrase since Rex Ryan came on board back in January. But just a few days before kickoff, Leon Washington asked about the slogan’s origin.

“Who came up with that?” he said.

When Washington was told it was the rookie head coach himself, he smiled. The Jets’ most explosive weapon is eager to see how the philosophy will be implemented in the club… More

Kris Jenkins was in fine form this morning, the best he’s been in since the First of August.

He’s not fully cleared to return from the calf pull he suffered that second day of training camp at SUNY Cortland, but he basically said he was going to suit up and work today, and that’s what he did, working in individual drills before taking to the stationary bike under strength coach Sal Alosi’s guid… More

Rex Ryan presided over his first minicamp practice as head coach of the Jets this morning. And he liked what he saw.

"This is a good football team. We expect to win," Ryan said at his midday news conference after an animated first practice at his first voluntary veterans minicamp under a beautiful blue North Jersey sky. "I think our tempo in practice should be reflective of that."

Rex thought th… More

Monday, Monday. With apologies to the Mamas and the Papas, today is the mother of all off-season Mondays for Jets players. They're reporting back today to begin their off-season strength and conditioning program under strength coach Sal Alosi and his staff.

And while there is some sadness at returning to work for those 40 strength sessions over the next three months, this will also be an uplift… More

No housekeeping or hard news at head coach Eric Mangini's news conference today. It was more a day to talk about the San Diego challenge and a few other topics.

Such as making a West Coast trip, something the Jets haven't done ... can it be since the 2004 season?

Now the Jets are about to embark on perhaps the most prodigious road schedule in their history — four trips to the West Coast, beginni… More