Conditioning is one of those things that every NFL coach wants, every NFL player knows he needs, and yet some coaches and players may stress it just a little more than others.

The Jets seem to be in that "stress it more" group.

"We're really emphasizing conditioning," head coach Eric Mangini said at today's news conference. "Everybody comes out of camp in really good shape. Then when you go to t… More

When Bryan Thomas was talking with reporters the other day about his fast start out of the box, D-linemate Sione Pouha sat a few lockers to his right saying sotto voce "Sackmaster ... Sackmaster."

"That's not the way I look at it," Thomas told me today about his start.

No, BT is an expressly humble guy who wants to do a good job and help his team. He knows last year's production wasn't up to his… 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

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