Head coach Eric Mangini had several housekeeping matters to discuss at the top of today's afternoon news conference. First on the list: Jesse Chatman's four-game NFL suspension is over.

"Jesse will be able to work through the week with an exemption," Mangini said. "Starting next week, we'll have to make some kind of decision in terms of the roster."

The coach also announced that veteran punter B… More

A question about Leon Washington at today's news conference brought some new anecdotes and observations about No. 29 from head coach Eric Mangini at his morning news conference today.

"I could talk all day about Leon," Mangini said, reflecting again on how far Washington has come from his first days as a fourth-round rookie out of the 2006 draft to now.

"The fact that he was voted special teams … More

They say you can't tell the players without a scorecard, and that's especially true of the Jets players who left the locker room today after concluding their first week of off-season strength and conditioning work together. It's never too early to begin to familiarize oneself with the uniform numbers that will be showing up in the photos and videos from minicamps, OTAs and training camp in the com… More

The Jets locker room recently has taken on the feel of a truck stop, with wiry, muscular men coming and going every week. This can be a good thing if the bodies coming in are better than the bodies going out. As Mike Tannenbaum and Eric Mangini said when they first arrived here early in 2006, they'll be looking under every rock all year long to find their kind of players, and the looking continues… 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