“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

Rex Ryan was champing at the bit in more ways than one at the top of his news conference that started shortly after noon today.

Of course, he opened with a soliloquy on how pumped up he was to put the ball down at the 3-yard line on the new Cortland grass field (which got its finishing touches over night from a helicopter blow-drying the sod) and let the offense and defense have at each other.

“… More

Whether or not Bart Scott had his introductory news conference as a Jet came down to weather or not. And at the moment it looks like weather — a lot.

(Sorry. Cabin fever already.)

The snow fell on North Jersey and the metropolitan area overnight and is continuing today, forcing the cancellation of Scott's scheduled noon news conference at the Atlantic Health Training Center.

However, Scott, t… More

One thing that struck me during the season was how similar several key aspects of Thomas Jones' game were to those of Curtis Martin when he first arrived as the Jets' featured back for the 1998 season.

Not everything is a perfect match, of course. Their running styles differ, as do their personalities. But as I complete entering data for Jones' season in areas such as yards per carry, fumbles, t… More

Things are unfurling quickly in regard to our New York Jets flag crew.

Denise Garvey, the new group's choreographer and the former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader and New York Knicks City Dancer, was at the Jets' Sunday practice at Fordham. You could tell as she studied the field during the Green & White Game that she was envisioning her crew's current routines and contemplating new dance numbers.

An… More