In some situations it isn’t a big deal for a player to have a quiet pre-season but for the following players, it is time to put together a big performance to assert themselves as key parts of the team in 2011 – 5. Scotty McKnight – He is looking more and more like a practice …
Monthly Archives: August 2011
The New York Jets starters are going to play into the third quarter this Saturday night against the Giants. Considering that this will be their last major tune-up before the regular season opener against the Dallas Cowboys, what are a few things we should to hope to see from the starters and top reserves? Offensively, …
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Justin Tuck – “It will always be Giants Stadium.” Santonio Holmes – “It’s the New Meadowlands, home of the New York Jets.” I don’t expect the trash talk to escalate too much more this week for the Jets/Giants pre-season game, considering the two teams will meet in the regular season. Let’s not forget some of …
The New York Jets have a solid, veteran group of starting linebackers. Calvin Pace, David Harris, Bart Scott, and Bryan Thomas are now entering their third year together as the 4 in Rex Ryan’s 3-4, and while the group has been instrumental in the defense’s success the past two years, it would be nice to …
I won’t call this a full roundtable because only myself and Justin are going ro chime in for this one. Yet, I want to hear from you on the Facebook or Twitter page, or right here, which player has impressed you the most so far this pre-season? Joe Caporoso: Despite only playing in one game, …
A week by week look throughout the pre-season at how the New York Jets rookies are performing Muhammad Wilkerson – (1 tackle) – Another relatively nondescript performance from the Jets first round pick. However, Wilkerson did look a little more comfortable at the point of attack and seems to be holding his own out there. …
It may have only been the pre-season and it may have been against the Cincinnati Bengals, who should have an over/under of about 4 wins this year. Yet, it was hard to watch the New York Jets passing offense in action and not think about just dangerous it could be this year. Considering the following: …
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The Jets put preseason game two behind them properly Sunday night, with a 27-7 win over the Cincinnati Bengals while both resting key starters and unveiling WR Plaxico Burress in a feature role. Despite the rain that continued through the contest, Burress, in his first NFL appearance since November of 2008, looked quick, agile out …
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The New York Jets were far from perfect in their 27-7 victory over the porous Cincinnati Bengals. Yet, there was a collection of very encouraging signs from both the offense and the defense. Plaxio Burress was the main story of the night, pulling in 3 receptions for 66 yards including a beautiful over the shoulder …
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We don’t break out the full 12 pack for the pre-season, so are here 6 predictions for tonight’s game – 1. Bilal Powell is going to have a better all-around performance than Joe McKnight tonight, making the battle for the number three running back spot that much more interesting. The two of them have very …
