Five Takeaways from the Jets Home Opener

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by Russ_Cohen - September 9, 2019September 9, 20190

1) Blame ownership for the dysfunction that transpired in the offseason and seemingly ruined this year’s draft. When you cut a third-round pick in this year’s draft, that’s a problem. The kicking issue started with one GM and ended with another. Blame the owner for not questioning why you wouldn’t

Peyton Manning as Jets GM Has Disaster Written All Over It

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by Russ_Cohen - May 18, 20190

Does Peyton miss Eli during the season? Does he want to be a General Manager so he can work in the same building as his bro or would he try and trade for his brother after he lands the Jets vacant position? Does he have to interview with Adam Gase,

Have The Jets Crashed and Burned Before The Start of the 2019-20 Season?

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by Russ_Cohen - May 15, 2019May 15, 20190

The 2018-19 season ended with some optimism. Their future star quarterback, Sam Darnold made it through it without a career-ending injury, their 4-12 record got them the third pick in the draft and then little weird things started to happen. The Jets get a new coach in Adam Gase. He has

This Day in Jets History

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by Russ_Cohen - January 9, 2019January 9, 20190

The Jets fired Todd Bowles and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have hired him as a defensive coordinator. For those “experts” who just blindly say that he’s an excellent coordinator in this league. I challenge that. When Kacy Rodgers was out with an illness, Bowles took over the defense and it

The Quarterback Class of 2018 Power Rankings

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by Russ_Cohen - October 8, 2018October 8, 20180

This may end up being the best quarterback class in the last 20 years. The rookies were 4-0 this week! This was a first for the Super Bowl Era. For now, we’ll rank the players progress so far: 1) Baker Mayfield has added a big spark to a losing franchise. He’s

Sam Darnold Shouldn’t Start Game One for the Jets

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by Russ_Cohen - August 3, 20180

The New York Jets drafted quarterback Sam Darnold with the third overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft. He’s from USC, the same college that Mark Sanchez attended. Both didn’t have a lot of starts as they entered the Jets first training camp. Sanchez was rushed by then, Jets coach,

The New York Jets Are a Lock To Take This Quarterback

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by Russ_Cohen - April 17, 2018April 17, 20180

When the New York Jets are on the clock at the 2018 NFL Draft in Arlington, Texas, which quarterbacks will be on the board? We all think we know but maybe the oddsmakers have a better idea? April 26th is the day. That’s just around the corner and the speculation is

Say It Ain’t Just, Joe

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by Russ_Cohen - February 2, 2018February 3, 20180

The New York Jets won Super Bowl III when I was five. I think it was on in my house but nobody seems to remember. I was aware of it and Joe Namath was my favorite quarterback as a result. As with most kids I thought this kind of winning

The NFL is Having Another Bad Year

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by Russ_Cohen - October 16, 20170

Controversy usually sells and the NFL has had no shortage of that this season. However, the ratings aren’t what they used to be and that’s a function of a lot of reasons. Fans are losing faith in the league and the officials. At this point we all saw the call or

New York Jets are Shortchanging Their Fans

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by Russ_Cohen - July 24, 20170

It’s nice to say you’re rebuilding. Fans like it. I would have been fine with it had that been the plan all along. It wasn’t. Jets GM, Mike Maccagnan spent money at the beginning of his tenure. A lot of it was bad money. The results were bad so the