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NFL Free Agency Frenzy – Winners and Losers (Part 1)

Published: August 1, 2011

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For football-starved fans everywhere, the end of the NFL lockout was enough good news in itself to make up for lost time. But the explosion of transactions from free agency and trades made it Christmas morning in July. All 32 teams got into the mix and there have certainly been some that have risen to [...]

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LaDainian Tomlinson of the Jets – Far From Finished

Published: December 16, 2010

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In the offseason, Mike Tannenbaum had a few decisions to make. One of the major moves was a retooling of the backfield and the Jets general manager had to make some unpopular decisions. Gang Green led the NFL in rushing in 2009 and Thomas Jones played a big part in that. The Virginia product had [...]

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Troubled WR Santonio Holmes Worth the Gamble for the Jets

Published: April 12, 2010

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The 2010 fifth round pick notwithstanding, the New York Jets are taking a huge gamble by bringing in Santonio Holmes to ‘Camp Chemistry,’ otherwise known as Rex Ryan’s locker room. What seemed like the most functional bunch in the National Football League last season has to accept a player than ran himself out of Pittsburgh [...]

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Shonn Greene to Lead the Jets, Even With LaDanian Tomlinson on Board

Published: March 16, 2010

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It isn’t too often that a second-year player starts ahead of a future Hall-of -Famer, but that will be the case on the 2010 New York Jets. LaDanian Tomlinson brings with him from San Diego the type of credentials any team would long for and it was not that long ago that he was considered [...]

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Sanchez, Freeman QB Comparisons to Begin Immediately

Published: April 25, 2009

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If you had a crystal ball, how many of the New York tabloids will be screaming for Mike Tannenbaum’s head after one bad game from Mark Sanchez and one eye-opener from Josh Freeman the same week? The general manager of the New York Jets pulled the trigger on a draft day deal to net his [...]

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Rex Right Man for Jets

Published: January 19, 2009

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  A team that fell apart during the most important time of the season needs a good shot in the arm, and a guy like Rex Ryan may just be the one to do it. Running the Baltimore Ravens vaunted defense the past 10 years, quality coaching runs in the family. The son of Buddy [...]

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Favre Trade Sealed Mangini’s Fate

Published: December 30, 2008

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Owner May Have Had Unrealistic Expectations After Bringing in QB Once the Jets finished their offseason shopping spree by bringing in Brett Favre, team owner Woody Johnson my have had visions of grandeur and foolishly thought that he was getting the quarterback of old, not just an old quarterback. Even when the Jets were 8-3, [...]

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Throwing Cold Water on the Favre Parade

Published: August 7, 2008

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While Trade was a No-Brainer, Let’s Not Anoint Him Broadway Just Yet You can’t go home again. That old saying rang true when Brett Favre had the door to Green Bay slammed in his face. The same place where he used to walk on water – and the Frozen Tundra – at first tried to [...]

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