New York Jets Rumors & News

SI.com "The New York Jets brought in David Garrard during the offseason to add some extra competition to the battle for the starting quarterback position, and while that didn't work out for either party, Garrard could remain a part of the organization. The Jets have given Garrard the opportunity to serve..." May 18

NFL.com "The New York Jets have yet to spell out Mike Goodson's fate on the heels of Friday's arrest, but at least one teammate believes the running back could be on his way out of Florham Park. After Goodson was nabbed Friday in New Jersey on weapons and drug charges, offensive lineman Willie Colon..." May 18

New York Post "For The few veterans who survived the aggressive offseason purge by new management and are remnants of a gutted roster, the Jets’ locker room must have the look and feel of a transient bus station. Understandably, the talk dominating this offseason has been about who will quarterback the Jets..." May 17

New York Post "The Jets quarterbacks meeting room was less crowded yesterday with David Garrard having retired, but Mark Sanchez said the departure has no effect on him. “Nothing’s changed,” Sanchez said. “My mindset’s the same. Just stay focused, master this offense, improve on my fundamentals and be as..." May 17

New York Post "Jets running back Joe McKnight is not worried about the team bringing in competition at his position. The Jets added Chris Ivory and Mike Goodson this offseason to compete with McKnight and Bilal Powell for carries. McKnight, however, said he is confident he’s sticking around. “Whoever they..." May 17

NESN "The Jets were hoping for some big things out of new running back Mike Goodson this year, but this isn’t what they were talking about. Goodson, who came to the Jets after a year in Oakland, was arrested early Friday morning for drug possession and weapons charges, according to News 12 New Jersey...." May 17

New York Post "The Jets’ quarterback drama took another twist yesterday with David Garrard preparing to walk away from football, increasing the chance Mark Sanchez remains with the team. Garrard plans on retiring, according to a source, but nothing has been made official yet. According to another source,..." May 16

USA Today "Make that a four-way race for the New York Jets' starting quarterback job. Veteran David Garrard, who signed with the team in April before the selection of Geno Smith, has told teammates he's done, according to a person informed of the conversations between Garrard and the players. The person..." May 16

New York Post "New Jets general manager John Idzik’s front-office housecleaning has claimed two more victims. Assistant general manager Scott Cohen, who lost out to Idzik for the top job this winter, and director of football administration Ari Nissim both told their contracts are not being renewed, sources..." May 16

New York Daily News "The Daily News has learned that the Jets will not renew assistant general manager Scott Cohen’s contract. Cohen’s departure is the most significant front office personnel move since John Idzik took over as the general manager four months ago. Cohen, who spent time with the Redskins, Jaguars and..." May 15

NFL.com "Josh Cribbs remains on the free-agent market despite his best attempts to land a job. Now, we have a better idea why. New York Jets general manager John Idzik told Conor Orr of The Star-Ledger on Tuesday that Cribbs' surgically repaired left knee "isn't quite there yet." The Jets were one of..." May 15

New York Post "When Jets linebacker David Harris walked into the team’s first defensive meeting of the spring, it hit him. Most of the guys he played with for years were gone. As part of new general manager John Idzik’s housecleaning, he got rid of seven defensive starters from last year’s 6-10 team. “It..." May 14

New York Post "Geno Smith is saying all the right things. The Jets rookie quarterback is preparing to compete for the team’s starting job with Mark Sanchez and David Garrard. He is not making any bold predictions or talking any trash. In fact, he threw some praise Sanchez’s way yesterday. “He’s a..." May 14

New York Post "The Jets’ decision-makers are in love. You can tell from talking to people around the team during this weekend’s rookie mini-camp that many in the organization are smitten with new quarterback Geno Smith. It’s beginning to look more and more like the starting job is his to lose. Smith was..." May 13

Pro Football Talk "The Jets have signed undrafted rookie placekicker Brett Maher, agent Robert Roche said Sunday on Twitter. Maher, a Nebraska product, took part in the Jets’ weekend rookie minicamp on a tryout basis. Maher (6-0, 186) connected on 20-of-27 field goals in 2012 for the Cornhuskers. He was 3-of-5..." May 12

New York Post "Oday Aboushi sure is carrying a lot of flags into his budding NFL career. Not only is the Jets’ fifth-round pick a true rarity as a born-and-raised Brooklynite playing pro football, but Aboushi also is one of just a handful of Palestinian-Americans ever drafted into the league — and a..." May 12

New York Post "Rex Ryan stood behind five garbage cans simulating an offensive line and shouted out the defense to a group of confused rookies. He shouted when they messed up. He praised when they did well. He moved around the defense, instructing, cajoling and critiquing. Ryan was doing what he loves best —..." May 12

NFL.com "Is Rex Ryan getting his mojo back? One day after the New York Jets coach criticized second-year linebacker Quinton Coples for his spotty work ethic in the weight room, Ryan acknowledged he had yet to mend fences. "Let him stew," Ryan told reporters Saturday, per Seth Walder of the New York..." May 11

New York Post "It hit Marty Mornhinweg one morning on the scale. He was no longer a player. He had injured his knee a few years earlier playing quarterback for the Denver Dynamite of the Arena League. Mornhinweg figured he would return to playing at some point, but had become a coach in the interim. Then he..." May 11

New York Post "Geno Smith will need to grow some thick skin if he’s going to succeed in New York. He can ask Mark Sanchez about that. I’m guessing by the time Smith’s career as a Jet is complete, the criticism awaiting him will overshadow the critics that have emerged since he became the Jets’ second-round draft..." May 11

New York Post "Text it and tweet it: On his first day on the job, Geno Smith began answering his critics. The Jets rookie quarterback, who has faced a ton of criticism in the two weeks since he was drafted, performed well on his first day of rookie minicamp. Smith’s passes had zip, he commanded the huddle and..." May 11

Newark Star-Ledger "The Jets have signed fifth round pick Oday Aboushi to a four-year contract, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. The person requested anonymity because the Jets have yet to make any rookie signings official. Aboushi, a 6-6, 308-pound hybrid tackle/guard joins guard Brian..." May 10

Newark Star-Ledger "On the eve of rookie mini camp, the Jets are starting to come to terms with their new Draft picks. Third-round pick, G Brian Winters, has come to terms on a four-year deal worth roughly $2.8 million, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. The person requested anonymity because..." May 10

New York Daily News "In the midst of praising some of his first year players after the opening day of rookie minicamp, Rex Ryan took a quick aside to criticize one of his sophomores, Quinton Coples. “If Quinton doesn’t do a better job in the weight room he might have to...he’s got to compete like anybody else for..." May 10

Pro Football Talk "Jets quarterback Geno Smith could end up having Jay-Z help navigate the concrete jungle where dreams are made of. Per a source with knowledge of the situation, Smith has wrapped up two days of meetings with potential successors to Select Sports Group, the agency Smith hired after completing his..." May 09

New York Post "Free agent Joshua Cribbs, formerly of the Browns, visited the Jets yesterday, according to two sources. Cribbs is a speedy receiving threat, plus an explosive kickoff returner and capable of running the Wildcat. Cribbs has had a tough time finding a job this offseason because of questions about..." May 09

New York Post "It is going to work, Woody Johnson insists. When? Who knows? That’s the message the Jets owner offered his paying customers yesterday during an offseason in which his team underwent tremendous change and has the look of a rebuilding franchise. “Everybody is on the same page,’’ Johnson told..." May 08

Foxsports.com "For the Jacksonville Jaguars, Tim Tebow is old news. Even with a segment of Jaguars fans pushing for the franchise to sign Tebow now that the Jacksonville-area native and former University of Florida star is a free agent. Even with the Jaguars having an unsettled situation at quarterback with..." May 08

Fox 12 Oregon "A former standout player on the University of Oregon football team was arrested again after getting stopped on his way to court for speeding and then showing up more than 90 minutes late. Cliff Harris was scheduled to appear in a Washington County courtroom at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. Hillsboro..." May 08

USA Today "Geno Smith has yet to take a snap for the New York Jets, yet the former West Virginia quarterback has already taken plenty of shots. Thin-skinned diva? Immature? Spoiled and aloof? Those descriptions, and more, were aimed at Smith for firing his agents, Erik Burkhardt and Jeff Nalley, last..." May 07

New York Daily News "Jaguars owner Shad Khan may be intrigued by all the fuss over Tim Tebow’s next move, but don’t expect the lightning-rod quarterback to play for his hometown team any time soon. Despite a shirt-lived petition to President Obama earlier this week to ask the Jaguars to reconsider signing Tebow, it’s..." May 07

New York Post "Lost in the bright lights of the five-man quarterback competition and the mundane matter of who’s going to throw the football for the Jets in 2013 is a less-ballyhooed four-way battle for who’s going to run the ball. Shonn Greene, the Jets’ lead running back for the last two seasons but never a..." May 06

New York Post "Lost in the bright lights of the five-man quarterback competition and the mundane matter of who’s going to throw the football for the Jets in 2013 is a less-ballyhooed four-way battle for who’s going to run the ball. Shonn Greene, the Jets’ lead running back for the last two seasons but never a..." May 06

New York Post "Two members of the Jets were arrested and charged with marijuana possession on Monday in Morristown, N.J. and then released by the team a day later. Defensive back Cliff Harris and linebacker Claude Davis were signed to "futures" contracts in January. But on Monday, police spotted them in a..." May 05

New York Post "Jets wide receiver Stephen Hill says he already feels more comfortable in his second year in the NFL. "It's a lot different," he said Thursday. " Last year, you really didn't know anything. You're just coming in blind. Just learning a lot from how the year went last year. It really gives you a..." May 05

New York Post "Jets second-year player Quinton Coples confirmed he is moving to outside linebacker Thursday. Coples, the team’s first-round pick in 2012, played defensive tackle and defensive end as a rookie. He led the team with 5 1/2 sacks. Now, they’re standing him up on the outside and hoping he can..." May 04

NFL.com "Had Geno Smith been snatched up by, say, the San Diego Chargers to sit and learn behind Philip Rivers, you probably wouldn't be reading this. Instead, Smith was drafted by the New York Jets, and the former West Virginia quarterback -- thrown into Gotham's media grinder -- now finds himself..." May 04

ESPN.com "Stephen Hill stayed in the metropolitan area during the offseason to make sure he and the team doctor weren't such familiar acquaintances this upcoming season. "I wanted to be focused so I could make sure I stayed out of the training room next year," Hill said. After a disappointing..." May 03

New York Post "“I’m the luckiest guy in the world.” Those words came from Mark Sanchez yesterday during a 20-minute interview session — his first public words since the Jets selected West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith in the second round of the NFL Draft last week. Asked if he expects to be the..." May 03

New York Post "Mark Sanchez looks like his offseason training consisted of jazzercise classes. Sanchez spoke to reporters yesterday with his hair slicked back and sporting a thin, green headband set high back on his scalp. “It’s my inner soccer player deal,” Sanchez said when asked about it. The..." May 03

New York Post "In Mark Sanchez’s mind, he expects to be the starting quarterback on Sept. 8 at MetLife Stadium when the Jets open the season against the Buccaneers. “No doubt,” Sanchez said when asked if he expects to win the job. “Sure, of course.” But no one else around the Jets sounds as confident as..." May 03

ESPN.com "One week removed from his infamous draft-day slide, New York Jets quarterback Geno Smith has remained in the spotlight for all of the wrong reasons. Smith's behavior before, during and after the draft has raised questions about his maturity, according to NFL talent evaluators. It also may have..." May 03

North Jersey "As a crush of reporters, photographers and TV cameras swarmed Mark Sanchez in the middle of the locker room, David Garrard spoke to a small group of reporters in a corner of the room. The setting was a bit different, but Garrard’s resolve was as obvious as that of Sanchez, one of his..." May 03

Denver Post "Since 1970, only one quarterback started and won a playoff game, and then never started again while still active after that season, according to Elias Sports Bureau. That would be Bob Lee, who was 32 when he started in the Minnesota Vikings’ 14-7 win against the Los Angeles Rams in 1977. Lee..." May 02