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Why NFL Hall of Famers and MVPs come to the Jets after 30

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Three decades before Tyron Smith, it was Ronnie Lott. Different era, same premise: A shotgun marriage between an aging football legend and a success-starved franchise, one looking to recapture past glory, the other trying to find it for the first time in an eternity. On March 8, 1993, Lott was introduced […]

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New York Jets DE Carl Lawson expects to be ready for training camp after tearing Achilles last year

“I think I’ll be good to go, but it’s up to the organization and how they want to play it, what they want me doing and stuff like that,” Lawson said Wednesday on a Zoom call with reporters, his first interview since December. “I’ll be ready to go when my number is called. Even when […]

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NFL draft: Which teams have gotten the best value since 2012? We rank all 32

No team has gotten more value out of the NFL draft over the past decade than the Seattle Seahawks — thanks to an elite 2012 class — and no team has drafted less value than the New York Jets, according to our study of the last 10 drafts. Funny thing about the Seahawks and Jets: […]

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New York Jets acquire pass-rusher Shaq Lawson from Houston Texans, sources say

The New York Jets are replacing one Lawson with another. After losing defensive end Carl Lawson to a season-ending ruptured Achilles, the Jets acquired Shaq Lawson (no relation) in a trade Sunday with the Houston Texans, sources said. The Jets are sending a 2022 sixth-round pick to the Texans, according to a source. They received […]

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New York Jets LT Mekhi Becton leaves practice after being evaluated for possible concussion

The latest was left tackle Mekhi Becton, who was evaluated for a possible concussion during a joint practice Tuesday with the Philadelphia Eagles. There was no update from the team on Becton’s status. Becton, listed at 6-foot-7, 363 pounds, suffered a head-to-head collision on the fourth play of the first 11-on-11 period. He appeared woozy, […]

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The NFL’s most vulnerable spots: 16 teams that have depth issues behind their stars, including the Cowboys, Titans, Bucs

The ultimate examples of how the “next man up” can make or break an NFL team are two recent Super Bowls. Last season, we saw the Chiefs lose various starting offensive linemen throughout the season, but when Eric Fisher tore his Achilles in the AFC Championship Game, the dam broke. Andy Reid & Co. couldn’t […]

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RB Tevin Coleman first San Francisco 49ers free agent to join coach Robert Saleh’s New York Jets, source says

Coleman will be reunited with Jets coach Robert Saleh and several assistants, all of whom left San Francisco after the season. After a few failed attempts over the past week, Saleh finally landed a 49ers free agent. Coleman joins a relatively unproven backfield that includes Ty Johnson, La’Mical Perine and Josh Adams, none of whom […]

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Mahomes, Favre and other NFL stars reveal the larger-than-life tales behind Andy Reid

Editor’s note: Andy Reid made his second Super Bowl after the Chiefs’ 35-24 win against the Titans on Sunday. The story originally ran on Oct. 1, ahead of Reid’s 200th win as a head coach. ANDY REID WAS 9 when he orchestrated his first successful downfield bomb. The story goes like this: Standing atop Holly […]

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Predicting roster turnover for all 12 NFL playoff teams: Which players could move

Roster turnover is a fact of life in the NFL. In a league in which many players don’t have guaranteed money due in the upcoming season and somewhere between five and eight organizations typically swap out their football personnel each offseason, just about every player is on a short leash. Even the league’s banner franchises […]

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