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 […]
Continue reading“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 […]
Continue readingNo 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: […]
Continue readingThe 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 […]
Continue readingThe 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, […]
Continue readingThe 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 […]
Continue reading“With Quinnen, it was an injury that he sustained last week just doing drills here at the facility,” Jets general manager Joe Douglas said on ESPN’s Bart & Hahn. “We’re still in the process of just making sure the imaging’s right and setting everything up, but we feel good about him being back and ready […]
Continue readingColeman 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 […]
Continue readingEditor’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 […]
Continue readingRoster 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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