Archives for December 2008

‘”I’m going to come back before the year is out and we’re going to try to do some more work and then I’m going to come back again the first of February and work it hard and if it’s bothering me then, then I have to make a decision.”‘

‘For one, middle man Paul Posluszny has already proven that he’s fine at patrolling, but it would be nice to see him leave his jurisdiction and occasionally take on a roguish quarterback. He had nine sacks as a Penn State Nittany Lion, which is unfortunately nine more than he’s obtained as a pro.’

‘”We’re not making plays,” he said Thursday. “Early in the year we made mistakes, but we overcame those mistakes by making plays. We’ve had opportunities in front us and we haven’t made them, and therefore we sputter. It’s hard to get a rhythm or get consistency when that happens. We have to figure our way out of this funk, and you do that by making plays.”‘

‘”He is the guy that creates the explosive plays for them,” Bills defensive coordinator Perry Fewell said of Washington. “He had an explosive play against us in the first ballgame on a screen for 40 yards. You definitely don’t go to sleep on him. You must put all eyes on him at all times."’

‘Bills coach Dick Jauron on Lynch’s workload: “We plan for him to have somewhere in the vicinity of 22 to 28 touches a game. When you get up above 30 with him occasionally, we think that’s OK, but we’d like to keep it in there.”‘

‘”One of my majors was media arts. I studied the film part of it, and before the NFL took over [my life], I used to do a lot of editing projects. I have a lot of friends who went to USC who are in the film industry. Right now we’re trying to get started on a graphic novel. It’s a glorified way of saying a comic book, but they’re 300 to 400 pages. Right now there’s a huge market for graphic novels, ever since ‘Sin City’ did real well. Then there was ‘300,’ ‘The Spirit,’ ‘Watchmen’ and even the new Batman movie was based on one of the Batman graphic novels.”‘

‘Terrence McGee? Kawika Mitchell? Donte Whitner? Are you kidding?’

‘If Hamdan is so lousy that the coaching staff is reluctant to give him a look, why is he on the roster?’

‘New York Jets 27, Buffalo 9.’

Third-down flops killing Jets’ attack (New York Post)

Keller’s big drop draws ire of Mangini (New York Post)

Jet D will pass test (New York Post)

Inside Jets’ new world (New York Daily News)

Coles more worried about Jets wins than attention (New York Newsday)

Mangini tells Keller rookie period is over (New York Newsday)

The pressure is squarely on Jets coach Mangini (White Plains Journal News)

Opponents may have figured New York Jets’ offense out (Newark Star Ledger)

New York Jets: The day at practice (Newark Star Ledger)

Nothing like the great indoors (Bergen Record)

Mangini on Keller (Bergen Record)

Can Giants, Jets get out of the ditch? (Middletown Times Herald Record)

Jets WR Smith has concussion after hard hit (AP)

Jets focusing on better communication in secondary (AP)

Coles: Not Frustrated, Wants to Do His Part (NewYorkJets.com)

Coach’s Thursday News Conference (NewYorkJets.com)

Thursday Player Interviews (NewYorkJets.com)

‘Lynch, upset with his portrayal in the media following his involvement in a hit-and-run accident in the offseason, spoke only once this season before Wednesday afternoon. In the days leading up to the Bills’ game against the Oakland Raiders – Lynch’s hometown team - the running back took football-related questions only, even cutting the interview session short once a question about the incident was posed.’

‘Within the span of a month, Buffalo has degenerated from a playoff contender to a struggling group in search of an identity to an unwatchable mess.’

‘Bills 24, Jets 20.’

‘Schobel has not appeared in a game since Week 5 against the NFC West champion Arizona Cardinals. The TCU product has registered 19 tackles and one sack in five contests this season for Buffalo.’

‘He becomes the ninth Bills’ player placed on IR, a growing list that includes several other defensive regulars, including cornerback Ashton Youboty and linebackers Angelo Crowell and John DiGiorgio.’