Jan

12

A special anniversary and some predictions

Posted by Michael Sciannamea

January 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Today is January 12, and it was 39(!) years ago today that our beloved New York Jets pulled off the greatest upset in professional football history and defeated the Baltimore Colts 16-7 in Super Bowl III. Seems like yesterday, doesn’t it?
I’m not going to rehash the entire game here–any of us old enough to remember [...]

Jan

11

Pete Carroll coming back to the NFL?

Posted by Michael Sciannamea

January 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Pete Carroll, ex-coach of the Jets and Patriots and current head man of the USC Trojans, has had some conversations with Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank about coming to the team as head coach and director of football operations. Carroll has previously said that he thought the Atlanta franchise was having “a lot of problems [...]

Jan

10

Jets interview Bill Callahan

Posted by Michael Sciannamea

January 10, 2008 | 1 Comment

Former Oakland Raiders and Nebraska Cornhuskers head coach Bill Callahan has reportedly interviewed for a position on the Jets coaching staff, presumably the offensive line coach.
According to this story, he also has been contacted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. If he can come on-board and help improve the offensive line, then all the power to [...]

Jan

7

GM says Chad will be back

Posted by Michael Sciannamea

January 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Well this is certainly an interesting development. Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum said today that he expects Chad Pennington will be back on the team next year and will go up against Kellen Clemens in training camp to compete for the starting quarterback position.
This is strange, to say the least. Why would the Jets organization commit [...]

Jan

7

Brian Schottenheimer to interview for Ravens head coaching job

Posted by Michael Sciannamea

January 7, 2008 | 2 Comments

It appears that Jets offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer will be intervieiwing for the head coaching job with the Baltimore Ravens, who are looking to replace the fired Brian Billick, sometime this week. Last year, Schottenheimer turned down a chance to interview for the Dolphins job, so it looks like he’s going to try and see [...]

Jan

3

What is the Jets’ draft strategy?

Posted by Michael Sciannamea

January 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment

We all realize that the offseason is only a few days old and there is a lot of time between now and the NFL Draft in the spring, but the speculation has already begun as to who the Jets may select with the sixth pick in the first round.
First, the organization will have to decide [...]

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