By Tom Rock
The good news is that the Jets will be home for their next game. Here’s the bad news.
Today is the last day of work for the Jets. Probably. Mangini said if he didn’t like how practice went this afternoon that he held the right to keep the players here an extra day and work them on Thursday. He called the schedule “fluid,” one of his favorite adjectives. He also said he didn’t expect anything less than a spirited practice and figured he wouldn’t have to drop that heavy hammer on the team. But he left the door open.
A snarky line about the story I had in today’s paper. I quoted an orthopedic surgeon as saying that, depending on the type of surgery Vilma undergoes, it could take him two years to get back to full speed. Some, of course, would say that it’s already been two years since we’ve seen him at full speed.
The Jets signed LB Marques Murrell, brother of former Jets RB Adrian Murrell. He was signed off the Eagles’ practice squad and takes the place of Rashad Washington. That’s quite a coup for Marques … he gets a new job, comes in for the first day, and then right away gets four days off. Nice timing.
Speaking of Washington, Morrell took his locker. Washington’s nameplate, which hung above the space that used to be his locker, was seen among a pile of boxes in the hallway, the refuse of a 1-8 season. It’s a cold business, football.
That’s all for now. Unless there’s some news -- or a bad practice today I guess -- we’ll be back on Monday. Have a good weekend.
Comments (7)
Hate to be a pest here, but its Murrell not Morrell. ;-)
It's my experience that no one, myself included, HATES to be a pest. But thanks for noting it, whoever you are!
Why is there no Giants talk? Rangers should of got 3 points last night vs. the Icelanders!
BTW, in watching official review on the NFL Network this evening, the head of NFL officials admitted the Jets were jobbed again in the 4th quarter and the pass that was ruled a catch and fumble should have been called incomplete. He said the NFL policy on bang bang possessions on passes, and this was one he said, is not to allow cheap fumbles but to call such plays incomplete. However, he also said that the referee, Winter, had to go on the replay review with it as a catch and fumble since the guy got two feet down but it shouldn't have come to that....
That makes two egregious 4th quarter miscalls (Revis' interception in the Cincinnati game) that the head of NFL officials said were bad calls...4th quarter mistakes that probably led to the Jet defeat in both of those games...not that 3-6 is all that better than 1-8. You can see if for yourself if you go to nfl.com and click on videos and then official review.
Nice ranking. Talk about kicking a Jet fan when they're down...
...is it almost time for spring training yet...?
Please get rid of Mangidiot and Tannenbum!