E-Boland & Gang Green

Jonathan Vilma recently said on his blog that he's jogging but is unable to run. Yet the linebacker with the surgically-repaired knee seems to be darting around the league pretty effortlessly in his quest to put the Jets in his rear view mirror.

The Detroit Free Press reported that Vilma was in the Detroit area today for a physical, though how extensive a physical can be on a guy who is admittedly a month away from running at full speed is up for debate. This after Vilma was apparently in New Orleans on Monday discussing his possible future with that team.

There is no deal in place as of now, and the Jets and (insert team here) wouldn't be able to make a swap until the trading window opens on Friday. But the visit to Motown brings up the idea of Shaun Rodgers, Detroit's mountain of a DT. The Lions have been trying to unload Rodgers, all 6-4, 345 pounds of him, so the possibility exists that Rodgers could wind up with the Jets in one of those rare player-for-player deals. He's certainly more of a prototypical 3-4 nose tackle than Dewayne Robertson, the undersized player who tried valiantly to gobble up double-teams for two years. Imagine Rodgers keeping blockers off David Harris.

How would hat change the Jets defensive front? Well, the Jets could either trade Dewayne Robertson -- he's being shopped -- or move him to a defensive end position where he seemed to have more success than while playing over the center in the 3-4 scheme. And Shaun Ellis, a defensive end, played more than a few snaps at outside linebacker last season. With Victor Hobson a free agent and unlikely to return, Ellis may find the move permanent.