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Archive: February 2009

Sat, February 28, 2009 - 2:12pm ET

It All Works Out and Brandon's Back Home

File Under: Mike Tannenbaum, Nick Mangold, Brandon Moore, D'Brickashaw Ferguson, Rex Ryan, Alan Faneca, Damien Woody

A miked-up Jerry Glanville once famously stated that NFL stands for Not For Long. And that phrase also describes Brandon Moore's experience with free agency.

But Moore took this whole episode of being released, entering "the market" however briefly, and then returning to the Jets in a span of three days just like your typical unflappable offensive lineman.

"I honestly didn't know if I'd be back,… More

Fri, February 27, 2009 - 10:05pm ET

FA 'Business as Usual' with a Stop at the Mall

File Under: Mike Tannenbaum, David Harris, Ray Lewis, Baltimore Ravens, Rex Ryan, Bart Scott, Harold Lewis

Tense moments during the daylong negotiations between the Jets and Bart Scott's agent? Not that Mike Tannenbaum or Rex Ryan noticed.

Media reports in the mid-afternoon suggested that agent Harold Lewis was suddenly talking with the Ravens to try to get a bidding war started. But the Jets' GM said that's not what he saw from his end of the news story that brought the Ravens' dynamic ILB to the Jet… More

Fri, February 27, 2009 - 10:44am ET

EA: Gentlemen, Start Your Checkbooks

File Under: Chris Baker, Ray Lewis, Rex Ryan, Fred Taylor, Tony Richardson, Adam Schefter, Jim Leonhard, Bart Scott, Daniel Snyder

The shopping season is under way.

Redskins owner Dan Snyder made the first splash in the NFL’s free agency/trading period with a huge contract for the enormous Albert Haynesworth. Can’t say anybody is surprised that Snyder once again opened up his wallet to the reported tune of seven years and $100 million with $41 million guaranteed for the interior lineman.

Haynesworth, one of the game’s f… More

Thu, February 26, 2009 - 2:10pm ET

Mort's Report: Jets Will Be Players in FA

File Under: ESPN, Ray Lewis, Rex Ryan, Bruce Speight, Chris Mortensen, Bart Scott

As I sat this morning looking out at the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center fields and searching for inspiration, my partner Eric Allen, sitting behind me and looking the other way, provided it by asking a question:

"Isn't that Chris Mortensen walking down the hall with Bruce Speight?"

Indeed it was the NFL über-analyst for ESPN surveying the facilities with the Jets' senior director of media … More

Tue, February 24, 2009 - 4:54pm ET

Here Comes That Free Agency Feeling Again

File Under: Ray Lewis, Baltimore Ravens, Rex Ryan, Alan Faneca, Tony Richardson, Kris Jenkins, Damien Woody, Mike Pettine, Bart Scott

Last year at this time, I was penning a piece we titled “Frantic Friday Looming for Jets, NFL.” After the Jets lost 12 of their 16 games in 2007, there was every indication they would be a major player in the league’s trade/free agency market.

And the Jets did make a leap on Feb. 29, 2008, acquiring NT Kris Jenkins from the Carolina Panthers in a trade and shipping ILB Jonathan Vilma to the… More