With the Jets short on wide receivers, Danny Woodhead was elevated from the practice squad and joined the active roster last week. Although he didn’t play at WR week against Buffalo, he did appear on special teams and he is expected to play on special teams again this week at Oakland.

“Anytime you get a chance to play it’s exciting and you just have to seize the opportunity,” the new No. 83 tol… More

Punter Steve Weatherford needed only 6 yards to get the first-down on a first-quarter fake punt that led to the Jets' first touchdown at Miami, but why stop there?

“I thought he was just going to go out of bounds after he got the first but he just kept going,” said Brad Smith, who also converted his own fake-punt run in the second quarter. “He can move. He was a track guy in college and stuff so … More

“You cannot replace a Gary Bertier.” Denzel Washington made this quote famous in the 2000 film “Remember the Titans,” and New York Jets special teams coordinator Mike Westhoff couldn’t get the phrase out of his head two days after the trade that sent LB Jason Trusnik and WR Chansi Stuckey along with two draft picks to the Cleveland Browns for WR Braylon Edwards.

"I keep remembering that… More

Larry Izzo has made his mark in the NFL on special teams with two AFC East teams that don't wear green and white — the Dolphins and Patriots. But with the recovery of the Titans' muffed punt last Sunday, he hopes he has proved that he is focused on making plays for his new team.

“I’m sure there are a lot of Jets fans out there that are not quite Izzo fans but hopefully at some point they will b… More

“Reading the ball off of the foot is just like reading the ball off of the bat.”

That’s how Jim Leonhard views punt returning.

“I give a lot of credit to growing up playing baseball,” Leonhard said from the Jets locker room on Friday. “You develop that hand/eye coordination and you get comfortable catching the ball on the run during baseball. That’s helped my returning skills.”