Grass Field, Big Hitting Ahead This Morning

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Grass Field, Big Hitting Ahead This Morning

Published: Tue, August 4, 2009 - 8:40am ET
Randy Lange

By Randy Lange

Lange is editor-in-chief of newyorkjets.com. He covered the Jets for 13 years for The Record of Hackensack, N.J.


File Under: training camp, Chris Baker, Kerry Rhodes, Rex Ryan, SUNY Cortland, Kevin Brock

08/04 — I saw a few strange things on the way to my Cortland Stadium pressbox perch. On the walk over, in the short distance, I saw goalposts moving. From up above, I saw newly lined sod, ready for large men in cleated shoes to jump up and down on.

Dream sequence? No, the Jets’ move to the Cortland grass field is on.

The goalposts were being moved into place. Today’s practice will be held on the field behind the pressbox and the stadium turf field on which the Jets had held their first eight practices over the first four days of training camp.

The feature of this morning’s show will be the first short-yardage/goal-line drills of camp. To borrow a phrase head coach Rex Ryan used from his past to describe Monday’s feisty practice, more “Rock-‘Em-Sock-‘Em Robots.”

S Kerry Rhodes has already tweeted in on the subject this morning, saying:

tyson vs. holyfield = Jets practice yesterday today its gonna be Ali vs. Frazier lets see who wins the short yardage day. O or the D???

For those keeping score on the field and at home, the new number on the field is No. 86, TE Kevin Brock, acquired on waivers from Carolina late Monday. Tribute to Chris Baker? No, that was the number that Brock, the Rutgers product, wore while with the Panthers.

We’ll be back around noon with the morning practice wrapup. Keep track of the practice’s highlights by following us on our Twitter account, http://twitter.com/nyjets. Today Kyle Richardson (whose tweets will be preceded by his initials, KR:) will start out providing the blow by blow.

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uncle joe Said:

Tue, August 4, 2009 - 10:35am ET

"Ira,Ellis threw a punch,that's how men fight,but A Kick! and if he kicked a Teammate that was on the floor,that's disgusting! Anyway,love the competition between O & D,it seems like they are all siked up to practice,can only imagine how nutz they'll be to play another team!Also love Brick talking Pro Bowl,Rex got these guys going crazy,might even get HitMan talking soon!"

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uncle joe's WHY COME Said:

Tue, August 4, 2009 - 10:50am ET

"Hey Randy,Why Come Marcus Henry is never mentioned in the WR battle?He seems like the same type of WR Sanchez had in Turner at USC,the guy that Miami took.I thought those two would work well together,anything on Henry in camp so far?"

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Tue, August 4, 2009 - 12:10pm ET

Randy Lange Said:

"uncle joe, Marcus Henry made a real nice leaping sideline catch during two-minute work a few days ago. He's in the mix, too, but at the moment there are four WRs with pro experience ahead of him on the DC."

uncle joe's WHY COME Said:

Tue, August 4, 2009 - 10:53am ET

"And Randy,Why Come Peter King insisted on speaking about the Eagles during your Jet Interview with him,if you guys didn't stop him he would still be talking about them! Did he get the Greens confused,Why Come Randy,WHY COME?"

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