05/13 — ● Darrelle Revis worked left corner during the media availability at the morning practice, but he said he played both sides under Dave Wannstedt at Pitt, has played both in this minicamp, and will wind up wherever he's told. "Coach Mangini's smart enough," Revis said. "I'll play wherever he wants me to play to help the team."

● This is a non-contact camp, but accidents do happen, such as when DB tryout Justin Rainey of Middle Tennessee State dropped tryout RB Pierre Rembert from Illinois State on 1-on-1 return/tackling drills overseen by coach Mike Westhoff.

● Revis and Chansi Stuckey actually fielded live punting from tryout punter Jeremy Kapinos of Penn State. No returns, just fielding. Revis brought in a few over his head like a center fielder reeling in a lazy fly ball. Stuckey put two punts on the ground.

● From a distance, Ole Miss OL Andrew Wicker, with long blond hair and beard, looks a lot like Nick Mangold.

● Free agent S Leonard Peters' position coach at Hawaii was Rich Miano. Sound familiar? Miano, a safety out of Hawaii, was a Jets sixth-round pick in 1985.

● There's extra spring in Jerome Henderson's already springy step. He is an NFL assistant coach in his first practices, working with new secondary coach Mike MacIntyre and the Jets' rookie DBs. Henderson, the Jets' assistant secondary coach, remains the director of player development.

● Three first-year players who were around last season, tackle Ed Blanton, TE Joe Kowalewski and DE Darrell Adams, were asked to come in and work with the rookies.

Rush to judgment

Another writer for a national media outlet has offered a misinformed critique of the Jets. This time Bucky Brooks, the former NFL wideout who became a pro scout, makes this statement about the Green & White in his most recent Scout's View piece on si.com:

"By not addressing OLB or DE in the draft or free agency, the team is gambling that [Bryan] Thomas can duplicate that production [of 8.5 sacks last season]. The odds are against him, considering he only had 6.5 sacks in his four seasons prior to 2006."

Brooks may have an issue with moves the Jets have made, but to state they didn't address either position in free agency is flat-out wrong. Let's put Andre Wadsworth and Michael Haynes aside, since they've been out of football. What about Kenyon Coleman at DE and David Bowens at OLB?

And why would a scout automatically assume the odds are against a player producing 8.5 sacks again? Brooks may not like BT as a player, but it's also reasonable to conclude that Thomas is coming off his best season as a pro not because he got lucky but because he matured, got better and took to the 3-4.

Brooks also states that "the Jets defense needs to improve its ability to get after the quarterback." Again, maybe so, but anyone who watched the Jets knew their defense picked up the pace in the second half of last season. In fact, their 22 sacks over the last eight games was sixth in the NFL among teams in Games 9-16.