07/27 — The Jets got a little bit of relief for their second practice of their first day of training camp. The weather cooled off, with a South Shore breeze picking up and some storm clouds moving in. And head coach Eric Mangini had his players in shells rather than full pads.

Mangini sported a different look. Instead of his usual black practice shirt, which he had on in the morning, he wore a white top.

The hit of the first day was DE Bobby Hamilton's forceful pop of RB Alvin Banks on an edge run. Banks was running low to begin with and Hamilton's forearm laid him lower, just for a second, and brought a gasp from the smaller evening crowd. (Total attendance for both practices: a very nice 3,000.)

Safety Raymond Ventrone also put a nice lick on TE Jason Pociask to break up an out-route from Marques Tuiasosopo.

And add safety Eric Smith to the big-play list. Chad Pennington tried to get a deep ball to Laveranues Coles past three defenders. But the pass was underthrown and Smith made the leap, backward fall and interception, a la his first career pick at Cleveland as a rookie.

Several prominent defensive players ran penalty laps: Erik Coleman after a clear pass interference, fellow safety Kerry Rhodes and LB Victor Hobson.

Coleman did recover a fumble by RB Danny Ware on one series, and on the next series Ware had clear sailing ahead on a 5-yard slant from "Tui" — but Ware dropped the pass.

Wallace Wright, listed as a WR although his specialty is certainly special teams, dropped a hard but catchable short slant from Kellen Clemens.

Tim Dwight, on the PUP list for the start of camp, is tutoring the punt returners. That didn't help Justin Miller, who let a Ben Graham fly ball go through his breadbasket. Miller also took a lap.

Among the notables at the late workout: Dan Radakovich, the Jets' O-line coach from 1985-88, guard Ted Banker, who played under "Bad Rad," and Jets owner Woody Johnson, who wasn't visible at the morning practice.