Rex Ryan had some news and some quiet resolve to pass along at his news conference today.

The news had to do with safety Jim Leonhard, who will have or has had surgery on his injured right thumb today, and on two transactions, the waiving of Ahmad Carroll and the signing of Kenwin Cummings from the practice squad.

The resolve came in the wake of the Jets' 24-22 loss to the Jaguars, their fifth l… More

Talk about jets. Marquice Cole was wearing them when he got last Sunday's game at Oakland off on the right foot with a big play on the opening kickoff.

"Drew Coleman made the tackle," Cole said. "But being able to cause that penalty put them in the hole. When a team has bad field position, which special teams can cause, you see what happens. It was a big play in the game, even though it was the f… More

You can often learn a lot about a player from the nicknames and catchphrases he gives himself or that are given to him.

Ahmad Carroll, the Jets' cornerback and special-teamer, is known as "Batman," for example. The name was given to him for his precocious athleticism back in his youth football days in Atlanta, when, as the story goes, he repeatedly beat the opposing center by swooping over him su… More

Where did the Jets of the five-game winning streak go? They need to make an appearance here in Candlestick park quickly. The defense stops the Niners on their opening drive of the second half, but on the punt, Ahmad Carroll is called for an illegal block in the back, starting the Jets at their 8. And three Favre passes net 9 yards and a Reggie Hodges punt.

Frank Gore, who scored the touchdown in … More

One big piece of housekeeping at the top of head coach Eric Mangini's first news conference in the new Atlantic Health Jets Training Center interview room this morning was the naming of his team's captains for the season. Here are the captains chosen by the Jets:

Offense — Brett Favre, Alan Faneca

Defense — Shaun Ellis, Kerry Rhodes

Special Teams — David Bowens, Leon Washington

"What I … More