This is the latest in a series of nine Radar entries over the next five weeks detailing trends in the AFC East, downward tendencies each division team wants to correct for the coming season and upward strides that each team wants to continue into 2009:    

One thing the Jets and their fans have gotten really tired of the past two seasons is having opposing defenders picking off their passes a… More

Bubba Franks' 2008 was not the highlight of the venerable tight end's career. Even Bubba said so.

"I got hurt pretty early, so I was kind of like a fan. I had to sit back and watch," Franks told me last week after an OTA practice. "I disliked sitting on the sideline or even standing. It's something I really never had to do. Then all of a sudden you're on the sideline pretty much watching the rest… More

GM Mike Tannenbaum was asked, after the Jets' portion of the draft had concluded on April 26, what had happened to the rumored re-signing of veteran TE Bubba Franks. Had it fallen through?

"Well, he's still a free agent," Mike T said, "so I don't think the book is totally closed on that."

How right he was. There were a few veteran TE rumors and reports before and after that, but this afternoon t… More

One bit of wisdom I used to hear (and relied upon from time to time) back in my previous life as a beatwriter was: "When in doubt, write the quarterback."

The QB remains a hot story subject in the Jets locker room this week, now with the Green & White veterans having returned from a postdraft break to resume their strength and conditioning program and, next week, to begin a month of OTA sessions … More

One of the things I don't miss from my job in my previous life as a Jets beatwriter is grading each team's draft — the day after the draft is over. What a waste of my time and yours.

Really, what do we have when I assign a letter grade to the draft of each of the 16 AFC teams or someone else rates every team's draft? We have a person who didn't spend 100th (1,000th?) the amount of time on the d… More