Tuesday's two-minute drills lived on today at Eric Mangini's late-morning news conference. You may recall from the practice blog that there was some controversy about whether Ray Ventrone knocked Kellen Clemens' Hail Mary pass to the turf cleanly or actually made an interception and then fumbled it back to the offense for a "fantastic finish" touchdown by the offense.

"It was close," the Jets hea… More

THIRD QUARTER

The Jets' downfield pass defense has been good tonight. Drew Henson, the third Minnesota QB, aired one out for WR Chandler Williams five minutes into the second half but David Barrett was all over it and swatted it away.

But the Jets' third-down defense hasn't been getting it done. Henson's completion to Martin Nance converted third-and-4 and gave the visitors 6-of-10 conversions.… More

I didn't do my due diligence as a sports meteorologist because the early evening weather was not nearly as bad as the morning's heat, more low 80s under a thick cloud cover than low 90s under a still sizzling setting sun.

And the practice wasn't as sizzling as the morning session, more learning and review, it seemed for the most part.

Andre Dyson came up with a gem in early teams work, jumping o… More

Day one of minicamp means the first day of double sessions and the first hill in the long marathon that is the NFL off-season. This afternoon, a significant amount of Jet players were caught off guard by head coach Eric Mangini’s prompt 3:20 p.m. start to the afternoon practice, including Chad Pennington. The puzzled quarterback, jogging on the field with a notebook in hand, turned to a group of t… More