The NFL has just announced that it has awarded 32 compensatory picks in the 2008 draft. It's not necessarily a surprise that the Jets did not get any of those picks.

Under terms of the NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement, a team losing more or better compensatory free agents than it acquires in a year is eligible to receive compensatory draft picks. Compensatory free agents are determined by a fo… More

Mike Nugent opens the second half up with his fourth touchback of the season — more in five games than he had in his first 33 games as a pro. But the Giants, smarting after a first half in which they managed five first downs and Eli Manning had a 0.0 passer rating, come out determined to pound the Jets.

And they do, moving 80 yards on six plays, five of them runs by either Brandon Jacobs or Der… More

That first Big Blue first down didn't take long to get in the second frame as Eli Manning scrambled and kept for 13 yards to move the sticks. Then the Giants tested the Jets' run defense, seemingly improved after their showing vs. Marshawn Lynch and the Bills, and the Jets gave way. Three carries by big Brandon Jacobs were sandwiched around a play-action pass to TE Jeremy Shockey for 20 yards, wit… More

Jonathan Vilma wasn't about to do cartwheels through the Jets' locker room today, but he was encouraged to hear that the Jets are an NFL top-10 team in one rushing defense category: yards per carry allowed.

"Yeah, we felt that against Buffalo," Vilma said of the run defense starting to tighten things up. "I don't know how many yards we held them to, but I know it was under 100. That's always the … More