It's the first day of October, which means September is over. And a fine ninth month it was for Jets rookie QB Mark Sanchez.

And "The Sanchize" capped September (or did he start October) with one more honor when the NFL announced that he has been named the league's Offensive Rookie of the Month.

Here are the bullet points that the NFL has supplied on Sanchez's fine first month of his pro career:

One of the themes that I've written about as I've reconfigured the Jets' 2009 schedule story on newyorkjets.com for a few other platforms is how many former Green & White draft picks will be playing the team that selected them for the first time this season.

There's John Abraham down in Atlanta — the Falcons will be coming to the Meadowlands on Dec. 20. Two weeks later, Laveranues Coles and the B… More

After the NFL officially released its 2009 schedule today, I thought it would be a good idea to give Jerricho Cotchery a call. J-Co, who is one of the longest tenure Jets, always seems to find proper perspective.

“At this point in time, you can’t make the schedule too much of a big deal,” the Jets’ top wideout told me. “Your team hasn’t even started doing on-field work and doesn’t even have its r… More

Just a quick hitter in the morning for you. The NFL on Wednesday released all teams' round-by-round selections in the April 25-26 draft. The Jets have six selections, with one choice in each round except for Round 5 and three picks in the first 76.

Keep in mind that the exact overall number of the selections from Round 4 on have not been determined yet due to compensatory selections. Compensatori… More

This is how Mike Tannenbaum opened up his conference call with Jets beat reporters shortly after 8 p.m.:

"I just want to announce that we've signed Stacy Tutt to an exclusive-rights contract, and that's about it," the Jets general manager said. "So if there are no questions, we'll just call it a day."

Mike T was just kidding, of course — not about Tutt, the fullback who really did sign a new de… More