Lito Sheppard is ready to restart the Jets phase of his NFL career on Sunday. It’s even possible the cornerback who hails from Jacksonville will be selected by head coach Rex Ryan as one of the Jets’ game captains for the opening coin toss against the Jaguars.

“I’m feeling good. I’m anxious and can’t wait to get back out there and hopefully add a great asset to this secondary,” said Sheppard,… More

Among all the things the Jets-Jaguars game is on Sunday, it is also a reunion of two head coaches who used to patrol the same sideline for one particular Super Bowl team a decade ago.

"Jack Del Rio and myself, we were together in Baltimore a lot of years," Jets head coach Rex Ryan said of his Jacksonville counterpart at today's news conference. "I really respect Jack. We're very similar. I think … More

Rex Ryan had been optimistic all week about Jerricho Cotchery's availability for Sunday's game at the Raiders. But Cotchery still hadn't practiced at all in team drills this week.

So today, on an accelerated schedule before the Jets board buses this afternoon to get to Newark Liberty Airport and fly out to Oakland, Ryan said at his news conference that Cotchery, along with fellow WR Brad Smith an… More

What was the good word today? "Energy." It returned to the Jets' equation at today's midday practice, and one day after head coach Rex Ryan said something was missing at Wednesday's workout, he proclaimed today's session "excellent."

"The communication was much better than yesterday. We were flying around," Ryan said. "We had our two-minute today and it was a great competition. We made it an end-… More

It was one of those happy coincidences. Rex Ryan was a few minutes into his news conference today and was answering a question about any concerns he might have about quarterback Mark Sanchez's emotions.

"That's the beauty of him," the Jets head coach replied. "I want him to be himself, and he's Cool Hand Luke, he normally is. Now that thing right there, you throw five interceptions in a game, I t… More