One storyline tonight will be the Jets backups trying to win jobs tonight in the final stop before the regular season.

Another is the same Jets backups trying to track down Eagles backup QB Michael Vick for the better part of this game at the Meadowlands.

There was a touching exchange a few minutes ago, around 6:15 p.m., after Vick had come out with the Philly signalcallers. He exchanged a warm … More

The Jets' latest punting derby is still running. Perhaps it will be decided Thursday night when the Jets play the Eagles. While the Green & White starters will play only a series, head coach Rex Ryan and special teams coordinator Mike Westhoff will be patiently waiting all game for a "starting" punter to jump out at them.

"We'll let them both punt," Ryan said this week, "and see what happens."

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In the Routine Excellence Department, Leon Washington had another strong showing in the preseason victory over the Giants. Before it gets lost in the buildup to the Thursday night Meadowlands visit by the Philadelphia Eagles and a certain backup quarterback, we wanted to give Leon kudos for his 174 all-purpose yards on Saturday night.

Since 1990, just five Jets have registered 170 or more APY in… More

In just a few days, the Jets will be up at SUNY Cortland for the beginning of their 2009 training camp. And we’ll preview camp and our coverage early next week here on newyorkjets.com, but I just wanted to quickly touch on three league topics before our final weekend without football until February!

Draft Adds a Day, Goes Prime Time



In an anticipated move, the NFL will hold next year’s fi… More

The Jets are less than an hour away from kicking off their 2007 preseason schedule against the Atlanta Falcons, and there's a little touch of October in the August air. After a day-long rain, the precip has stopped but the clouds are low and it's actually on the chilly side for the second preseason opener of the Eric Mangini regime.

This is my first time attending a Jets game in the Meadowlands p… More