Mangini Camp II is off and running.

The Jets took the twin fields at Hofstra University's soccer stadium at 8:45 a.m. today under an already hot sun and a high sky to begin their second training camp under head coach Eric Mangini.

The bleachers were half full, with more fans standing along the fences, and when the players broke from their individual drills, they received an ovation. The first lo… More

Veteran left guard Pete Kendall returned to work and even worked with the first offense at times, but at other times he was with the twos. He was kind of a 1½. He started the day with the second team behind Adrien Clarke, then would move in with the first offense for a while before being replaced by Clark.

See Eric Allen's news story for today's comments by head coach Eric Mangini, GM Mike Tann… More

The New York Jets opened their three-day full-squad minicamp Thursday morning with meetings and, at 10:25, the first of five practices.

Several storylines will emerge in these last sessions before the start of training camp in late July: the continuing development of coordinator Brian Schottenheimer's offense under Chad Pennington in Year 2, the developing tailback balance with Thomas Jones and L… More

Since the Jets' beatwriters hadn't seen Eric Mangini since his tour de force performance in "The Sopranos," they positioned several magenta bath towels — standing in for a Hollywood red carpet — from the doorway of the media room to Mangini's podium for today's news conference.

"Pacino and I, we're very similar actors," Mangini said. Asked later about which role was bigger for him, last Sunda… More

The interior offensive line was a topic of conversation at Eric Mangini's second news conference of the week this morning.

Dave Hutchinson of The Star-Ledger asked Mangini about Nick Mangold's status after the starting center sat out Thursday's OTA, mostly on the exercycle. Is Nick coming off a surgery? Hutch asked. Did he tweak a hammy?

"No, there was no surgery," Mangini said, smiling. "You kn… More