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

Two days of concentrated bye-week practices have kicked off today and the locale is noteworthy. The Jets are in their bubble.

It was raining this morning, but the precip had stopped and the sun was in the process of returning by the time the Jets went out to practice. But head coach Eric Mangini didn't waver — he took his squad indoors. By a highly unofficial tally, this is only the second time t… More

Two weeks ago Rashad Washington told me special teams is nice but "I kind of want to get the shadow off from over my head, to show people I'm able to play safety, too."

Washington continued to do that in Monday's morning training camp practice with several standout plays. He started off by lying in wait in the hole for RB Tony Hollings to shut down a run.

Then No. 42 laid out on a medium range r… More

The Jets endured extended bookend practices today, with the long morning workout being followed by an equally lengthy night session. The team didn't leave the upper grass field next to Weeb Ewbank Hall until quarter after 10.

The occasion was a closed-to-the-public game-conditions practice. The Jets were divided into Green and White teams that went after each other in a series of fourth-quarter … More

This morning's training camp practice was a Washington monument of sorts.

Leon Washington returned to uniform and to action after missing the previous two practices due to personal reasons. And the second-year scatback didn't look like he missed a step, especially on a dumpoff from Chad Pennington that No. 29 took darting and speeding deep into the secondary. The crowd of about 1,400 applauded.