This afternoon's practice, the final workout of the Jets' full-squad minicamp, featured the catch of the camp plus an uprising from the first defense.

The catch was turned in by Laveranues Coles on a 7-on-7 pass from Chad Pennington. Coles and CB Justin Miller had some substantial but incidental contact (no flag was thrown), with Miller going down and Coles stumbling coming out of the contact — a… More

Yes, Vernon Gholston was at his first full-squad practice of any kind this morning, as we reported earlier. But while No. 56 was taking it slower in than he will at training camp, the Jets' other first-rounder with No. 81 was doing a little flying.

TE Dustin Keller, in fact, caught two passes on last year's No. 1 draft pick, the already accomplished starting CB Darrelle Revis.

Keller's first cat… More

I'll expand on this Radar entry in a short while, but I figured Green & White fans would like to know that Vernon Gholston is in the house.

Gholston, the Jets' sixth overall pick of the draft, has finally been freed by NFL-NCAA rules to report to the team, and at the moment is wearing uniform No. 56 and is participating in the Jets' morning minicamp practice.

VG is running with the second defens… More

The first third of head coach Eric Mangini's news conference between minicamp practices today was predictably filled by questions about TE Chris Baker, who ended the morning practice with comments to a throng of reporters about his unhappiness over his current contract situation.

Mangini answered the questions similarly, by looking at the Jets' progress as a team.

"You know, I'm an inherently po… More

You can call it "the Little Heat," perhaps. You know, the Little Heat before the Big Heat of training camp.

The Jets' Little Heat of off-season minicamps and OTAs (all together now: Organized Team Activities) comes to a close with their full-squad minicamp running from Thursday morning through Saturday.

All the players are expected to be on hand — tight end Chris Baker on Thursday because this c… More