Dan Pompei of the National Football Post writes that there’s “no way” Broncos LT Ryan Clady hits the open market, despite the fact that the two sides were unable to reach an agreement leading up to and during the season. Denver reportedly offered him a five-year deal worth $50 million, with $28 million in guarantees. Contract negotiations are expected to [...]
November 19, 2012
Nate Bouda
Broncos
Jets owner Woody Johnson reiterated that Mark Sanchez is “our franchise quarterback,” despite the increasing criticism from fans and his teammates. “I don’t view him that way,” said Johnson, via the New York Daily News. “That’s what he is.“ The Jets organization as whole is responsible for their current predicament, but offering relentless support for [...]
November 15, 2012
Joe Garcia
Jets
Jets head coach Rex Ryan offered some support to Tim Tebow following reports that some of his teammates believe he’s ”terrible.” “I absolutely wanted Tim here,” said Ryan, via Manish Mehta. “His hard work is paying off. I think he is improving fundamentally.” Ryan added that; ”we never brought him on here to be the starting quarterback.” [...]
November 14, 2012
Nate Bouda
Jets
Mike Vorkunov of the Newark Star-Ledger writes that Jets senior personnel executive Terry Bradway was reportedly very high on Russell Wilson heading up into this year’s draft. In fact, Wilson was nicknamed “Russell Bradway” around the Jets organization. “We knew about him and liked him,” said Jets’ defensive coordinator Mike Pettine. “He’s proving he’s a complete quarterback. I think the league has [...]
November 9, 2012
Nate Bouda
Jets
ESPN’s Adam Schefter joined this afternoon’s SportsCenter to discuss potential trade options. According to Schefter, ”Tim Tebow is not gonna be traded before the trade deadline,” via Rotoworld.com. This coincides with numerous reports that have refuted last night’s report that the Jaguars were “making a play” for Tebow. The Jets have remained adamant that Tebow is not available. On [...]
October 31, 2012
Nate Bouda
Jaguars
Manish Mehta of The New York Daily News reports that the New York Jets have no plans on trading QB Tim Tebow in the coming days. With Tuesday being the deadline for trades around the NFL, various teams have started inquiring about players, but the Jets are not one of them. Mehta’s sources mentioned that [...]
October 28, 2012
Salvador Borboa
Jets
According to Rich Cimini of ESPNNewYork.com, the Jets will not trade backup quarterback Tim Tebow before Tuesday’s trade deadline. “The Jets won’t trade him, of course, because it would be admitting it was a mistake to bring him here — and NFL teams don’t like to admit mistakes of that magnitude,” Cimini wrote. “It’s also [...]
October 25, 2012
Jake Watroba
Jets
UPDATE: Jane McManus of ESPN New York reports that “several sources” have informed her that Tebow did not take any snaps at the running back position, depsite the previous reports that he could be used as running back this week. It is expected that if Tebow were to make any runs it will be in the wildcat formation. ————————————————— [...]
October 20, 2012
Jake Watroba
Jets
Before the New York Jets traded for Tim Tebow, they initially signed QB Drew Stanton to be Mark Sanchez‘s backup this year, but once they found out that Tebow was available, their plans changed. The Jets wound up trading Stanton to the Colts where he know backups up Andrew Luck. Bob Glauber of Newsday asked Stanton about his brief time [...]
October 12, 2012
Nate Bouda
Jets
Bears LB Brian Urlacher admitted that he’s still not at 100 percent recovered from his knee injury. (Chicago Sun-Times) OC Mike Tice mentioned that he’s considering adding more no-huddle to the Bears offense. (Chicago Sun-Times) The Bears brought in free agent TE Brody Eldridge for a workout on Tuesday. (Brad Biggs) Browns WR’s Mohamed Massaquoi and [...]
October 10, 2012
Nate Bouda
Bears, Browns, Chiefs, Dolphins, Eagles, Giants, Jaguars, Jets, Lions, Packers, Redskins, Steelers, Texans, Titans, Vikings
New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan told reporters on Monday that he still supports Mark Sanchez as the team’s starting quarterback. “He’s definitely our guy,” said Ryan, per Rich Cimini. “I know this is killing him. He’s going to want to respond.“ The fact that Sanchez and the Jets offense as a whole continue to [...]
October 1, 2012
Nate Bouda
Jets
Gary Myers of the New York Daily News writes that an NFL source informed him that Jets quarterback Tim Tebow could be one-and-done with the team after this season as there is a chance he will request a trade if he continues to have a small role with the team, like we saw on Sunday. “I think [...]
September 13, 2012
Jake Watroba
Jets
The New York Jets have announced that QB Tim Tebow will not participate in the team’s final preseason game against the Eagles. Typically, backup quaterbacks play in the final preseason game while they rest their starters, but it’s more than apparent that Tebow isn’t your typical backup quarterback. Mark Sanchez will be the team’s starter for their [...]
August 25, 2012
Salvador Borboa
Jets
Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News reports that the Jets plan to give Mark Sanchez between 12 – 15 snaps tonight with the first-team offense. From there, Tim Tebow will most likely takeover for the next two quarters or so, while Greg McElroy finishing things off. “I’m just curious to watch the whole interaction,” said offensive coordinator [...]
August 10, 2012
Nate Bouda
Jets
Leading up to Thursday, the Jets were using quarterback Tim Tebow in a conventional offense and as a personal protector on the punt team. Today they gave us an idea of how they might use Tebow. “Tebow, working with the second-team offense, dominated a goal-line drill. In a four-play sequence, he ran for two touchdowns and [...]
August 2, 2012
Jake Watroba
Jets
Mike Klis of the Denver Post reports that LT Ryan Clady recently rejected the Broncos offer of five-years at $50 million because of the total guaranteed figures in the first three years of the contract. Clady is reportedly looking for something close to $37 million guaranteed in the first three years, but Denver only offered $28 million. Now that the two [...]
July 31, 2012
Nathan J. Rivera
Broncos
NFL Eagles DL coach Jim Washburn mentioned that free agent DT Albert Haynesworth is “finished.” Free agent DE Alex Brown has decided to retire from the NFL. (Jason Cole) 49ers 49ers first-round pick WR A.J. Jenkins has apparently gotten himself in better shape for training camp. (San Jose Mercury News) Bengals Bengals third-round pick WR [...]
July 24, 2012
Nate Bouda
49ers, Bengals, Broncos, Browns, Buccaneers, Eagles, Jets, Lions, Panthers, Patriots, Ravens, Texans, Titans, Vikings
ESPN New York reports that Quarterback Tim Tebow is expected to be the Number 2 quarterback on the New York Jets, behind Mark Sanchez. Tebow is expected to be used in the red zone, in the Wildcat formation. Rather than a pure Wildcat, where the ball is snapped to a running back, Tebow is expected [...]
July 19, 2012
Nikhil Kumar
Jets
From the nation’s top QB Prep Prospect, to a Rose Bowl victory at Southern Cal, to the richest contract in Jets history, Mark Sanchez has always been successful, and subsequently always been under the microscope. That has never been more factual than it appears to be in 2012. In the 2009 NFL Draft, the New [...]
July 12, 2012
adam dyson
Jets, NFL Rumors, NFLTR Features
According to Rich Cimini of ESPN New York, Jets QB Mark Sanchez hasn’t had “an efficient minicamp.” Cimini adds that the Jets remain committed to Sanchez as their quarterback, but points out that ”there were times when he didn’t seem comfortable throwing the football.” Sanchez was 11-for-29, with four sacks and three near-interceptions during this weeks workouts. While [...]
June 15, 2012
Nate Bouda
Jets
New York Jets quarterbacks coach Matt Cavanaugh mentioned that he’s been “pleasantly surprised” with Tim Tebow thus far. “Not just watching him play on film,” Cavanaugh said, via the New York Daily News. “I think he’s certainly got the arm strength. He has good mechanics. They’re getting better every day.” Cavanaugh adds that Tebow has [...]
May 15, 2012
Nate Bouda
Jets
Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News refutes the previous reports that QB Mark Brunell was ready to hang up his cleats and call it a career. “If an opportunity came along, I would certainly consider it,” Brunell said. “I definitely would like to (play) another season. No plans to retire yet.“ Brunell has run into financial [...]
April 24, 2012
Nathan J. Rivera
Jets