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| Jets' Miller on comeback trail from knee injury |
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05/29/2008 |
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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) -Justin Miller was away from the football field long enough. Practice was already finished Thursday, but the New York Jets' cornerback was still doing drills with a few of the rookie defensive backs. ``I feel good, man,'' Miller said. ``I'm excited to be out here playing with these guys again.'' That's because it was a rough year for Miller, the Jets' 2005 second-round pick who missed a chunk of time in training camp last summer with a hamstring injury and then blew out his righ |
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| Jets' Faneca discusses life with epilepsy |
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05/28/2008 |
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| dle of the night, scared and unsure of what was wrong with his body. He was 15 and in his freshman year of high school, and his first epileptic seizure had just jolted him out of his sleep on Christmas Eve. ``It just felt like a nightmare,'' the New York Jets' left guard recalled Wednesday. ``I was upset and crying and it just really felt like a really bad nightmare. I didn't know what was going on.'' Faneca's parents rushed to their son, also unaware of what was happening. ``I was just like, 'Oh, it |
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| Jets sign Musa Smith |
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05/27/2008 |
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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) -The New York Jets signed free-agent running back Musa Smith on Tuesday. Smith played the last five seasons for Baltimore, where he set career highs last year with 264 yards rushing and 27 catches for 192 yards. The former third-round pick out of Georgia in 2003 has rushed for 496 yards and four touchdowns, and caught 27 passes for 363 yards in a five-year career shortened by injuries. Smith, who can also play on special teams, adds depth at the running back position with Thomas J |
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| Jets ink free agent RB Smith |
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05/27/2008 |
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| East Rutherford, NJ (Best E Casino) - The New York Jets signed running back Musa Smith on Tuesday. Smith rushed for 496 yards and four touchdowns on 132 carries over the previous five seasons with the Baltimore Ravens, adding 27 receptions for 363 yards. The Georgia product and 2003 third-round Baltimore draft choice recorded a career-high 264 rushing yards a year ago. |
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| Raiders bring back QB Tuiasosopo |
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05/22/2008 |
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| rques Tuiasosopo on Thursday, bringing the career backup back to the club that drafted him. The Raiders originally selected Tuiasosopo in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft. The former University of Washington star spent the 2007 season with the New York Jets, but will come back to Oakland to be backup to JaMarcus Russell. Tuiasosopo played for the Raiders from 2001-2006 and completed 48 of 88 pass attempts for 550 yards and two touchdowns in 11 games. He did not play at all for the Jets last season. The |
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| Jets' Jenkins putting weight issues behind him |
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05/22/2008 |
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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) -Kris Jenkins really loves to eat. He's quick to acknowledge his passionate palate, and the proof is right there in a big, green No. 77 jersey. ``I'm a food person,'' the New York Jets' hefty defensive tackle said Thursday. ``I think I've got like a second career whenever I retire as a food critic.'' And people would certainly trust his dining suggestions. You don't get to 360 pounds without eating your share of savory and rib-sticking meals. Maybe Jenkins should consider a ``Kook |
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| Senators fete the New Jersey Giants |
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05/22/2008 |
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| remonial resolution to coach Tom Coughlin, who in turn gave Sarlo and Senate President Richard J. Codey new Giants helmets. ``You must be at your best when your best is needed, and certainly our football team was,'' Coughlin said. The Giants and New York Jets, who have played in Giants Stadium since 1984, are building a new stadium near Giants Stadium that's scheduled to open in 2010. The new stadium includes a new practice facility for the Giants, while the Jets are building a new headquarters in Flor |
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| Boston Herald reporter expresses regret over Spygate story |
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05/16/2008 |
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| d not tape the walkthrough and did not know of anyone who had. Tomase wrote that he first heard rumors that the walkthrough had been taped during the 2006 season. Those rumors strengthened after the Patriots were caught illegally taping signals by New York Jets' coaches during the opening game of the 2007 season. Goodell fined coach Bill Belichick $500,000 and the team $250,000 for that incident, and stripped New England of a first-round draft choice. ``I had repeatedly heard that this walkthrough had be |
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| Former Patriots assistant can't recall talk |
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05/15/2008 |
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| deotaped the walkthrough before the 2002 Super Bowl. In the apology, the Herald said, ``We now know that this report was false, and that no tape of the walkthrough ever existed.'' Walsh told Goodell that Daboll, now the quarterbacks coach with the New York Jets, approached him later, NFL attorney Gregg Levy said Tuesday. Walsh said he told Daboll that running back Marshall Faulk was returning kicks and described the Rams' use of tight ends in their formations. Daboll did not mention such a conversation whe |
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| Pennington, Clemens bidding for Jets QB job |
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05/15/2008 |
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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) -The New York Jets' quarterback competition officially started with a coin toss. Offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer flipped a coin Monday and asked Chad Pennington to call it in the air. The winner would earn the right to work with the first-team offense on the opening day of organized team activities. ``Chad called heads and I thought I had a good chance because I'm a guy that generally calls tails,'' Kellen Clemens said Thursday after the Jets' third OTA session, but fir |
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