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  1. Broadway Joe

    Jamal Adams asks Jets to trade him

    Getty Images Jamal Adams and the Jets appear to be headed for a divorce. Adams has asked the Jets for a trade and wants the team to give him permission to shop himself around to other teams, according to multiple reports. The sixth overall pick in the 2017 NFL draft, Adams is heading into the...
  2. Broadway Joe

    Chris Herndon using lost 2019 season as “learning experience”

    Getty Images The Jets came into the 2019 season with high hopes for tight end Chris Herndon‘s continued development as a target for quarterback Sam Darnold, but Herndon fell well short of reaching them. Herndon was suspended for four games to start the year for a substance abuse policy...
  3. Broadway Joe

    Jets will close offices in observation of Juneteenth

    Getty Images The NFL announced last week that league offices would be closed this Friday in observation of Juneteenth and the list of NFL teams following suit continues to grow on Wednesday. According to multiple reports, the Jets have informed team employees that they would be closing on...
  4. Broadway Joe

    U.S. Open latest sporting event to go ahead without fans

    Getty Images New York Governor Andrew Cuomo just announced the U.S. Open tennis tournament would proceed as scheduled, but without fans. That makes it the latest event to try to push ahead with no one in the stands because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and casts a bit of an omen over the idea of...
  5. Broadway Joe

    Jets replace longtime athletic trainer John Mellody

    Getty Images The Jets, who had an NFL-high 21 players on injured reserve last season, have replaced their longtime head athletic trainer, Rich Cimini of ESPN reports. The team promoted assistant athletic trainer Dave Zuffelato, who joined the Jets in 2006. Mellody will remain a consultant with...
  6. Broadway Joe

    Kyle Long will know “with conviction” if he’s done playing in the next few weeks

    Getty Images Former Bears guard Kyle Long said there wasn’t anything to a report about the Jets trying to sign him earlier this month, but someone might have a shot to do so in the near future. Long said in January that he was stepping away from football to get his body right after missing 34...
  7. Broadway Joe

    Jamal Adams says there’s been a lot of talk, no action on a new contract

    Getty Images Jets safety Jamal Adams was selected in the first round of the 2017 NFL draft, five picks after Myles Garrett went first overall. But unlike Garrett, who is reportedly making progress toward a new deal, Adams is unhappily not getting anywhere on a second contract. That’s the word...
  8. Broadway Joe

    Christian Hackenberg takes up baseball

    Getty Images Another failed former Jets quarterback is turning to baseball. Christian Hackenberg will give baseball a try as a pitcher, via Rob Kuestner of NBC 10 in Philadelphia. “It’s like, as simple as I can put it, I just want to compete, man,” Hackenberg said. “Like I kind of have had...
  9. Broadway Joe

    Quinnen Williams working on nutrition, quickness this offseason

    Getty Images Jets defensive tackle Quinnen Williams started the offseason on the wrong foot, but he’s hoping to prove to the Jets that their faith in him last year was justified. And that’s he’s hungry to improve. The No. 3 pick in the 2019 NFL Draft had an unspectacular rookie year, but has...
  10. Broadway Joe

    C.J. Mosley says he’s been medically cleared for all activity

    Getty Images Linebacker C.J. Mosley‘s first season with the Jets was cut short by a core muscle injury that he suffered in the first game of the season, but it won’t keep him from getting to work when the team hits training camp this summer. Mosley had a conference call with reporters on...
  11. Broadway Joe

    C.J. Mosley appreciates Christopher Johnson saying he’s there to help

    Getty Images The Jets have been having the same conversations about racial inequality and police brutality as other teams around the league in recent team meetings and team CEO Christopher Johnson has been part of those discussions. Johnson is running the team while his brother serves as the...
  12. Broadway Joe

    Former Jets defensive lineman Paul “Rocky” Rochester dies at 81

    Getty Images Former Jets defensive tackle Paul “Rocky” Rochester died last weekend, the team announced. He was 81 and would have turned 82 next month. He joined the Dallas Texans of the new American Football League in 1960 as an undrafted free agent out of Michigan State. Rochester spent his...
  13. Broadway Joe

    Simms top 40 QB ranking, No. 23: Sam Darnold

    Getty Images Sam Darnold may see ghosts, but Chris Simms sees Darnold as the No. 23 quarterback in the NFL. Darnold has landed in that spot after two NFL seasons, the second of which was marred by a bout with mono and, more generally, a supporting cast that doesn’t really give him much...
  14. Broadway Joe

    Report: Sam Darnold to work out with Jets receivers in Florida

    Getty Images Jets quarterback Sam Darnold has been doing what he can to make connections with new teammates from a distance, but there’s only so much that can be done to generate chemistry remotely. That’s why Darnold is reportedly making a change in his location in the coming days. Darnold...
  15. Broadway Joe

    Report: Jets have talked to Kyle Long about coming out of retirement

    Getty Images The Jets coaxed center Ryan Kalil out of a brief retirement ahead of the 2019 season and they have reportedly spoken to another offensive lineman about reversing course this year. Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News reports that they have spoken to former Bears guard Kyle Long...
  16. Broadway Joe

    Kyle Long denies report of Jets interest

    Getty Images The Jets might have asked, but Kyle Long is apparently not interested in coming back. According to Rick Tarsitano of WGN, Long was asked if there was any truth to the report from the New York Daily News about the Jets asking him to come out of retirement, and Long replied: “No...
  17. Broadway Joe

    The Simms QB countdown, No. 28: Ryan Fitzpatrick

    Getty Images On Thursday, we paused the Chris Simms Top 40 quarterback countdown on PFT Live in order to devote the full show to the ongoing conversation regarding a moment of profound change in America. On Wednesday, we unveiled two more. Quarterback No. 28 is a quarterback who seemingly has...
  18. Broadway Joe

    Jets reopen facility Wednesday, will wrap up offseason program next week

    Getty Images After New Jersey cleared the way for professional sports to resume last month, the Jets said that they would reopen their training facility with a phased approach. The first phase of that process got underway on Wednesday. Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News reports that the...
  19. Broadway Joe

    Fox bringing Jonathan Vilma onto NFL broadcast team

    Getty Images Jonathan Vilma is back in the NFL, at least as a broadcaster. According to Andrew Marchand of the New York Post, the former Jets and Saints linebacker is leaving his job as an ESPN college analyst to join Fox. Vilma is expected to be paired with Kenny Albert on game broadcasts...
  20. Broadway Joe

    Jets sign fifth-round choice Bryce Hall

    Getty Images Bryce Hall was the eighth of nine draft choices the Jets made, but the fifth-round pick became the first to sign. The cornerback signed his four-year deal Monday, according to the NFL’s transactions. He was a four-year starter at Virginia. Hall made 154 tackles, four sacks, three...
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