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Getty Images When the Jets hired Gregg Williams as their defensive coordinator, head coach Adam Gase said that Williams’s competitiveness in practice will “be the difference maker for us” because it will be like playing a game every day. One of the players the Jets expect to benefit the most...

Getty Images The Eric Swallwell President campaign has ended, and Senator Cory Booker could be one of the next ones to step aside. But he has yet to give up the fight, polls and common sense be damned. In the debut episode of the Fired Up podcast with Brad Jenkins, Booker shares one of his...

Getty Images Robby Anderson has put up good numbers in the past. He thinks he has an even brighter future. The Jets wide receiver is ready to build on a strong finish to last season, even though the year as a whole represented a bit of a step back for him. “That was a down year for me,”...

Getty Images Ronald Gasser, who shot and killed former NFL player Joe McKnight in 2016, lost an appeal of his murder conviction and will remain behind bars. Gasser admitted shooting and killing McKnight but claimed his actions were justified under Louisiana’s “Shoot the Intruder” law. Gasser...

Ryan Fitzpatrick has played 14 NFL seasons, starting 126 games. The quarterback also is on his eighth team, with every team he’s played for looking to replace him. The Dolphins traded for Josh Rosen after signing Fitzpatrick. “There’s been a lot of shade and disrespect thrown my way for a lot...

Getty Images Pro Football Hall of Fame president and CEO David Baker announced earlier this week that plans are in the works for a special Centennial Class of 20 inductees for 2020. Pending approval from the Hall’s board of directors Aug. 2, seniors candidates will take 10 spots on the ballot...

Getty Images It’s countdown season (as we know), and Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News is counting down the top 20 players on the Jets’ roster for 2019. At No. 11 is a newcomer: Receiver Jamison Crowder. Always regarded as promising during his four years in Washington, Crowder never had...

Getty Images On the second night of the 2019 draft, the planets fully aligned in a way that likely guarantees yet another New England division title (11th straight) and/or AFC title-game berth (ninth straight), at least for one more year. The other three contenders in the AFC East, none of...

Getty Images Tight end Chris Herndon landed a major role in the Jets offense during his rookie season and his 39 catches for 502 yards caught the eye of new head coach Adam Gase. Gase, who saw Herndon on film and in person when the Dolphins faced the Jets last season, called the 2018...

Getty Images Saturday night’s inaugural 40-yard dash contest took place in a venue that holds in the range of 20,000 for events like hockey and arena football. According to David Furones of the South Florida Sun Sentinel, somewhere between 2,000 and 3,000 fans attended the bracket-style...

Getty Images Among the new arrivals to the Jets this offseason was left guard Kelechi Osemele, who arrived in a trade with the Raiders and represents the only new face on the projected starting offensive line this season. While left tackle Kelvin Beachum, center Jonotthan Harrison, right guard...

It’s a common occurrence for NFL players and teams to cultivate a “nobody believes in us” mantra to serve as motivation. New Jets linebacker C.J. Mosley is already going to that well as he looks to help New York turn its fortunes around. Mosley believes that the rest of the NFL isn’t as bullish...

Getty Images Cornerback Trumaine Johnson did not live up to expectations in his first season with the Jets and said in April that he was happy to have a “clean slate” with the team’s new coaching staff as he heads into his second year with the team. Turning the page from last year makes sense...

Getty Images The Steelers will move forward in 2019 without receiver Antonio Brown or running back Le'Veon Bell. The team hopes that it will be addition by subtraction. “I think only time will tell,” Steelers running back James Conner told #PFTPM on Monday. “I think we became closer maybe...

Getty Images With OTAs being the non-padded, non-contact events they are, Jets rookie Valentine Holmes still felt like a rugby player. It wasn’t until he had to pose in a full uniform for team photos that he realized things were very different. “To wear the full suit — the tight pants, the...

Getty Images There aren’t many offenses in the NFL teams would more like to copy than the Chiefs’. So even though he doesn’t call all the plays — head coach Andy Reid handles that — Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy said he’s still an integral part of what they do, which should...

Getty Images A debate has emerged in recent days regarding where Tom Brady currently ranks among all quarterbacks. The debate regarding where he fits among all quarterbacks in league history has, for the most part, been settled. It definitely has been settled for Hall of Famer Joe Namath. “I...

Getty Images Emory University Goizueta School of Business professor Mike Lewis sought to use statistical analysis to determine the NFL’s “best” fans. The study used the hard-core, religiously devoted fan as well as the casual fan, so those at the top of the list have more of the latter and...

Getty Images Inspired by the rookie of the year wager between Baker Mayfield and Saquon Barkley, Monday’s PFT Live looked at the 2018 rookies who will become second-year players in 2019. Which of them will make the biggest leap this year? Simms and I drafted three each, with Simms once again...

Getty Images As NFL teams make their preparations for training camps, we’re keeping tabs on which teams have the most practices open to the public — and which teams are restricting access. Here’s a look at how many open practices are being held by each of the teams that have announced their...