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Getty Images Players know Organized Team Activities are voluntary, but Jets defensive tackle Steve McLendon thinks teammate Le’Veon Bell should volunteer to attend. McLendon, who previously played with Bell in Pittsburgh, said he encouraged Bell to show up to offseason work after Bell signed...

The Jets’ search for a new General Manager will heat up this weekend, with one more interview beyond the two which were previously reported. Via Rich Cimini of ESPN, Bears assistant director of player personnel Champ Kelly is scheduled to interview in the coming days, along with Seahawks...

After the Jets hired Gregg Williams as their defensive coordinator, head coach Adam Gase said on PFT that he was looking forward to pitting the offense against Williams’ defense in practice. Gase said the competitiveness between the two coaches would make “practices the difference maker for us...

Getty Images Remember when the Packers were criticized for firing coach Mike McCarthy with a month left in the season? As we argued at the time, that’s far better than the alternative. The alternative is this: Working secretly behind the coach’s back to line up potential replacements before...

Getty Images There arguably was a time when Hard Knocks had some degree of usefulness to the NFL team that made itself the centerpiece of the training camp reality series. Arguably, that time has come and gone. Hard Knocks debuted in 2001, years before social media became a thing and the...

The Jets asked Vikings assistant General Manager George Paton to interview for their G.M. vacancy in 2013 and again in 2015, but Paton turned down the opportunity each time. Paton’s answer reportedly hasn’t changed in 2019. The Jets are looking for a G.M. after firing Mike Maccagnan and Paton’s...

While there’s been word of interest from the Jets, it does not look like Peyton Manning will be the team’s next General Manager. Thoughts that he might entertain the prospect were tied in part to his relationship with Jets head coach Adam Gase after the two men worked together with the Broncos...

Maybe the Jets think the third time will be the charm. As the Jets begin the search for their next General Manager, one of their candidates is familiar to the organization, even if he has no ties to coach Adam Gase. Via Brian Costello of the New York Post, Vikings assistant G.M. George Paton —...

Getty Images Free agent offensive lineman Dieugot Joseph has visits scheduled with Washington and Atlanta this week, Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle reports. Joseph, 25, has never played in a regular-season game. He went undrafted in 2017, signing with the Bears. Joseph spent two weeks...

Getty Images The Jets are ready to start talking to General Manager candidates and they’ve reportedly scheduled an interview with one of them for late this week. Albert Breer of SI.com reports that Seahawks co-director of player personnel Scott Fitterer is set to interview with the team on...

As the Jets search for a new General Manager, one question becomes whether and to what extent interim G.M. Adam Gase will surrender control over the roster when a new G.M. arrives. Another question becomes whether and to what extent he needs to. The fact that the Jets have requested permission...

The Jets have doubled their list of candidates for their vacant General Manager position. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, they’ve asked to speak with Vikings assistant G.M. George Paton and Seahawks co-director of player personnel Scott Fitterer. Paton has made the loop of interviews...

Running back Le'Veon Bell responded to reports that Jets head coach and interim General Manager Adam Gase thought the team overpaid him in free agency last week and linebacker C.J. Mosley followed suit on Thursday. Mosley signed a five-year deal with the Jets in March that has a total value of...

Jets quarterback Sam Darnold met with the media on Thursday for the first time since Mike Maccagnan was fired as the team’s General Manager and shared his thoughts about the departure of the man who traded up to take him with the third overall pick of the 2018 draft. Darnold said he will...

Getty Images Le'Veon Bell was among the topics of conversation at Jets head coach Adam Gase’s press conference on Thursday and Bell was paying attention to what Gase had to say. Gase was asked about reports that he feels the team overpaid for Bell and whether he’d consider trading him now that...

Jets coach Adam Gase navigated his way through a hostile press conference on Thursday, countering an at-times withering cross examination from reporters in the world’s top media market. And at one point, he made a critically important point regarding whether and to what extent the current drama...

Getty Images The Jets are trying to find a General Manager to pair with Adam Gase, and they want to talk to a guy with ties to their coach from his days with Denver. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, the Jets have asked to speak with Bears assistant director of player personnel Champ...

Getty Images The Buccaneers made two big-news moves earlier in the day. Now, they have made another one, albeit without a screaming headline. Tampa Bay claimed tight end Jordan Leggett off waivers from the Jets on Tuesday. Other teams obviously thought more of Leggett than the Jets, with five...

Eight days ago, the Jets abruptly fired G.M. Mike Maccagnan. The search for a replacement has not yet officially begun. When the time comes to make a hire, the hire will be made by one person: CEO and chairman Christopher Johnson. That’s what coach Adam Gase explained to reporters in his first...

Getty Images The Jets announced they have waived tight end Jordan Leggett. The team made Leggett a fifth-round choice in 2017 out of Clemson. His departure still leaves five tight ends on the 90-player roster — second-year player Chris Herndon, veteran returnees Eric Tomlinson and Neal...