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Getty Images When Jachai Polite’s final season at Florida came to an end, there were thoughts that his pass rushing ability could make him an early pick in this year’s draft. Polite wound up going to the Jets in the third round after a poor showing on and off the field at the Scouting Combine...

In a press conference during the draft, Jets General Manager Mike Maccagnan was asked about reports that his job security was lacking thanks to a rift between him and head coach Adam Gase. Maccagnan answered by saying that he wasn’t going to comment on his job and added that he felt that he and...

Getty Images The Jets signed two more draft picks, and pulled the plug on a bad trade The team announced the signings of fifth-round linebacker Blake Cashman and sixth-round cornerback Bless Austin. They also released wide receiver Stacy Coley, defensive lineman Charles Tapper, and cornerback...

Getty Images The Jets have not seen Le'Veon Bell much since he signed a four-year, $52.5 million deal March 13. He showed up the first few days of the offseason program last month but has worked out on his own since. Although the Jets have said all the right things about the offseason program...

Getty Images Running back Bilal Powell hit free agency after ending last season on injured reserve due to a neck injury and he’s been met with a quiet market over the last couple of months. The longtime Jet is trying to change that. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Powell has let teams...

Getty Images If you’re not getting better, you’re getting worse. Every year in the NFL, some teams get better — and some teams get worse. (Sometimes, some teams stay the same, which blows that cliché to hell.) Today’s PFT Live draft looks at the teams we think are most likely to improve by the...

Getty Images Ricky Ray was never able to latch on in the NFL, but that didn’t keep him from having a long career. According to Dan Ralph of the Canadian Press, the longtime CFL quarterback announced his retirement Wednesday, calling it a career after last season’s neck injury. Of his 17...

For all the coaches who complain about the amount of time they get with players on the field in the offseason, new Jets coach Adam Gase is willing to give some of it up. Via Matt Stypulkoski of NJ.com, Gase is bypassing a rookie minicamp, calling their weekend of work “rookie orientation.”...

Getty Images Le'Veon Bell apparently has heard enough criticism of his absence from the Jets’ voluntary offseason program. He issued a “Public Service Announcement” on Monday night. The running back answered a Twitter inquiry asking whether he was going to practice. “When it’s time to play...

Getty Images The first two defensive players in the draft have something else in common: They’re the co-favorites to be named the 2019 defensive rookie of the year. Caesers Palace has set the odds at +400 for 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa and +400 for Jets defensive lineman Quinnen Williams...

Getty Images The concept of voluntary offseason workouts generates plenty of consternation for football media and fans. Some react angrily whenever anyone points out that a player has chosen to stay away from voluntary sessions. Others believe that all players should volunteer to show up for...

Getty Images More than 15 years ago, Hall of Fame Jets quarterback Joe Namath made a drunken pass at ESPN’s Suzy Kolber on live TV during a game involving his former team. Namath claims in a new autobiography that he hasn’t had a drink since that night. “I saw it as a blessing in disguise,”...

Getty Images The Jets claimed quarterback Luke Falk off of waivers from the Dolphins last week and that left them with five quarterbacks on their 90-man roster. That is a temporary state of affairs, however. The number will drop to four as Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News reports that...

Getty Images Pre-draft rumors had the Jets trading down in the first round. Then, a day later, word was they wanted back into the second round for Georgia receiver Mecole Hardman. General Manager Mike Maccagnan confirmed the Jets had interest in moving into the second round but wouldn’t say...

Getty Images The New York Jets will decline their fifth-year option on 2016 first-round pick Darron Lee, according to Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News. The option for 2020 would have earmarked approximately $10 million in injury guarantees only for Lee, who was the 20th overall pick in...

Getty Images The Jets have added a body to the quarterback room. Luke Falk, who was waived by the Dolphins after Josh Rosen arrived, has been claimed off waivers by the Jets. Falk has a familiarity with Jets head coach Adam Gase, having spent time with him when Gase was coaching the Dolphins...

Getty Images Cornerback Morris Claiborne has taken a couple of visits since the start of free agency, but he has not landed a contract for the 2019 season yet. That could lead him back to where he was for the last two seasons. As pointed out by multiple reporters, Jets General Manager Mike...

Getty Images Before the start of the second round of the draft on Friday night, there was a report that the Jets were trying to trade into the round after trading their own second-round pick to the Colts as part of the 2018 deal that moved them into position to draft Sam Darnold. Those efforts...

Getty Images The Jets passed on an edge rusher in the first round when they took defensive tackle Quinnen Williams, but they addressed their need at the position in the third round. The team took former Florida linebacker Jachai Polite with the 68th overall pick of the draft. Polite turned...

Getty Images Tom Brady will be 42 in August. The other three quarterbacks in his division are 65, combined. The team that has dominated the AFC East, winning it every year except one since 2003 and 10 in a row, will be facing in 2019 a trio of quarterbacks who arrived in the NFL via the first...