Santonio Holmes
Rex and the Jets admit they're rebuilding, which is a start
Today’s long-delayed press conference featuring Rex Ryan and Woody Johnson was supposed to signal a new beginning after a disappointing season. Instead, it became another example of the organization’s tiresome predilection for inane narrative-peddling. More
How to explain the failure of the Tannenbaum era? Mark Sanchez.
So Mike Tannenbaum is gone as the Jets' general manager. More
(3)A football tragedy in five acts, starring Mark Sanchez
“Hey,” he said to someone as he unsnapped his chinstrap. “Where’d he come from?” More
What happens when it's all on Mark Sanchez
Is it even worth noting that the Jets technically top the standings when their tie-breaking 2-0 divisional record is factored in? More
Sanchez and the Jets find beauty in a hideous win
Yesterday’s plodding, mistake-filled Jets victory over the Miami Dolphins provided a good illustration of the perception gap between players and the reporters who cover them. More
Week 1: What Tim Tebow did for the Sanchez-led Jets
Tebow started out the season in a supporting role, just like the Jets said he would. More
Rex Ryan and the Jets defense chasing the ghosts of 2009
A weekly column about what the Jets are up to when they're not playing football.
Calvin Pace said that the Jets are “getting back to square one” on defense this year.
“As if it’s the first day Rex is here so we just reinstalled the defense from the ground up,” he said.
Normally, declarations about starting from scratch follow on the heels of a spectacular bottoming out. But despite the overwrought, sky-is-falling narrative surrounding it, the Jets’ 8-8 season last year doesn’t qualify. More
Why does Rex Ryan keep talking about the locker room?
Rex Ryan appeared spry and svelte on "Costas Now". Two years after gastric lap band surgery, he’s down from 340 pounds to 256. More
The Jets draft Quinton Coples to do what Vernon Gholston couldn't
It’s a sentiment you hear every year: The Jets need a dominant pass rusher off the edge.
The hand-wringing about the Jets' pass rush is a bit overstated but generally valid: They ranked 13th in sack percentage in 2011, 8th in 2010, and 15th in 2009. They have done so despite a scheme that has traditionally been blitz-heavy, although, as ESPN repeatedly flashed during its draft coverage last night, the Jets ranked just 12th in blitz percentage last year, down from 3rd and 1st the previous two years. More
Off-season Jets: Woody Johnson, G.O.P. stalwart, sees Tim Tebow as a Christie-like figure
It was only a matter of time before the Republicans took ownership of Tim Tebow. And Jets owner Woody Johnson, a major G.O.P. donor who once had Sarah Palin up to his owner's box, was just the guy to do it.
In an interview with Fox Business News—most of which consisted of Johnson and reporter David Asman praising Governor Chris Christie's pro-big business policies—Johnson said of Tebow, “He’s a lot like Governor Christie. He is what he is. He’s not afraid to tell you what he believes in. And he will, I think, be a very positive influence in the locker room and I think he’s gonna help us win a lot of games.” More
F.A.Q.: What can the Jets possibly be thinking about Peyton Manning?
John Koblin: The Jets under Rex Ryan and Mike Tannenbaum have had the most successful three-year start of any regime in Jets history. There are lots of things to like about it! If you bring in Manning, not only do you sacrifice a young quarterback (who might get good), but you sacrifice the whole enterprise. Either they win the whole thing or they're back to rebuilding, under new management. More
(2)At a post-season press conference, Ryan and Tannenbaum make 2011 disappear
“Baggie day” is the unofficial name given to the afternoon on which N.F.L. teams are forced to clean out their lockers. For every team but the Super Bowl winner, it’s a sullen occasion marked at best by hope for next season and at worst, by uncertainty, blame allocation and bitter recrimination. Yesterday in Florham Park, N.J., the home of the New York Jets, it was the worst case. More
An end-zone dance, chess-playing drivers, and the wages of Santonio Holmes' captaincy
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
Santonio Holmes carries baggage, celebrates ridiculously, wins in the clutch
Each time the Jets or Giants play a football game, Capital will write about a home-team member who took part in it. This post is about Santonio Holmes, who played receiver in the Jets' 35-10 win on Dec. 11 over the Kansas City Chiefs.
Santonio Holmes is the most coordinated kid on the playground, the little squirt whose best attribute is his ability to place his body in athletic positions. It’s called “body control” in scout-speak, and Holmes’s allotment of it makes him one of most fun players in the league to watch. At 5-foot-11, 192 pounds, he's small for a receiver, but his ability to contort himself gracefully when the ball is in the air allows him to catch passes that, normally, only a big receiver could get to. More
Gilad Shalit's late release bumps a racist cop; 'demure' dominatrix Alisha Smith endures
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
