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Here is what could've been with Jets' disastrous 2014 NFL Draft

It was the 2014 NFL Draft that changed the course of Jets history. It is a draft that will live in infamy among Jets fans. It is the worst draft...

Jets give up on another Idzik pick in trade for safety help

The Jets shipped out cornerback Dexter McDougle on Sunday morning, trading the 2014 third-round pick to the Eagles in exchange for safety Terrence Brooks, a source confirmed. McDougle was a...

Jets' future beyond QB: Five players to try out for 2017

Jets fans have been banging the drum for close to two months now for one of the young quarterbacks to play, and coach Todd Bowles has resisted. Bowles indicated last...

Jets roster shake-up: Letdown CB replaces letdown TE

The Jets signed CB Dexter McDougle off the practice squad on Saturday. They are thin at the position with Marcus Williams out for several weeks with a high ankle sprain....

Jets bring back safety fixture after TE fails physical

The Jets are bringing back a familiar face. The team signed safety Antonio Allen on Tuesday. The Jets originally took Allen in the seventh round of the 2012 draft. He...

Jets get as much distance from John Idzik drafts as possible

The Jets added two tight ends Sunday while continuing their assault on John Idzik’s draft classes. A day after releasing second-round tight end disappointment Jace Amaro, the Jets showed how...

Jets may bury more remnants of Idzik's disastrous 2014 draft

At the conclusion of the 2014 NFL Draft, longtime Jets personnel man Terry Bradway looked at the list of the 12 players the Jets had drafted and joked, “It’s like...

Stevan Ridley's Jets debut could be his revenge game

The Jets expect to have running back Stevan Ridley back at practice this week, and possibly for Sunday’s game against the Patriots. Ridley began the season on the physically unable...

Buster Skrine suffers concussion, could miss Patriots showdown

The Jets may have lost a key piece of their defense in Sunday’s 34-20 win over the Redskins. Nickel cornerback Buster Skrine suffered a concussion, leaving the game just before...

John Idzik's draft debacle finding new ways to debilitate Jets

It was the draft that was supposed to set up the Jets for the next decade. General manager John Idzik had plotted since the day he took the job to...

The hidden intangible Darrelle Revis brings to Jets

Dexter McDougle saw a formation in Wednesday’s practice that confused him. So, the second-year cornerback did what he has done all summer in this situation: He scanned the field for...

Hurting Jets shift eyes to their other injury-plagued CB

If anyone can feel Dee Milliner’s pain, it’s Dexter McDougle. Milliner’s injured right wrist, on which he had surgery that could sideline him for up to two months, is advantageous...

Jets’ fatal flaw was obvious except to Idzik and Ryan

“I never said I had to have the best corner in football, that’s not it. My defenses work, period. I don’t care what it is, we take what we have...

Jets corners ready to 'go out and prove it'

Dimitri Patterson has heard all the talk about the Jets’ cornerbacks, and the talk isn’t good. They’re Gang Green’s weak link, an injury-riddled Achilles’ heel, yada, yada, yada. Patterson returned...

4 things to know about the Jets after training camp

After 22 days, 16 practices, lots of penalty push-ups and a few bold proclamations, the Jets left Cortland Thursday, ending the most difficult part of training camp. The Jets have a...

Idzik should pay if Jets' obvious flaw ends up haunting them

Early on in Jets practice Sunday, the rookies did a dizzy bat relay race. After practice, coach Rex Ryan was the only one who looked dizzy. The Jets coach appeared...

Jets CB McDougle done for year with torn ACL; Milliner hurt, too

CORTLAND — The Jets’ cornerback situation took just a half-hour to escalate from a concern to an epidemic, when promising rookie Dexter McDougle suffered a season-ending torn ACL in his...

Smaller Dexter McDougle could be big for Jets

CORTLAND — Rex Ryan thinks Dexter McDougle can make a big impact — if he gets a little smaller. The Jets coach said he is impressed with the rookie cornerback...