john idzik

Real changes for Jets start with empowering Mike Maccagnan

Five games remain in this miserable Jets season that’s headed for an eighth consecutive year without a playoff berth and a likely third in a row with a losing record....

Phil Jackson will go down with the worst execs in NYC sports

Was Phil Jackson the worst executive in New York Sports history? Here are some of the other candidates: M. Donald Grant Mets chairman of the board, 1962-78 Grant is credited...

Jets' trade another reminder of draft embarrassment

The trade of Calvin Pryor on Thursday continued the roster shakeup of the 2017 Jets. Here are some thoughts on the trade with the Browns that brought back linebacker Demario...

This is where the Jets have blown the draft year after year

Maybe Mike Maccagnan should just trade the Jets’ second-round pick now. The Jets general manager might take a look at the team’s history with second-round picks, especially lately, and decide...

Rex Ryan pulls same desperate ploy that failed with Jets

The "potential coup" didn't even cost a draft pick this time. An unfulfilled Percy Harvin is leaving his home and joining a floundering Rex Ryan. It's 2014 all over again. The...

This QB is biggest flop of John Idzik's awful 2014 Jets draft

If the final blow to the infamous John Idzik 2014 draft class came on cut-down day Saturday with Jace Amaro's waiving, then the final shove allegedly went down in July. Tajh...

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 drop ax on mega-busts Dee Milliner and Jace Amaro

Jets general manager Mike Maccagnan wielded the ax on two disappointing high draft picks Saturday. The Jets waived both cornerback Dee Milliner, a first-round pick in 2013, and tight end...

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...

Dee Milliner's career with Jets in jeopardy after latest debacle

There were plenty of positives in the Jets’ 17-13 preseason-opener win over the Jaguars Thursday night at MetLife Stadium. Dee Milliner was not one of them. Freshly signed starting quarterback...

John Idzik's 1st (and only?) Jets gift is punishing more than ever

John Idzik doesn’t get — or deserve — much credit for his two-year stint as the Jets’ general manager, but one of his first moves continued to pay big dividends...

Nick Mangold refuses to accept he likely won't play Thursday

Center Nick Mangold started the game, but could not finish it. Mangold, who missed last week’s game due to a neck injury, played the first four Jets series before being...

What Idzik will see at Jets game: a GM cleaning up his mess

John Idzik does not have to worry about taking Route 3 to Sunday’s Jets-Jaguars game at MetLife Stadium. The “FireJohnIdzik.com’’ billboard message is no longer there. The former Jets general...

John Idzik visiting scene of his Jets stench? He won't dare

Rex Ryan’s return to MetLife Stadium next week is going to get a ton of attention. Another former Jets employee’s new team comes to MetLife this week, but with much...

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...

Rex Ryan goes from incompetent Idzik to 'rogue' Bills GM

Rex Ryan just can’t find himself a team with a normal general manager, can he? The former Jets head coach is now in his first year at the helm of...

Jets' Jace Amaro out for year, and Rex Ryan still digs at him

The Jets’ 2014 draft class keeps looking worse. The team announced Tuesday that tight end Jace Amaro, a second-round pick in 2014, will miss the entire season. Amaro needs surgery...

Rex Ryan's latest slam: I knew I'd be fired with terrible Jets

Rex Ryan can’t stop talking about the Jets. The Bills coach has been talking about his firing from the Jets for a few months now. The latest interview airs on...

10 other cringe-worthy Jets moments

IK Enemkpali’s sucker punch of Geno Smith is the latest in the Jets’ history of embarrassing moments. Here’s a look at some others: The Buttfumble Nov. 22, 2012 Perhaps the...

How Dee Milliner has made a believer out of Antonio Cromartie

Give Dee Milliner credit for this: He realizes his roster spot with the Jets is in jeopardy and is willing to fight for it. Though the former top-10 pick gave...