Archives for September 19, 2013

‘”He can come at you with a great power move and use a lot of strength, but then at the same time, he’s quick and can get around the corner with his speed,” said Howard, now in his fourth season. “He’s one of those dual defensive ends where he kind of does it all.”‘

‘”Coach Pettine has been huge,” said the rookie quarterback E.J. Manuel today. “Not just this week with the Jets — obviously their defenses are extremely similar — but other than that he has given us great looks these past two weeks preparing for teams we’re going to play against. That’s why I’m very confident going into this one.”‘

‘”I was happy for” Manuel, Smith said Wednesday when asked if he was disappointed at not being the first QB selected. “I was happy for every single guy that got drafted. I’m past that now. I hate to talk about it because I’m focusing on what we have here, which is a great opportunity [against a] good team.”‘

‘”I’d be a liar if I said this game didn’t mean more to me, or I didn’t want to win it,” Pettine said Wednesday to reporters in Orchard Park, N.Y. “It’s like going against your brother.”‘

‘”He was an outstanding young man, very impressive,” Ryan said of having scouted Manuel before the draft. “You notice the physical – when he walks in the door, he fills up that doorway. But he was really a tremendous person and you can see why Buffalo’s excited about him.”‘

Bills Rookie Hopes to Close a Revolving Door (New York Times)

NY Jets’ Geno Smith and Bills’ E.J. Manuel face off in battle of rookie quarterbacks (New York Daily News)

NY Jets would benefit from giving running back Chris Ivory more carries (New York Daily News)

Jeremy Kerley says he’ll be in Jets lineup against Bills after missing Patriots game with concussion (New York Daily News)

Old friends Geno, EJ set for battle (New York Post)

Vlad the improver: Jets lineman getting better (New York Post)

Ferguson fined over Jets-Patriots brawl (New York Post)

Former Jets coordinator excited to face ‘brother’ Rex (New York Post)

Manuel a cool kid, but Ryan wrecks rookie QBs (New York Post)

Kerley, Coples return to Jets practice (New York Post)

Geno Smith downplays matchup vs. fellow rookie EJ Manuel (New York Newsday)

Geno Smith puts college flops against Bills coach Doug Marrone in past (New York Newsday)

Rex Ryan excited about Jets’ return to good health (New York Newsday)

Jets’ offensive line faces challenges with ‘freak of nature’ Mario Williams, ‘underrated’ Kyle Williams (Newark Star Ledger)

Mike Pettine has aided Bills’ prep for Jets defense (Newark Star Ledger)

Jets wide receiver Santonio Holmes says he came out of Patriots game physically fine (Newark Star Ledger)

Jets coach Rex Ryan says rookie quarterbacks like Geno Smith must ‘know where the escape points are’ (Newark Star Ledger)

Jets rush linebacker Quinton Coples moving closer to returning from ankle injury (Newark Star Ledger)

Rookie quarterback Geno Smith set for Bills (Bergen Record)

Homecoming for Mike Pettine (Bergen Record)

Rex: Facing rookie better than Brady (ESPN New York)

Kerley back at practice for Jets, Coples limited (AP)

Jets’ Mo Wilk On The FAN: I’m Playing Vs. Bills On Sunday (WFAN-AM)

Jets Try to Slow EJ Manuel’s Impressive Start (NewYorkJets.com)

Quinton Coples, Jeremy Kerley on the Mend (NewYorkJets.com)

Did You Know for Jets-Buffalo (NewYorkJets.com)

Just Win, That’s All We Care About (NewYorkJets.com)

On Sunday, No Friends on the Field (NewYorkJets.com)

Why I’m Confident Going into This One (NewYorkJets.com)

Jets Saluting the Fans, in Case You Missed It (NewYorkJets.com)

Weichert Named Jets’ Official Real Estate Company (NewYorkJets.com)

‘After leaving the Jets, in part to come out of Ryan’s imposing shadow, Pettine is itching to see how his new-look, Buffalo defense matches up against his long-time mentor on Sunday.’

”’To be compared to EJ, I’ll take it,” Smith said. ”EJ’s a great guy. He’s accomplished a bunch in his career and I think the world of him. He’s also my good friend, so it’s good to compete against a guy like that.’

‘”I think every day there’s progress,” he said. “It’s just a matter of time now to when it gets to that point where he’s going to be able to go out there. So I think we’re getting closer and closer. He’s working extremely hard.”‘

‘The interior lineman suffered a knee injury in the team’s preseason finale against Detroit and has been slowly working back over the past few weeks. Head coach Doug Marrone officially listed Legursky as a limited participant, after the player went through stretching and positional drills with the team.’

‘”I’d be a liar if said this game didn’t mean more to me or I didn’t want to win it,” said Pettine. “Coaches in the NFL I think are born with a competitive gene, a hyper-competitive gene and you want to win at everything. When I went on vacation with Rex and we were playing, throwing washers on the beach I wanted to beat him just as bad as I want to beat him on Sunday. But it’s a team thing. I can’t get drawn into the emotion of that that I have a job to do to put my players in the best position to be successful and that’s what we’re going to do.”‘

‘Buffalo and New York will meet for the 105th time in the regular season this week. The Bills hold a 54-50 record in their previous 104 meetings against the Jets. Sunday’s game will mark the 53rd regular season away game for Buffalo at New York (25-27). The two teams have met 29 times in the month of September, with the Bills defeating the Jets 15 times.’

‘Well, to talk about a couple players would be difficult because it’s a team effort by them. I think over the last five years statistically, when you look at the numbers they’ve had, they are in the top five. The one thing that they do an excellent job of, one of many things they do a great job of, is pretty much on average if you have 12 drives in a game, on average five of them are going to be three-and-outs. I think they do a very good job in attacking, confusing. I’ve competed against Rex (Ryan) before when he was in Baltimore. They did an outstanding job there and I think it changes. It presents a challenge for our offense. It’s going to be a great test for our guys.’

‘It is, but I addressed the defense after we put the Carolina game behind us that there was a lot was going to be made of this for obvious reasons. No different than what Andy Reid is going through this week as well. It’s going to come down to the Bills versus the Jets, not me versus Rex (Ryan). It makes for a good story, but again it comes down to the players and I wanted to make sure the players didn’t get caught up in this or lose sight of that.’