Archives for October 2014

‘A two-time all-ECAC selection as a midfielder, Hogan had a year of NCAA playing eligibility remaining after graduating from Penn State (he redshirted as a sophomore due to an ankle injury). He decided to scratch an itch and use it playing football somewhere as a grad student.’

‘”On a personal level, outside of the football, he’s a regular guy,” Bills coach Doug Marrone said. “You can go out in Buffalo and meet a guy with his personality anywhere. In a bar, in a bowling alley, in a pool room, in a place where your family is. Just a normal, regular guy. No ego. Highly competitive. That’s probably the thing you wouldn’t see until you watched him compete and saw how competitive he is, how hard he is on himself, how well he prepares. I think, generally, the people in this region would be able to at least understand him. He’s a lot like us and like people from here.”‘

‘Buffalo Bills wide receiver Marquise Goodwin again missed practice on Thursday with a hamstring injury he suffered last week, and his playing for status in Week 8 is again up in the air.’

‘”The two [defensive tackles] we’re going against are the best two in the league, next to [Detroit’s Ndamukong] Suh and [Nick] Fairley, hands down,” said right guard Willie Colon. “They’re game-wreckers, especially Kyle Williams. He’s been doing it so long. He’s definitely a guy you’ve got to scout for.”‘

‘Brown’s vision on the field is also an issue. Time and time again in Philadelphia, Brown would bounce a play to the outside, trying to get to the sideline as opposed to going straight up the gut and getting what is there. That frustrated Eagles’ coaches, and it had an impact on his playing time when he was the backup.’

‘Orton has been sacked on 9.5 percent of his drop-backs this season. All told this season, the Bills have allowed the 10th-highest sack percentage in the NFL, at 6.9.’

‘”Just watching him throughout all of last season, I was a fan of him last year,” he said. “He was in the ACC and I’m an ACC guy myself. He did a whole lot of things at Clemson and he’s doing them now.”‘

Even With Percy Harvin, Rex Ryan Favors the Run (New York Times)

NY Jets rookie Calvin Pryor has not been impact player team thought it was drafting (New York Daily News)

NY Jets fans should get cash back from GM John Idzik’s war chest (New York Daily News)

NY Jets coaches like what Percy Harvin brings to team (New York Daily News)

Pryor beware! Ryan says rookie safety has not made big impact (New York Post)

Why the Bills’ defensive line could cause Jets loads of problems (New York Post)

Russell Wilson: ‘Percy and I never had differences’ (New York Post)

Why the numbers lie when it comes to the Jets defense (New York Post)

Jets in awe of Percy Harvin: Talent is ‘off the charts’ (New York Post)

Jets rookie safety Calvin Pryor has been somewhat underwhelming (Newsday)

Jets excited by Percy Harvin’s athleticism and versatility (Newsday)

Jets’ special teams coach has ‘no reservation’ about Percy Harvin returning punts, despite inexperience (Newark Star Ledger)

Rex Ryan makes fun of Tom Brady for flop vs. Jets, compares him to Bill Laimbeer (Newark Star Ledger)

What can Jets expect to see from Bryce Brown vs. Bills? (Newark Star Ledger)

Buffalo Bills’ porous protection bodes well for Jets’ chances of hammering quarterback Kyle Orton (Newark Star Ledger)

Jets used a play vs. New England Patriots that reminded Chris Johnson of his glory years (Newark Star Ledger)

A breakdown of wide receiver Jeremy Kerley’s new contract with Jets (Newark Star Ledger)

Russell Wilson: Percy Harvin and I ‘never had differences,’ media blew up everything (Newark Star Ledger)

Percy Harvin can ‘absolutely’ be more than a gadget player, says Jets’ receivers coach. But how soon? (Newark Star Ledger)

Can this story about Muhammad Wilkerson’s contract talks with Jets be any more misleading? (Newark Star Ledger)

Rex Ryan expects everybody to play, except Greg Salas, Trevor Reilly, vs. Buffalo Bills (Newark Star Ledger)

Jets’ Harvin a three-ring circus (Bergen Record)

Pryor on hot seat (Bergen Record)

How Geno Smith Compares With Mark Sanchez in Second Season (Wall Street Journal)

Jets’ cost of acquiring Percy Harvin (ESPN New York)

Rex: First Round Pick Pryor Has Yet To Make Expected Impact For Jets (WFAN-AM)

Harvin Muzzled By Jets As Report Exposes Divide In Former Locker Room (WFAN-AM)

Harvin’s role with Jets’ offense still developing (AP)

Coordinators’ Corner, Pre-Buffalo Edition (NewYorkJets.com)

Jets Have Been Aware of Watkins for a While (NewYorkJets.com)

9 Things to Know About Jets-Bills (NewYorkJets.com)

Jets Jargon: Bills Week (NewYorkJets.com)

‘Bills 21, Jets 20.’

‘Well rested and fighting for positives to snap a six-game losing streak, the Jets find points on special teams and defense to win for the first time since Sept. 7.’

‘Since initially suffering the injury in practice leading up to the Bills’ Week Six contest against New England, the safety has had to miss snaps on the field during practice. In fact, the injury even cause him to miss that game against the Patriots.’

‘”Availability is a big thing. It’s very difficult, especially when they occur early in your career, to continue to get better and better,” Marrone said. “It’s almost like when those things happen, I don’t want to say you start back at square one, but there’s definitely a move back before you can go ahead and start working to get forward. He’s definitely frustrated with it and that’s part of this game. One of the things that, it’s not a secret, you talk about players with all the time is availability. He hasn’t been available as often as he would like to be or as we would like him to be.”‘

‘Jets 16, Bills 14.’

‘”Allowing our secondary to do its job,” DE Jerry Hughes said when asked how they have been able to sustain last year’s numbers. “They’ve really been doing a fantastic job of making quarterbacks go to their second and third reads, taking away that first option so quarterbacks have to figure out where they want to go once their first option is taken away. When the secondary does that it buys [the defensive line] more time to do what we do.”‘

‘Dixon started with nothing. At times growing up in Mississippi, Dixon was homeless. He was raised by a single mother working two jobs, making Dixon a father figure for his four brothers. To say Dixon had it tough is an understatement. But he made it through and was smiling every step of the way.’