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Trumaine Johnson injury piles on Jets' cornerback agony

Trumaine Johnson had one of his best moments of training camp … and then it became one of his worst. The Jets cornerback intercepted a Sam Darnold pass intended for...

Jets get rid of another Mike Maccagnan holdover

Another Mike Maccagnan draft pick was shown the door Saturday by new Jets general manager Joe Douglas. The team waived cornerback Derrick Jones, who was a 2017 sixth-round pick. That...

Auditions for 2019 should start now for these under-used Jets

The Jets have five weeks left in this miserable season. They are going nowhere. So, they should be evaluating their roster now to see who to hang on to in...

The 53 Jets who will make the team — and the surprise cuts

Wide receiver has been a position of weakness on the Jets for much of this decade. There were a few years of Santonio Holmes and Braylon Edwards or Brandon Marshall...

How Jets secondary will try to live up to its catchy nickname

The easy part is out of the way. The Jets’ secondary already has a nickname: “New Jack City.” Every member of the unit even has a T-shirt. Now the highly...

The other Jets already making training camp noise

Here are some thoughts and observations from the first four days of Jets training camp: 1. The dominant storyline, of course, was the absence of Sam Darnold and his contract...

Jets already lost a running back on first day of training camp

The Jets lost a key piece on the first day of training camp. Running back Elijah McGuire fractured a bone in his foot during Friday’s practice and will be sidelined...

The studs, finds and (early) letdowns of Jets' 2017 draft

The Jets entered the 2017 draft knowing they needed to land a number of immediate contributors. The team was beginning a rebuild and emphasized “building through the draft.” Eight games...

Jets keep trading down to land 2 playmakers and ton of fliers

There is a new “Trader Mike” with the Jets. General manager Mike Maccagnan made three trades on Day 3 of the NFL draft, bringing his total to five in this...