Posts Tagged ‘plaxico-burress’

Burress Misses Practice with a Swollen Elbow

Wide receiver Plaxico Burress did not practice because of a swollen elbow, but he and the team expect him to play Sunday against the New England Patriots. Burress fell on the elbow during New York’s 34-17 loss at Baltimore last Sunday, and it swelled up while he was sleeping Tuesday night. It wasn’t immediately clear [...]

5 Improvements Jets Must Make After Loss to Raiders

The New York Jets blew a 17-7 lead against the Oakland Raiders and ended up losing 34-24, dropping to 2-1 on the season. The loss has sent many Jets supporters into panic mode. The Jets have a brutal stretch coming up with back-to-back road games against the Baltimore Ravens and New England Patriots and then [...]

Mark Sanchez: Why Bruised Throwing Arm Won’t Slow Him Down

In Sunday’s victory, New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez suffered a bruised throwing arm, but that won’t slow him down this week as the Jets travel to Oakland to take on the Oakland Raiders. Sanchez suffered the injury when his right arm crashed into the helmet of Jacksonville Jaguars defensive end Matt Roth while attempting a pass early in the fourth quarter with the Jets enjoying a [...]

New York Jets: 5 Observations From the Jets Win over the Jaguars

The New York Jets defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars 32-3 on Sunday, moving to 2-0 on the season. The Jets had to scrape their way to victory last week, but made it much easier on themselves this week. They got up early on the Jaguars and didn’t look back from there, and by the third quarter [...]

Jets vs Jaguars: Week 2 Preview and Prediction

The Jacksonville Jaguars travel to MetLife Stadium Sunday to take on the New York Jets in one of the best games on tap for Week 2. Both teams enter the game 1-0 after sweating out victories in the first week’s final seconds. The Jaguars surprised most people playing well despite the fact that starting quarterback [...]

Mark Sanchez: 5 Things He Must Improve After Week 1

While the stats show Mark Sanchez had a pretty good game in Week 1 (335 yards, two TDs, 88.7 passer rating), there is still plenty that the third-year quarterback needs to improve. Sanchez turned the ball over twice, throwing one interception and losing one fumble. Even worse, both of the turnovers came in New York [...]

Jaguars at Jets Week 2 NFL Capsule

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (1-0) AT NEW YORK JETS (1-0) SERIES JAGUARS JETS SERIES LEADER 6-2   STREAKS Past 3   COACHES VS. OPP. Del Rio: 3-1 Ryan: 0-1 LAST WEEK W 16-14 vs. Titans W 27-24 vs. Cowboys LAST GAME 11/15/09: Jaguars 24 at Jets 22. Following New York’s missed 2-point conversion attempt in 4th quarter, [...]

New York Jets: 10 Takeaways from Week 1

It has only been one week of play, but we learned a lot about the New York Jets after their 27-24 victory over the Dallas Cowboys. Mark Sanchez showed he could step up and lead the team as the running game struggled to do much of anything. Aging veterans LaDainian Tomlinson and Plaxico Burress showed [...]