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Rex Ryan claims that Kris Jenkins can bench press 550 pounds. That is awfully impressive. The last Jet player we heard of doing that was Joe Klecko in the 1980’s . . .
Punter T.J Conley was killing the ball in the afternoon practice. In this particular session, he out-kicked incumbent Steve Weatherford.
Conley has the talent to beat out Weatherford. He might have been the best punter in last year’s draft class.
The new punter/kicker Jared Ballman didn’t help himself with a bad shank in the afternoon practice . . .
A couple of minor injuries at camp – defensive end Ty Steinkuhler (left knee) and nose tackle Simi Toeaina (ankle). Both players are practicing with the ailments. When you are bubble players, you better suck it up . . .
Darrelle Revis repeatedly says that Mike Tannenbaum told him he should be the highest paid cornerback in the league. If Tannenbaum did say that, he needs to follow through on that promise. But covering Tannenbaum as long as I have, I find it really hard to believe he would make such a statement and paint himself in a corner. But he refuses to comment on the Revis proclamation, so it’s hard to give you his side of the story.
This script is right out of the Neil Schwartz’s playbook – say the team went back on promise, have the usually classy player lash out at the team, have the player fake an injury at mini-camp . . .
The Revis contract dispute is going to be a big story in all the New York tabloids on Tuesday. After Revis’ long press briefing, he gave protracted one-on-one interviews with columnists Gary Myers, Steve Serby and Bob Glauber . . .
Half of the UMass coaching staff was at both practices. A I-AA school having two players on the Jets (Vlad Ducasse and James Ihedigbo) is going to help their recruiting in New Jersey, an area they spend a lot of time mining for talent. Tannenbaum is very loyal to his alma mater and this isn’t the first time the UMass staff has come down from Amherst to Florham Park . . .
Sanchez wasn’t perfect today, but he threw a number of really impressive passes with a lot of velocity. He did some really good work with Braylon Edwards . . .
I’m not saying Cromartie is as good as Revis, but in Revis does holdout, from what I’ve seen from Cromartie so far, he can fill the #1 cornerback spot. “Cro” is a rare talent. He might not want to tackle very often, but if he can lock down one side of the field, the way he has so far in the various camps, the man has shutdown ability . . .
Eric Ainge does a nice job going through his reads. He seems to be better than Kellen Clemens in this regard . . .
Clemens threw a real nice deep pass to Brad Smith down the right seam, but the wide receiver couldn’t run under it. This is a Braylon Edwards, David Clowney, Santonio Holmes route, not Smith . . .
Dwight Lowery, who has had a really good spring, started for Revis in the morning session, and had a pick. He is practicing with a great deal of confidence . . .
Ihedigbo had a pick in the morning practice and had a near pick in the afternoon session . . .
You get the sense that Jamaal Westerman is going to have a big role this year. He had a PD on a Sanchez pass in the red zone in the afternoon practice . . .
With Santonio Holmes and Braylon Edwards on the outside, Sanchez hit Jerricho Cotchery, who lined up in the slot, for a touchdown on a quick slant. This is quite a potent three WR set. Who are you going to double? . . .
One reason Sanchez is likely going to be really good for a really long time isn’t just his natural talent, but his work ethic.
“He is working harder than anybody on the football team,” said Rex Ryan.
Don’t let his public appearances, like at the Tony’s, fool you, this guy has been has been living at the complex all off-season.
Players with great natural talent and great study habits, usually realize their potential . . .
