As a rookie, Mark Sanchez helped lead the New York Jets to an improbable AFC Championship appearance, elevating his game in the postseason. And former Jets signalcaller Boomer Esiason believes that rise is set to continue in September.

“This is usually where the players make their biggest jump and I suspect, with Mark’s personality and the way he handled the downturns last year, he’ll be ready to… More

Bruce Harper is a giving and forgiving kind of guy. Harper, the former Jets running back, lost his franchise single-season all-purpose-yardage record set in 1978 to Leon Washington in 2008, but he still was chagrined to see Washington leave in a trade with Seattle during last month's draft. Yet he still remains a big fan of the facelifting his former team has done at his former position.

"I know… More

Staying true to their wheeling and dealing ways, the Jets moved into the fifth round of the NFL Draft today to select Kentucky fullback John Conner. To get Conner, the Jets shipped Leon Washington and their seventh-round pick (No. 236 overall) to the Seattle Seahawks.

Conner (5'11", 246), nicknamed what else but “The Terminator,” played in a school-record 54 games for the Wildcats. Last season hi… More

Leon Washington is back and he and the Jets are moving forward together.

Washington, a restricted free agent, signed his qualifying offer from the Jets today, then spoke with reporters who were already here at the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center for the team's annual predraft news conference that concluded just before Washington took the dais.

"It's great to be back. Walking in here today, … More

Rex Ryan was in good spirits today as the Jets formally announced their “Hard Knocks” collaboration with HBO Sports and NFL Films. But Ryan, slimmed down after his recent lap-band surgery, was clearly miffed regarding the absence of Leon Washington from the team’s voluntary workout program.

“We have the No. 1 facilities in the country, we have a great medical staff, a great medical team an… More