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Quinnen Williams Blocks FG ackers embarked on a 7-play drive that began on their own 27-yard line and moved to the Jets' 29. With the drive stalled, on the first play of the second quarter Green Bay set up for a field-goal attempt by Mason Crosby, who had hit on 6 of 6 attempts this season. Quinnen Williams burst through the middle of the Green Bay offensive line, with Williams getting a few fingers on the ball, blocking the 47-yard try. "I don't think this was a statement game," Williams said. "It was coming in and doing our job, playing football on Sunday as a unit. As a team, the biggest thing for us is execution and communication week in and week out. We know our downfall is when we don't communicate. But when we do 100 percent...

Davis signed last year in free agency, but missed eight games late in the 2021 campaign with a core muscle injury that required surgery. The spotlight shifted quickly WR Elijah Moore, who had a strong second half last season. Then the Jets plucked Garrett Wilson with the No. 10 overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft. But as often happens with marquee free agents, they sometimes need time to acclimate and reach their comfort level. That mission appears to have been accomplished this season, with Davis playing key roles in the team's two fourth-quarter comebacks through five games. "There's highs and lows in this league," Davis said on Wednesday as the Jets prepare for a trip to Wisconsin to face Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers. "You...

Jets CB Sauce Gardner was named the NFL's Pepsi Zero Sugar Rookie of the Week for Week 5 after helping lift the Jets to a 40-17 victory against Miami at MetLife Stadium last week. On Miami's first offensive snap, Gardner (6-3, 190) set the tone blitzing off the edge and hitting QB Teddy Bridgewater in the end zone. The rush forced Bridgewater to throw the ball away short of the line of scrimmage, resulting in an intentional grounding penalty and a safety. "It did what we all knew it was going to do," HC Robert Saleh said about the call. "I'm not saying we knew we would get a safety. We got an explosive play out of it. You don't want to live that dangerously all the time, but we felt we could get an explosive play and it worked out."...

The Jets had their eyes on offensive lineman Max Mitchell for quite some time. Chris Nolan, one of the team's college scouts, spent some time in Lafayette, LA, watching practices and observing him in one-on-one drills. Mitchell, 22, a four-year starter at Louisiana, adds depth to the Jets' offensive line. He has played left and right tackle, and left guard and now joins a unit that is poised to provide protection for second-year QB Zach Wilson and block for the running backs in OC Mike LaFleur's wide-zone scheme. He showed that over four years playing for the Ragin' Cajuns. He started and played in 37 games the past three years. Twenty-nine of those starts, including all 13 this past season, were at right tackle, with 7 at LT and 1...

Buffalo Bills defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier and the late Greg Knapp have been selected as the 2022 Paul "Dr. Z" Zimmerman Award winners by the Professional Football Writers of America (PFWA). Frazier and Knapp are the 19th and 20th recipients of the Dr. Z Award, which was instituted by the PFWA in 2014. The Dr. Z Award is given for lifetime achievement as an assistant coach in the NFL. The award is named for Zimmerman, who covered the NFL for 29 years as Sports Illustrated's lead pro football writer. His impact on the writing and football industries was profound. Zimmerman is widely considered one of the best football writers of all time, and his 1970 "A Thinking Man's Guide to Pro Football" and revised 1984 "The New Thinking...

Virginia Tech's leading wide receiver as a junior and senior, David Clowney was selected by Green Bay in the 2007 NFL Draft. The Packers then chose to look at the rookie as part of their future by placing him on the practice squad. However, a month after doing so, Clowney's future was now, and it'd be in New York after the Jets put in a claim for him. With his second team only four games into the season, Clowney felt fortunate that he could rely on veteran teammate, Jerricho Cotchery, to show him what's what around the Green & White. Unfortunately for Clowney, a sprained knee would mean that he'd spend his rookie season on Injured Reserve. But making lemonade out of lemons, he used the time he was healing to learn about life in the...

Rookie edge rusher Jermaine Johnson has two words for Jets fans: "Get ready." "My mindset is violence," Johnson, taken at No. 26 overall last week in the 2020 NFL Draft after the Jets traded back into the first round to nab the Florida State star. "There's no pretty boy work in the trenches. It's fun to sack the quarterback, but first and second down are primarily runs, so you have to earn the right to rush the passer. You have to be violent." Johnson (6-4, 254) played at three schools in five seasons, wrapping up at Florida State in 2021. He was named the ACC Defensive Player of the Year, leading the conference with 12 sacks and 18.5 tackles for loss to go with 2 forced fumbles and 2 pass defenses. He also racked up 70 total tackles...

Micheal Clemons' position is listed as edge rusher. In fact, the Jets, with their selection in the fourth round (No. 117 overall) of last week's NFL Draft, may have landed themselves an "edgy" rusher. You'll get no argument from Clemons, the fire-breathing, quarterback-hunting defensive end who at 6-5, 265 pounds and a 35-inch wing span who has the potential to give head coach Robert Saleh and defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich a key element in their rotation on the defensive line. In high school, Clemons first saw action at running back, then was switched to linebacker his senior year. But an injury left him with little tape to impress college coaches. So like many other players who eventually carve out NFL careers, Clemons'...

Jets T George Fant was honored with the Hometown Hero award at the United Way of New York's 29th annual Gridiron Gala in Manhattan. Not only was Fant's family in attendance, but plenty of Jets teammates came out to support him and watch the veteran tackle accept his award including guards Laken Tomlinson and Alijah Vera-Tucker. Fant created the Fant Foundation, with his wife Chastity, in 2019. The foundation's goal is to strengthen, enrich, and support today's youth through different events including the 'Dream Big Camp', a celebrity softball game, a turkey drive, financial wellness seminars, and more. For the past three decades, the United Way of New York City has teamed up with the Jets and the New York Giants to celebrate...

From being a Jets fan growing up to becoming a member of the team, former Ohio State TE Jeremy Ruckert's dream became his reality when general manager Joe Douglas and the Green & White selected Ruckert in the third round. Ruckert, who grew up in Lindenhurst playing soccer and football, was on Long Island waiting for his name to be called. Like many players, coaches and employees before him, he'll relocate from the Island to New Jersey -- he was 8 years old when the team moved from Weeb Ewbank Hall at Hofstra in Hempstead to the the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center in Florham Park. Ruckert's prowess on the field at Ohio State was as a run blocker. He totaled 54 catches, 615 yards and 12 TDs, having his best statistical year as a...

We know Jermaine Johnson is stylish, considering his lustrous yellow-and-black sports coat that he made look good at the 2022 NFL Draft in Las Vegas. But style points didn't convince the Jets to trade up into the first round Thursday night; his single season "in the right place" at Florida State last season did that, as did the Jets staff coaching against him in this year's Senior Bowl. Voila! The Green & White traded up with the Titans to go and get a player they didn't think would be there. Here are four vignettes from Johnson's star trek from Minnesota youth football to the Jets. Long and Winding Road Johnson took the long road to his first-round status as a member of the Green & White. Attending Eden Prairie (MN) High School, he...

A few major themes developed for the Jets over the course of the three days of the 2022 NFL Draft. One theme from the outside looking in was the perception of the team after three days of drafting and trading. The critics were praising rather than preying on the Jets' efforts. From the A-grades seemingly distributed all around the Internet to glowing reports on ESPN, NFL Network and the New York TV news shows, the Green & White were being celebrated for their first five picks. And the full draft should receive similar kudos on Sunday morning. Head coach Robert Saleh, at his and Joe Douglas' end-of-draft news conference, was happy, of course, yet under no illusions. That was when Saleh was Seattle's defensive quality control coach and...

The Jets have selected Florida State DE Jermaine Johnson with the No. 26 overall pick. Johnson (6-4, 254) played at three schools in five seasons, wrapping up at Florida State in 2021. He was named the ACC Defensive Player of the Year, leading the conference with 12 sacks and 18.5 tackles for loss to go with 2 forced fumbles and 2 pass defenses. His stock has consistently risen since the first Senior Bowl practice. After standing out in a couple workouts in front of NFL scouts, Johnson departed Mobile, AL having cemented his status as one of the draft's premier talents. Johnson, who is from Eden Prairie, Minnesota, began his college career at Independence Community College and was featured on the Netflix series 'Last Chance U' where...