It’s not often that I can talk about a player that I have actually watched grow, game by game. Today I get that opportunity, as the player in the spotlight is Harrison Smith. A 5th year senior who is likely to be drafted in the 4th round, potentially he could go late 3rd but I [...]
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Scouting The Draft: Harrison Smith, Safety Notre Dame
January 25th, 2012 
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No Comments »Shining the spotlight back on 49ers’ Gore
January 22nd, 2012 afcbeast SAN FRANCISCO — Frank Gore’s 89-yard rushing performance for San Francisco in the NFC divisional playoffs failed to register as a significant postgame storyline. 2011 Top Rushers vs. Giants Sure, it was Gore’s highest single-game total since his five-game stretch of 100-yard games ended against the New York Giants in Week 10. But with Alex [...]
Tomlinson Adds Credibility to Reports of Jet Chaos: A Fan’s View (Yahoo! Contributor Network)
January 22nd, 2012 afcbeast LaDanian Tomlinson settled into a guest seat on Showtime’s Inside the NFL and pointed a revealing spotlight on a messy situation. Up to very recently, all we definitively knew about the apparently disintegrating infrastructure of the New York Jets was that unnamed sources had… View full post on Yahoo! Sports – NFL – New York [...]
Posted in Yahoo! Sports Tags: adds, Chaos, Contributor, Credibility, fan’s, Infrastructure, Messy Situation, network, New York Jets, Reports, SHOWTIME, Sports Nfl, Spotlight, Tomlinson, Unnamed Sources, view, Yahoo, Yahoo Sports, York Jets News No Comments »New York Jets: 5 Players Who Didn’t Live Up to the Hype in 2011
January 15th, 2012 afcbeast The Jets 2011 season was full of disappointments, as the team struggled to build on their previous success. Although the entire roster had tremendous expectations heading into the season, some players were magnified to an unprecedented degree. Some players, such as Nick Mangold and Darrelle Revis, thrived under pressure, while several key stars folded in [...]
Posted in Bleacher Report Tags: 2011, Bleacher Report, Darrelle Revis, Didn't, Disappointments, Hype, Jets, Live, New York Jets, Nick Mangold, Players., Slideshow, Spotlight, Stars, Success, Unprecedented Degree, York No Comments »Kris Jenkins Rips Mark Sanchez: He Needs to Grow a Pair and be a Team Leader
January 8th, 2012 afcbeast Kris Jenkins is the latest person to rip into the Jets and analyze their problems. A day after rookie quarterback Greg McElroy blasted the selfish attitude of certain Jets players, former Jets defensive tackle Kris Jenkins joined in. Jenkins believes McElroy took a leadership stance that starting quarterback Mark Sanchez should be assuming. “The No. [...]
Posted in Around The Web Tags: Aaron Rodgers, attitude, Being A Man, Gq Photo Shoot, Greg Mcelroy, grow, Hasn, Jenkins, Kris, Kris Jenkins, leader, Leadership, Long Time, Magazine's, mark, Mark Sanchez, Mike Lupica, Needs, New York Jets, pair, Pro Football Talk, Rex Ryan, Rips, Rookie Quarterback, Sanchez, Spotlight, team, Team Leader, Yardbarker No Comments »Kris Jenkins Rips Mark Sanchez: He Needs to Grow a Pair and be a Team Leader
January 8th, 2012 afcbeast Kris Jenkins is the latest person to rip into the Jets and analyze their problems. A day after rookie quarterback Greg McElroy blasted the selfish attitude of certain Jets players, former Jets defensive tackle Kris Jenkins joined in. Jenkins believes McElroy took a leadership stance that starting quarterback Mark Sanchez should be assuming. “The No. [...]
Posted in Around The Web Tags: Aaron Rodgers, attitude, Being A Man, Gq Photo Shoot, Greg Mcelroy, grow, Hasn, Jenkins, Kris, Kris Jenkins, leader, Leadership, Long Time, Magazine's, mark, Mark Sanchez, Mike Lupica, Needs, New York Jets, pair, Pro Football Talk, Rex Ryan, Rips, Rookie Quarterback, Sanchez, Spotlight, team, Team Leader, Yardbarker No Comments »Not Just a Want
January 6th, 2012 afcbeast The No. 1 quarterback should have said that a long time ago. It would have been all part of the process of him growing a pair and standing up and being a man. But the thing is, he lost his because he got caught up in the wash that is New York, the spotlight, taking [...]
Posted in The Jets Blog Tags: 1050 Espn, Being A Man, Crowd Pleaser, ESPN, Just, Kris Jenkins, Long Time, Magazine's, Mark Sanchez, Spotlight, Stuff, Want 10 Comments »Jets’ Sanchez says he’s improved, staying upbeat
December 29th, 2011 afcbeast New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez says he ”no question, absolutely” has improved in his third season despite some fans and media questioning whether he can ever lead the team to a Super Bowl. Sanchez says Wednesday that he understands there are high expectations, but adds that he is ”absolutely” confident he has the support [...]
Posted in Around The Web Tags: Giants, he's, High Expectations, Improved, Jets, Jets Playoff Hopes, Last Saturday, Lead, Lousy Performance, Luckiest Guy In The World, Mark Sanchez, New York Jets, No Regrets, Peril, Promise, Sanchez, Says, Spotlight, staying, Super Bowl, Teammates, Third Season, upbeat, Yardbarker No Comments »Jets’ Sanchez says he’s improved, staying upbeat
December 29th, 2011 afcbeast New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez says he ”no question, absolutely” has improved in his third season despite some fans and media questioning whether he can ever lead the team to a Super Bowl. Sanchez says Wednesday that he understands there are high expectations, but adds that he is ”absolutely” confident he has the support [...]
Posted in Around The Web Tags: Giants, he's, High Expectations, Improved, Jets, Jets Playoff Hopes, Last Saturday, Lead, Lousy Performance, Luckiest Guy In The World, Mark Sanchez, New York Jets, No Regrets, Peril, Promise, Sanchez, Says, Spotlight, staying, Super Bowl, Teammates, Third Season, upbeat, Yardbarker No Comments »
Former Jets NT Kris Jenkins Calls Out QB Mark Sanchez
Former Jets defensive lineman Kris Jenkins took to Mike Lupica’s radio show to talk about the unintentional comedy stylings of the New York Jets and Mark Sanchez. The No. 1 quarterback should have said that a long time ago, Jenkins said, referring to backup Greg McElroy’s recent public comments about the sorry state of the [...]