5 Keys to 2017 Jets: With eyes toward 2018, Gang Green looks to make big steps this year

The Jets will be living in the NFL margins during a rebuilding season designed to develop their young talent after an offseason that saw nearly all of their veteran talent leave One Jets Drive. There will be plenty of short-term pain as the losses pile up, but Johnson & Johnson (Woody and brother Chris

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Quotes from Coach Sean Payton's teleconference, Thur., Sept. 7

New Orleans Saints Head Coach Sean Payton Conference Call with New Orleans Media Thursday, September 7, 2017 When you look at this Vikings defense, what sticks out? “Number one, I think they’re extremely good tacklers. That’s from the safety position to the corner position down to the defense

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Report: Tyrone Holmes ends Jets trip to sign with Browns

Defensive end Tyrone Holmes was receiving interest from the New York Jets when he was called back to sign with the Cleveland Browns Thursday. Holmes is the replacement for rookie defensive end Myles Garrett, who was declared with a high ankle sprain. Holmes was a sixth round draft choice of the Jacksonville

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Race for 2018 NFL Draft No. 1 pick: Jets the favorites, but watch out for Colts

Yeah, yeah, the New York Jets are the favorites to land the No. 1 overall pick in the 2018 draft. But, come on, you’ve watched pro football for years and know by now that the only thing you can be sure of with the NFL is nothing at all.  There’s a handful of other teams that have a distinct possibility

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NFL Week 1 schedule, picks, Fantasy, TV, how to stream: Chiefs, Patriots kick it off

Football — honest-to-goodness real, counts-in-the-standings football — is back. The New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs kick things off on Thursday night, the week ends with two Monday night games, and two Florida teams may be forced to take their bye at the beginning of the season due to Hurricane

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Colts coach Chuck Pagano enters pivotal season under unsettling circumstances

INDIANAPOLIS — It has been four years since the Colts last won their NFL season opener, but even before the result of their visit Sunday to play the Rams is established, it is obvious they’re off to a rough start this year. Because coach Chuck Pagano will send out Scott Tolzien to open at quarterback

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