Taking a look at a young Jets wide receiver

Earlier this week, the New York Jets signed wide receiver Ontaria “Pokey” Wilson to a futures deal. Today, we look at Wilson in detail.

The 25-year old Wilson is listed at 6’1” and 175 pounds. He was undrafted out of Florida State in 2023. Having failed to make the Los Angeles Chargers roster as an undrafted free agent, he ended up in Canada, where he posted a thousand yard season last year with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

Background

Wilson was originally recruited to Florida State as a defensive back, having played...

Bringing your daily links to the NFL’s New York Jets

Good morning, Gang Green Nation. I hope you’re all having a great start to the day. To the shock of no one, after the Detroit Lions’ loss to the Washington Commanders in the Divisional Round of the NFL playoffs, New York Jets fans no longer want Lions defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn to be the next coach of the team. Honestly, it’s a prime example as to how no one actually pays attention to the job most of these candidates do during their tenure, and only look at their most recent...

Two MVP candidates go head to head

The divisional round of the NFL playoffs concludes this evening with an AFC matchup. The Buffalo Bills host the Baltimore Ravens in frigid Orchard Park, New York. Kickoff is scheduled for 6:30 pm EST.

The 14-4 Buffalo Bills are AFC East champions and the #2 seed in the AFC playoffs. The Bills come into this game off a 31 - 7 domination of the Denver Broncos in the wild card round of the NFL playoffs last week. The Bills have won 11 of their prior 13 games. Bills quarterback Josh Allen had an...

The divisional round of the NFL playoffs continues this afternoon with an NFC matchup. The Philadelphia Eagles host the Los Angeles Rams in snowy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Kickoff is scheduled for 3:00 pm EST.

The 15-3 Philadelphia Eagles are NFC East champions and the highest remaining seed in the NFC playoffs. The Eagles come into this game winners of 13 of their last 14 games, including a 37 - 20 win over the Rams in November. Last week they defeated the Green Bay Packers in the wild card round of the NFL playoffs. The Eagles feature the NFL’s #1 defense in...

Ulbrich took the thankless job of serving as Jets interim head coach this past season.

Jeff Ulbrich, who worked for the Jets as interim head coach and defensive coordinator, has a new job. He is taking over as defensive coordinator of the Atlanta Falcons.

Ulbrich was well-regarded for his work with the Jets defense in 2022 and 2023.

Then early in the 2024 season, owner Woody Johnson put him into an impossible situation. Ulbrich, who had never been a head coach before, was tasked with turning around a sinking Jets team full of big names and big egos on the...

Bringing your daily links to the NFL’s New York Jets

Good morning Gang Green Nation! The divisional round of the NFL playoffs got underway yesterday, with both #1 seeds seeing action. In the AFC, the #1 seeded Kansas City Chiefs made it to the AFC Championship game for the 7th consecutive year with a victory over the Houston Texans. In the NFC, the #1 seeded Detroit Lions fell to the Washington Commanders as the Lions’ defense collapsed under the weight of an avalanche of injuries.

The divisional round will continue today, with the Philadelphia Eagles hosting the Los Angeles Rams...

The divisional round of the NFL playoffs continues

The divisional round of the NFL playoffs continues tonight when the Detroit Lions host the Washington Commanders. Kickoff is scheduled for 8:00 pm EST.

The 15-2 Detroit Lions are coming off a bye week as the #1 seed in the NFC. The Lions have won 14 of their last 15 games, but they have suffered numerous injuries, particularly on defense, leaving the Lions more vulnerable than their record might indicate. The Lions feature the NFL’s #1 offense in points scored and #2 offense in yards gained. On defense it’s been more of...

The divisional round of the NFL playoffs kick off with an AFC matchup

The divisional round of the NFL playoffs get underway today with an AFC game. The first playoff game of the weekend has the Kansas City Chiefs hosting the Houston Texans. Kickoff is scheduled for 4:30 pm EST.

The 10-7 Houston Texans are AFC South champions. They come into this game off a 32 - 12 trouncing of the Los Angeles Chargers last week in the wild card round. Prior to that impressive victory the Texans had lost six of their last 11 games after opening the season...

Is the current system fair to coaches of successful teams?

Typically, NFL teams with coaching openings want to fill those positions with coaches who have recently been good. More often than not, that means that their teams are successful and competing in the playoffs. For the hiring team, this makes sense.

However, what about for the current employer? This week, Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator Todd Monken gave some quote that led to the below headline.

I think Monken’s framing of the current NFL norms as “unfortunate” is fair. If we think about it, then does it really make sense for...

Bringing your daily links to the NFL’s New York Jets

Good morning Gang Green Nation! The New York Jets interviewed three more candidates for the head coach opening yesterday. Brian Flores, Josh McCown and Jeff Hafley all talked to the Jets, bringing to 15 the number of candidates interviewed for head coach thus far. Another 15 candidates have interviewed for the general manager opening. The ever widening search goes on, with no end in sight. One would think the Jets would start to wrap things up soon, before too many of their candidates sign with other teams. That seems logical,...

The Jets had requested an interview with the 49ers head coach.

49ers quarterbacks coach Brian Griese was among the candidates the Jets requested to interview for their open head coaching position. According to Brian Costello of the New York Post, Griese turned down the request.

One coach the Jets requested who declined the request was 49ers quarterbacks coach Brian Griese.

I’m not sure this is necessarily groundbreaking news. Griese didn’t seem like a top tier candidate. In fact, the idea of him as an NFL head coach felt like a bit of a stretch. He only joined the coaching...

The laundry list of needs for the New York Jets is quite long as they enter the 2025 offseason. Perhaps lower on that list is edge rusher given that the New York Jets have seen first round picks break out in each of the last two seasons at that position in Jermaine Johnson II and Will McDonald IV.

Despite that, an article by Jordan Plocher and Josh Liskiewitz of PFF recently identified the “perfect” NFL draft prospect for each team with the duo identifying an edge rusher for the New York Jets. Explaining their rationale, the authors wrote:

[Will...