Zack Rosenblatt
@ZackBlatt
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Senior Writer @TheAthletic covering the Jets and the NFL. Co-host of the Flight Plan podcast. University of Arizona alum.
Joined June 2009
This is Chris. He came in last place in our fantasy football league. His punishment: Go to a nice restaurant with a large teddy bear as his date.
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Aaron Rodgers on his first win as a Jet: “Technically my second.”.
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Sauce Gardner said he didn’t know Brits drive on the other side of the road so when he got on the bus he thought they were about to get in an accident.
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Garrett Wilson: “I don’t know what to tell y’all. I don’t know what to tell the fans. I’m out of words. I’m out.”
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This isn’t a “Carson Wentz just can’t stay healthy” moment, people. This was an illegal helmet-to-helmet hit that might’ve caused a concussion.
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The Jets were one game behind the Bills for first place in the AFC East when Robert Saleh was fired. They are now six games out.
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Alshon Jeffery: “I love the city of Philadelphia. Chicago is just where I was for work.” #Eagles.
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Breece Hall said the #Jets rookies looked at each other today and said: “Bro we’re so good.”.
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Tonight was the official end of the Zach Wilson era. It's over.
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Zach Wilson said he reached out to Steve Young, Drew Brees and Kurt Warner for advice after he was benched.
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Robert Saleh on Zach Wilson: "He's the same quarterback that once went 18 for 18 in a bowl game.".
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Eagles fans don’t seem to want Bryce Huff. Haason Reddick doesn’t want the Jets. I have an idea….
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Will McDonald so far tonight: 1.5 sacks, 3 QB hits. Haason Reddick so far tonight: Lost $791,666.
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Sauce Gardner said the defense was talking on the sideline during the first drive about how it was the first time they were “able to chill a little bit longer” at the beginning of a game since the offense was moving. #Jets.
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Jabrill Peppers on the Eagles last night: "We had 16 opportunities to make it happen. Anytime you put your destiny in another man’s hands it doesn’t bode well for you.”. Right mindset. #Giants.
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Breece Hall finished the season as the #Jets leading rusher. He hasn’t played since Oct. 23.
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Saquon Barkley’s dad was wearing full on Jets gear as they walked out of the stadium together. Barkley grew up a Jets fan.
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Hey, yikes.
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Garrett Wilson on Mike White: “I’ll go to work for that boy. He’s got something special about him.” #Jets.
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John Mara on his way inside, a #Giants fan yelled at him: “We need football people! Not family!”
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Breece Hall's injury was upsetting for Michael Carter:. "It hurt me, bro. I was trying to get my head back in the game because I do care about him a lot. I had a prayer with him after the game . "It’s hard. Especially when you have a connection with somebody like that." . #Jets.
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Both Elijah Moore and Michael Carter interrupted Mike White’s press conference to ask questions… . Moore asked what he thinks of the receiver room. White jokingly listed every receiver on the roster and practice squad other than Moore. Everybody laughed. #Jets.
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Nobody has had a weirder career than Nick Foles. Nobody.
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Aaron Rodgers sat down with a group of reporters today. He ended with this quote about his experience with the #Jets so far (it's a long one): . "I told a friend this has felt like waking up inside of a dream, this whole experience. A beautiful dream. So many times you have a.
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Texts from the girlfriend, who is currently in NYC: . “Oh god, #Eagles fans are everywhere.”. “They are just running around and yelling in people’s faces.”.
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Breece Hall on Zach Wilson: “He’s got big balls, man.”.
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PFF’s top receiver in Week 7 wasn’t Ja’Marr Chase, A.J. Brown or Davante Adams. It was Daniel Jones, with a 95.6 receiving grade.
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Nick Foles has gone from Philly to St Louis to Kansas City back to Philly to Jacksonville and now to Chicago in the span of seven years. Won a little Super Bowl MVP in there. Weirdest. Career. Ever.
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The Jets want to make a switch at QB. The team is leaning towards Zach Wilson to take over, but he is reluctant to stepping back in, sources tell @DMRussini and me. The team is hoping he changes his mind as they continue to discuss the next steps. More on @TheAthletic shortly.
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Sauce Gardner on his rookie season: "I feel like I had a great season. I’m the only corner who didn’t allow any touchdowns. I know there was the miscommunication thing (against CLE) but I didn’t allow no touchdowns. I feel like I had a pretty good rookie season." #Jets.
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Breece Hall said he apologized to Aaron Rodgers for not playing up to his potential and Rodgers told him not to worry about it — it’s a long season.
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Sauce Gardner on his stream (with Garrett Wilson and Breece Hall sitting next to him) said that if Aaron Rodgers comes to the #Jets "it's package deals all over. I can't tell y'all who, but just know.".
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Robert Saleh said Zach Wilson reacted with some frustration when he was told the news. "Why me? I want to play" #jets.
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Brian Dawkins is a damn hero. He just took a moment during his own Hall of Fame speech to talk about depression. There’s nobody like this man.
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#Jets practice is over. Joe Flacco today: 14 of 17, 4 TD, sacked twice. One of the offenses best days of training camp.
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Sauce Gardner said he thinks he and DJ Reed are “definitely” the best CB duo in the NFL. #jets
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Elijah Moore: “I was talking to the ball yesterday. I was like damn, you already know how I feel about you. I was kissing it … It was just being patient.” #Jets.
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Robert Saleh on Aaron Rodgers: "Shoot, if he wants a headset he can have one.".
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Denzel Mims on his trade request: . “I’m not really thinking about it. Trade deadline is coming up … all I want to do is continue to win football games and play. As long as we winning, I’m happy.” . #Jets.
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Robert Saleh on the second half offensive performance: “It was dogshit.”.
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Just an FYI: Dave Gettleman was wearing a mask because he went through chemo two years ago and there is an IT person in his house. #Giants.
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Sauce Gardner on the win: “I don’t even know what happened.”. Said he wasn’t paying attention at the end of the fourth quarter because he thought it was already over. Said as a leader he needs to be better than that. #Jets.
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Breece Hall: "It's hard for a team to win when your coach and GM's getting fired halfway through the season.".
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Sauce Gardner walking to the team bus, cheesehead in hand.
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Sauce Gardner + DJ Reed Island: . Tyreek Hill: 7 catches, 47 yards. Jaylen Waddle: 3 catches, 23 yards. Zero TDs.
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Kenny Golladay said his yelling was directed at Jason Garrett, not Daniel Jones. But said he and Garrett spoke after the game and they’re fine. #Giants.
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This Tyler Hilinski news is hard. We all need to talk more about depression. Here's a start: I've battled depression for most of my life. I spent my 20th birthday in the hospital b/c of it. I'm here now b/c I finally talked to people about it. I wasn't alone. You're not alone.
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I bet Davante Adams would be willing to take a paycut for the chance to play with Thomas Morstead.
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As Jermaine Johnson keeps getting better, a reminder that Joe Douglas had a god-level 2022 NFL Draft. Sauce Gardner (star).Garrett Wilson (star).Breece Hall (star).Jermaine Johnson (becoming one).Jeremy Ruckert (flashing some impressive potential).Max Mitchell (starter).Micheal.
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Garrett Wilson: “Honestly I feel like they gotta put more trust in the receiver room. We can go up and make plays, do things, and I don’t know if everyone feels that way but hopefully by next week everyone feels that way.”. #Jets.
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I am told that the Giants will not be franchise tagging Mike Glennon before today’s deadline.
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Are we sure the Giants aren’t the worst team in the NFL?.
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Since the #Jets won, the only Zach Wilson stat that really matters today:. 5/5 for 57 yards on a game-winning scoring drive in the fourth quarter.
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The #Jets elevated QB Chris Streveler from the practice squad for tonight’s game. And from what I hear, this time it’s for real 👀.
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Bam Knight won rookie of the week. Jets Twitter knows no bounds.
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Sauce Gardner won Defensive Rookie of the Year. Easy choice. He and Garrett Wilson are only the third rookie teammates to EVER win OROY/DROY in the same year. A #Jets draft class that will go down in history.
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Two Carson Wentz things. 1. Nate Sudfeld expressing support is significant. He’s in meetings with Wentz (and Foles, and Groh) every day. 2. I can tell you this based on conversations I’ve had: Nick Foles loves Carson Wentz. Is there a better judge of character than Nick Foles?.
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Thomas Morstead is getting emotional talking about how much this season has meant to him.
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Aaron Rodgers on Zach Wilson: “He’s going to make my life hell in practice. I’m going to make his life heaven off the field.” #Jets.
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Allen Lazard: "It feels good 12's going to be my quarterback again.".
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Has Garrett Wilson ever gone through something like this before with the #Jets offense struggling so much:. “Yeah. Last season.”.
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Wow. The Jets are going to win. Robert Saleh/Jeff Ulbrich out-coached Nick Sirianni. Give a game ball to everyone on the #Jets defense. Just an unreal performance. Willed this team to a win against a Super Bowl contender. 3-3 going into the bye week is pretty much the best.
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Watch Will McDonald (99) on Graham Gano’s missed FG at the end. Jumped over the blocker and disrupted the kick with his long arms. Game changing play. #Jets
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This whole situation reflects positively on Denzel Mims and how he handled his trade request.
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Joe Douglas, who hasn't been an active presence on Hard Knocks, said this to Chris Long on his Green Light podcast about the show: . “When we found out we were doing Hard Knocks, Robert (Saleh) immediately texted me: ‘I don't want to show any players getting cut.’ And I'm like,.
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PFF grade for Quinnen Williams against the Packers: 64.5. My grade for PFF for that grade: 0.0.
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The previous Giants GM traded down in 2021, missing out on Micah Parsons, to draft Kadarius Toney.
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I’m told the Jets were offered multiple first round picks for Chris Streveler and turned it down.
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Aaron Rodgers on @RapSheet’s report that people close to him think this might be his last game in the NFL:. “People said they were close to me?”.
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Garrett Wilson on his frustration walking off the field : “This shit’s sorry. We’re out here looking sorry … we’re better than that.” . #Jets.
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Brian Daboll said he went back and watched a lot of film of Kenny Golladay with the Lions and Kadarius Toney at Florida to figure out how to best use them. He said he’ll take input from them on what sort of routes they like to run too. #Giants.
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Mike LaFleur and Elijah Moore just dapped each other up.
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Zach Wilson was asked if he feels like he let the defense down?. “No.”.
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In tears, Josh McCown said at his press conference that “I had the time of my life” playing for the #Eagles.
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My brother sent Cody Parkey a payment on Venmo to thank him for missing the field goal. #Eagles
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Carson Wentz has made the #Eagles 53-man roster, per source. Please credit me with this news.
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The #Jets O-Line only allowed one pressure and one sack yesterday, per PFF — both credited to Joe Tippmann. - Tyron Smith was graded the third-best tackle in Week 2. - Morgan Moses was 12th. - Alijah Vera-Tucker the sixth-best guard. John Simpson: 9th. - Joe Tippmann:.
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DJ Reed on covering Justin Jefferson: “I was in his shit all game. He got that one route on me.” #Jets
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Garrett Wilson on Aaron Rodgers getting over 300 yards: “I’m glad he got over that hurdle. Cool.”.
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And to ensure everyone in the restaurant noticed his date:
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Howie Roseman’s offseason haul. DT Malik Jackson.WR DeSean Jackson.LB Zach Brown .RB Jordan Howard.DE Vinny Curry.LB LJ Fort.Re-signed Brandon Graham, Ronald Darby, Timmy Jernigan.OT Andre Dillard.RB Miles Sanders.WR JJ Arcega-Whiteside. #Eagles.
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Raise your hand if you want ESPN to just make Peyton and Eli the primary Monday Night Football broadcast team: 🙋🏻♂️.
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Jason Peters, asked about the idea that the #Eagles didn’t play well enough: “I’ve been playing a long time. A win is a win. I don’t give a fuck what nobody says.”.
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The #Eagles are simultaneously both close to winning the NFC East AND a Top-10 draft pick.
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