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Mark Sanchez Gets Biggest Contract In Jets History

“ESPN has learned the deal is for five years and $50 million (it can max out at $60 million) and includes $28 million in guarantees. That would make him the highest-paid player in Jets history.” Link

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Former WR Wayne Chrebet Hired By Morgan Stanley

Former WR Wayne Chrebet Hired By Morgan Stanley

Jets QB Mark Sanchez Struggles In Practice

Jets QB Mark Sanchez Struggles In Practice

NY Jets Interested In Plaxico Burress

NY Jets Interested In Plaxico Burress

NY Jets May Want To Trade For Jay Cutler

NY Jets May Want To Trade For Jay Cutler

Jets Heiress Casey Johnson Has Hair Set On Fire

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“Casey Johnson – the madcap Band-Aid heiress whose father, Woody Johnson, owns the Jets – is said to be wearing her hair in a short, butch style following a vicious catfight with her ex-girlfriend, Courtenay Semel. ‘Casey had a fight one night with her current girlfriend,’ heavily tattooed Lisa Marie Alvarez, a Los Angeles source, told Page Six. ‘Casey went to Courtenay’s house, and Courtenay proceeded to beat the crap out of her, and then she lit her hair on fire. Casey had to be hospitalized.’ ” [Link]

NY Jets Insider: Team Wouldn't Mind If Brett Favre Retired

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“‘If Favre says he’s not coming back, I don’t know if that would be a great disappointment. … I think Woody and Mike are upset (with Favre’s late-season play) to a point, especially Woody. But I think they have to handle the situation with care. They’re not going to say publicly they don’t want Favre back, but privately I’m not so sure.’ The Jets expect a decision from Favre ’sooner rather than later,’ said the person, although the team hasn’t given Favre a timetable. ” [Link]

Jets RB Thomas Jones: Brett Favre Should Have Been Benched

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“‘We’re a team and we win together … but at the same time, you can’t turn the ball over and expect to win,’ Jones said in an interview Tuesday with New York Hot 97 FM. Favre threw three interceptions in the Jets’ season-ending 24-17 loss to Miami that clinched the AFC East for the Dolphins. ‘The other day, the three interceptions really hurt us. I mean, that’s just reality,’ Jones told the radio station. ‘If I were to sit here and say, ‘Oh, man, it’s OK,’ that’s not reality. … I don’t like it, I know everybody else on the team doesn’t like it. ‘If somebody is not playing well, they need to come out of the game,’ Jones told Hot 97 FM.” [Link]

NY Jets Fire Coach Eric Mangini

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“The Jets have fired Coach Eric Mangini, hours after the team completed a late-season swoon and was eliminated from playoff contention with a loss at home to the Miami Dolphins. The team is expected to announce the firing at a morning news conference, said a member of the team who spoke on condition of anonymity” [Link]