Practice notes: Chad less than thrilled with QB battle

FanHouse found this 5/15/2008 on www.nydailynews.com [flag]

This is what you’ve been waiting for - some real football. Well, as real as it gets in May. The Jets conducted their third OTA practice today at Hofstra, the first session that was open to the media. Here’s what you need to know: • In the ballyhooed QB battle, Chad Pennington worked exclusively with the first-team offense. What can we read into that? Not much. Pennington and Kellen Clemens are alternating days, and today was Pennington’s turn. Before the first practice, offensive ... [link]

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While Chris Baker Skips New York Jets' Practices, Bubba Franks Shines
Published 5/15/2008 by Michael David Smith at FanHouse
... talked to Chris and one of the things that's important to Chris and I is that he stay current on the information and that's what we've been focusing on," Mangini said. "Chris has been working with the information and will continue to work on the football side of it." But there's a wild card in all this: Last year the Jets didn't have any viable tight ends other than Baker. This year they've added veteran Bubba Franks, the former Packer. And the New York Daily News reports that Franks is looking good: ...

Link: Thursday OTAs
Published 5/15/2008 by Bassett at thejetsblog.com
I am just about to hop in the car for three hours, but some of the beaties have gotten some thoughts down on what they saw today. [Newsday: A brief look at today’s OTA] [NY Daily News: Practice notes] I’ll sift through this some more late tonight.

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