Boland Blog: 8-24

WhiteShoeWillis · Sep 24, 2008

Before we begin, Marcus Henry was added to the practice squad, as was WR Paul Raymond.

On to the day?

Asked directly about Kris Jenkins and Brett Favre?s availability for Sunday, Eric Mangini said this:

?Yeah, I anticipate both those guys playing.?

Jenkins in the locker room confirmed that he possibly could have re-entered Monday?s game, something Mangini said during his conference call Tuesday.

Jenkins? injury, announced in the press box Monday as his back, was something Jenkins said he has dealt with before.

?It?s just something I have to get through,? Jenkins said. ?I know how to get through it, though. I?ll be fine.?

Jenkins, for what it?s worth, didn?t look terribly limited during the agility drills we saw at practice. UPDATE: the reason I always put in the "35 minutes that we saw" qualifiers when I talk about practice is for this reason: on the recently-released injury report - at 4 p.m. - Jenkins was listed as having not practiced, meaning he didn't participate in any full team drills.

* Getting back to Favre, he was favoring his left ankle during the portion of practice we were able to watch, but seeing him in the locker room before practice, he wasn?t limping nearly as much as he was right after Monday?s game when we saw him.

Side story that only I care about, but it?s my blog: before Favre came in to the interview room, I said to Greg Bishop of the Times, ?I guarantee Mangini talked to Favre and he suddenly won?t be as open about his condition.?

See, Favre has twice committed no-nos ? fineable offenses here, actually ? by talking about physical ailments; once during training camp when he said his arm felt ?fatigued? and after Monday?s game when he not only said he had ?rolled? his ankle, he specified which one!

I had a feeling that would lead to a stern talking to from Mangini and?..

?I?ve been down this road before, not only with an ankle injury, but with a lot of injuries,? Favre said. ?I respect Eric. He wants us to refer those type of questions to him. I understand that.?

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Here, Brett, is how you answer an injury question, courtesy of Jenkins:

?I?m getting treatment on it. I?m not at liberty to go into detail about anything, but we?ll take it day by day. I?m just doing the best I can. I?m not on IR (smile) so it?s a plus.?

Anyway, Favre, who once played through a broken thumb in Green Bay, said he might be limited somewhat in practice this week - and was pretty limited in his activity during the part of practice we saw - but that he would likely be making consecutive start No. 257 Sunday. Not that continuing the streak is motivation.

?I would hope I would never go into a game and play to continue a streak even though I felt like I would hamper the team with this injury, or a broken thumb or whatever,? Favre said. ?My philosophy has always been, if you feel like you can play and not hinder the team one bit, then try at least.?

More from Favre in tomorrow?s paper, of course.

* Also from the locker room, Ben Graham on how quickly things change in the NFL: ?Quite the turn of events, I guess. First time, this is my 18th professional year as a sportsman, and it?s the first time I?ve been released. And certainly the first time I?ve been re-signed within a week.?

Graham understood why he was released.

?I had a bad game against the Patriots,? he said.

Has the situation been awkward?

?It?s awkward but the guys are great, they understand the situation. They?re happy to have me back, for how long, I guess we?ll just have to wait and see.?

* Kerry Rhodes said after two straight losses he, and everyone else, is ready to play again.

?I wish we could play today, except my body?s not ready yet,? Rhodes said. ?We want to get out and try to get that bad taste out of out mouths from the game Monday. It?s another chance to prove we?re a good team, that we can get it done. We want to get out there.?

I had to ask the ?desperate? question, seeing the liberal use of that word last week in reference to the Chargers.

?Not desperate yet, but we do need to get back on track and get a win,? Rhodes said. ?That?s pretty evident, but we?re not desperate. It?s only three games into the season and we still know we have a good team. We?re going to try to get that effort out and show you guys so you all can believe that, too. But we still have faith in ourselves.?

* An aside: I officially banned ?win-now team? from this blog for all descriptions of the Jets back before training camp started and we?ve done okay with that. The next one on the clich? hit list: Any sentence structure that contains Brett Favre and his receivers, ?getting on the same page.?

I'll try to set a good example.
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BadgerOnLSD · Sep 24, 2008

This guy must have had pretty amazing foresight to predict this in August.

brothermoose · Sep 24, 2008

Boland continues to be the best Jets reporter bar none. I'm glad we have him.

FriendlyGiantsFan · Sep 24, 2008

It's good that Jenkins is okay. He is key to that defense functioning well.

statjeff22 · Sep 24, 2008

BadgerOnLSD said: ↑

This guy must have had pretty amazing foresight to predict this in August.
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It's a shame he didn't add "Oh, by the way, I see Lehman Brothers declaring bankruptcy, AIG being acquired by the federal government, and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac being placed into conservatorship over the next month, so plan accordingly."

TheBlairThomasFumble · Sep 25, 2008

Ha, good catch.

BadgerOnLSD said: ↑

This guy must have had pretty amazing foresight to predict this in August.
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