The New York Jets have looked like a disheveled mess in the preseason with question marks on the offensive line and a media-fueled quasi-quarterback controversy leading some to consider the temperature setting on Rex Ryan’s office recliner.

“This isn’t all on Rex,” NFL Network and NFL.com’s Steve Wyche said Tuesday morning on “NFL AM” when asked of the head coach’s precarious predicament.  “This is on (general manager) Mike Tannenbaum, who put that personnel in place, who signed some guys to some contracts that have become prohibitive. They don’t seem like they have a lot of depth in a lot of areas; the talent really isn’t there.”

The “NFL AM” crew debates Tim Tebow‘s roll in the Jets’ Wildcat offense.

Rex Ryan told “NFL AM” he is “excited” about Tim Tebow and reiterates that he is the best defensive coach in the NFL.

Jets coach Rex Ryan and Lions coach Jim Schwartz are the only surviving members of an 11-person group of head coaches hired in 2009. I was wondering what we can learn from this.

Maurice Jones-Drew and the Jaguars are at odds over extending his contract. Could he suffer the same fate as another elite fantasy running back?

NFL and movies month continues to roll ahead, but while we take a brief intermission, here’s a look back at some of the stuff you might have missed along the way.

Last year, Santonio Holmes was a captain. Let me stop and say that’s an amazing sentence to write. But anyway, he was a captain for the 2011 season. And the fact that Holmes was a captain became a symbol for a lost season. Being yanked off the field in the last two minutes against the Dolphins capped it all off. Not the behavior of a captain, certainly. While Holmes may not regret last year — “Why should I?” —  I bet his teammates do. And for one specific reason — Holmes ruined the Jets plans to have season captains. He ruined it for everyone else. I thought about this while reading about the latest antics of Holmes, who often makes you […]

Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum, head coach Rex Ryan and owner Woody Johnson will be running the show in the team’s war room come draft day, writes Marc Sessler on NFL.com.

Normally, I would make a joke here about all of the attention given to the Tim Tebow press conference, but I’m going to lead off with some Tebow news so it would be rather hypocritical.

These “motivational” posters are not meant to inspire the 2012 NFL Draft class.

Jamaal Charles might find himself with some company in the Chiefs backfield, just one of several changes the team could be poised to make.

Nobody draws a crowd like Rex Ryan, a fact not lost on his boss, Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum.

One year after he stood in the same room at the NFL Scouting Combine, declaring before a roomful of media that “this is the year we’re going to win the Super Bowl,” Jets coach Rex Ryan said it was a giant mistake.

Steve Weatherford became a YouTube star when his expletive-laden celebration after the Giants clinched the NFC title. He knows he’s an Internet star, and he’s glad it’s for a winning reason.

Jason Smith is a Jets fan. That’s bad news for him, since he’s at a Super Bowl featuring the hated Patriots and Giants.