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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- A look at what's happening around the New York Jets: 1. Darnold vs. Wilson? Former Jets quarterback Josh McCown couldn't help but laugh at how the narrative surrounding Sam Darnold has changed. Noting the fickle nature of the NFL, McCown told ESPN this week, "Three years ago, it was 'Suck for Sam.' Now it's, ' Sucked for Sam.'" The past three seasons have stunk for everybody connected with the Jets, and that's one of the reasons Darnold could be replaced by a rookie, presumably BYU's Zach Wilson. McCown, who became a mentor to Darnold in 2018 and has remained close with ...

A New Team And A New League Part 11 Loads of pre Super Bowl stuff Photo by Fred Roe/Getty Images After the debacle of the Heidi game the Jets didn’t lose another game the rest of the year. They won their division for the first time in franchise history, then were set to play in the AFL championship game against the Oakland Raiders. The Raiders were always the bad guys who liked to cheat or get away with whatever they could. They would revel in the pain of other teams and would try anything to gain an advantage. When Al Davis was coach (by the time of the championship game he was AFL ...

A New Team And A New League Part 10 The Jets sans Sonny plus the Heidi game Photo By:Gene Kappock/NY Daily News via Getty Images With Sonny Werblin out of the way the four owners installed Donald Lillis as the team president and spokesman for the group. Lillis and Hess were the driving force behind forcing Sonny out or buying him out. The Jets you see were becoming very successful on the field and in attendance, yet showed no profit. The group felt like a bonanza was on the horizon with the AFL/NFL merger just a few years away. They wanted to both reap the financial rewards of that even...

Copied! Last week I drafted a team with Jim Brown, Reggie White, Lawrence Taylor and Deion Sanders on it. This week, I added Ray Lewis, Walter Payton and Mean Joe Greene to the mix. Yes, it's weird, but weird is what happens when John Harris and I huddle each week for our 'In the Lab' podcast. We're smack dab in the middle of drafting an All-Time NFL squad, where you get to choose just one player from each of the 32 franchises. Because I took Payton, I can't add Dick Butkus at linebacker. Also, there's no double-dipping on a player. Since I drafted Sanders the Falcon, Harris can't d...

Author of the article: The Whig-Standard Publishing date: Jan 07, 2021  •  January 7, 2021  •  1 minute read A billboard at Division and Princess streets featuring a poem by the city's poet laureate, Jason Heroux, is the first installation of the city's public art project in the Hub district. Photo by Peter Hendra /The Whig-Standard Article content The first public art installation in the city’s “Hub” district is now up — literally. A billboard featuring a poem by Kingston’s poet laureate, Jason Heroux, set against an illustration by Grace Sylvester, sits atop buildings ...