Good morning ☕
Tomorrow morning the Wyatt-Huptons are off on their travels taking in four stops, three countries and plenty of train journeys. First stop…Paris.
That means a trip on the Eurostar. The last time I got the Eurostar my train was cancelled, I had to wait around Kings Cross station for 5-6 hours and missed my connecting train to Cologne…so it can’t be worse, can it?
I am also going to the FIFA museum in Zurich and for anyone who follows me on social media, let’s hope there are no portraits of Infantino anywhere.
I’ll try to stay on top of things as best I can while I’m away, the good (and bad) part about modern society is that we’re always connected.
Last night we had some real football…well about as close to real football as you get in the first week of August, but it’s at this point I can say…NFL is back!
The Jets will start their pre-season schedule a week today by hosting Todd Bowles and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
It was announced earlier this year that the Jets and Tampa will hold two joint practices so I imagine those will take place in the lead-up to the game on Friday.
Aaron Glenn has yet to confirm the plan for pre-season, but I’m always hopeful of seeing the starters for a series or two. Injuries can happen anywhere and at anytime. If you agree with your opponent that the starters will play 1-2 series it reduces the risk.
What you don’t want is your starters facing 3rd and 4th string talent who are fighting for their lives to make the roster. That’s when half pace meets desperate tackles and results in issues.
We have a few updates that came out of yesterday’s session with the spoils being shared between the offense and defense.
Let’s dive into all the details and I hope everyone has a great weekend ahead of them.
Jets Sign TE Connor Hulstein (Official Site)
Hulstein (6-6, 247), who played collegiately at Princeton and Marist, participated in the Jets’ rookie minicamp. An AP Second Team All-American at Marist last season, he had 42 catches and set single-season school records for a tight end with 599 yards receiving, 7 TDs and a 14.3 yards/reception average. Appearing in 12 games, Hulstein led FCS tight ends in receiving yards and ranked second in TD receptions and fourth in receptions.
Jets claim DL Junior Tafuna and waived DL Patrick Jenkins (Official Site)
Tafuna (6-3, 308) went undrafted in 2025 and signed with the Houston Texans. He spent time on the Texans' practice squad and signed a reserves/future contract with Houston in January. At Utah, Tafuna had 108 tackles, 15 TFL, 7.5 sacks, 3 FR, 2 INT and 1 FF.
Geno Smith had a good day overall hitting both AD Mitchell and Garrett Wilson for touchdowns.
Not so good for Cade Klubnik who struggled throughout and threw an interception to Mykal Walker, his second pick of camp.
Cade did have a TD pass to who else…Isaiah Williams. Those two have a great bit of chemistry developing.
I cursed the kickers! A day after me waxing poetic about both Sanders and York, Jason went 6-9 missing from 47+ on all three kicks. Cade York went 6-8 with his misses coming from 50+. 5 missed kicks from the kickers.
Some good PBUs on defense from Brandon Stephens and AZ Thomas. Seems that both players are having a great camp. Saying that, they both got beat on CB vs WR reps, but that’s not a bad thing as it looks good for the receivers.
David Bailey got himself a sack against Josh Myers and he almost got a second against Olu Fashanu, with Geno throwing the ball away in time.
Braelon Allen showed up and had a good gain on a hole opened up by Josh Myers and Joe Tippmann.
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