Jeff Hart: Tuesday Linkfest for January 3, 2012

By: Jeff Hart | Posted: January 03, 2012

If you don’t like New Jersey based soap operas, you should probably close tab now. The very dramatic and very public implosion of the New York Jets continues to be one of the most grossly captivating stories out there, especially with locker room accounts like this one wherein Rex Ryan cries and Bart Scott gives photographers the finger.

In between tearful bouts of pleading with his boys to be a family again, Ryan made time to discuss abandoning the concept of having team captains. Thanks a lot, Santonio Holmes. Now who is going to do the coin flip?

Over at Shutdown Corner, there’s a post titled “Jets’ starpower can’t overcome character flaws” and it’s topped by the above picture of Plaxico Burress. It’s a weird choice for art considering that by all accounts Burress has been a leader in the locker room this year, and his name never even appears in the article that follows. Is Burress just the go-to for lazy editors needing a picture choice for "character issues"? The article also features Aaron Maybin talking about the nonexistence of second chances in the NFL, so you know it must be good!

The draft order for non-playoff teams was finalized yesterday. Most mocks have the Jets drafting some defensive help, but expect the speculation on replacing Mark Sanchez to be a hot story this off-season.

Now, for some news only tangentially related to the Jets: Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett declared Rob Ryan worthy of a head coaching job. Judging by how many words I just squeezed out of that Jets news, I think another Ryan leading a team is exactly what the league needs.

It feels like too long since we’ve talked about Tim Tebow, so here’s a story on John Fox saying that Tebow has just been “doing his best” since his God forsook him in Week 15.

Finally, if you were wondering why Rocky McIntosh wasn’t in the line-up for Washington Sunday (what do you mean you didn’t notice?!) it’s because he stuffed his bed with pillows to sneak out on Saturday night, but was discovered by Headmaster Shanahan. 

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