Aaron Rodgers now has great Jets blindside bodyguard he needs
NY Post
This time, it is a future first-ballot Hall of Fame left tackle who will be protecting the crown jewel, the future first-ballot Hall of Fame quarterback.
And because the future first-ballot Hall of Fame quarterback is back with a 40-year-old Achilles that betrayed him last season, Tyron Smith becomes the Most Indispensable Jet not named Aaron Rodgers.
Joe Namath is forever grateful to his late Hall of Fame LT Winston Hill for keeping him standing tall enough en route to the Jets’ Super Bowl III championship and beyond.
“He personally saved my life many, many times,” Namath said once.
And he also said this: “I don’t remember Winston ever getting beat by someone. He never let us down. Winston was The Man.”
D’Brickashaw Ferguson was The Man on the blindside for a decade. Mekhi Becton was not The Man. Duane Brown was not The Man.
The Jets were quiet on Day 2 of free agency after adding a new quarterback Monday.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Brett Berard has displayed both a fiery passion and an admirable patience in the last six months of his hockey career, which reached the NHL level for the first time at the end of November.
PORT ST. LUCIE — The baseball calendar says the Mets have about two weeks until Opening Day, but Francisco Lindor’s mind is on another timetable as these dog days of spring training pass.
The man with the best nickname on the team is one of the few Knicks who has made it this far relatively unscathed in the court of public opinion.
For a guy who seemingly is always headed out the door, Darius Slayton has a way of never leaving.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — The Rangers stood by their defensive structure in the immediate aftermath of their Weekend of Missed Opportunities, in which they had two chances to capture the top wild-card spot in the East and failed to do so in such disappointing fashion.
PORT ST. LUCIE — Luis Torrens helped inject life into the Mets’ season last year but now faces even larger responsibilities with the team.
The Jets are having a Fields Day.
SACRAMENTO — P.J. Tucker understands his reputation as a hard-nosed player who is willing to vocalize displeasure.
The Yankees have insurance on Gerrit Cole, which is a positive thing in a very worrisome situation.
Could’ve, would’ve, should’ve, oh, the Rangers might’ve had a weekend if they had only buckled down after taking a 3-1 lead into the final 10 minutes in Ottawa on Saturday.
GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Dodgers’ last two steps to a championship were eliminating the New York teams last October, and it is hard to miss how much of a better February and March Los Angeles is having as well.
The Jets kicked off free agency by keeping one of their own.