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Danny Woodhead Featured Prominently in Patriots' Second-Half Surge

MIAMI -- When "Hard Knocks" aired on HBO, Danny Woodhead had a prominent role, as he quickly became one of Jets coach Rex Ryan's favorite players. He survived the final cuts when New York's original 53-man roster was set but he was released later that week, and viewers who grew to like the diminutive back out of Chadron...

Kris Jenkins Lost For Second Straight Season With Torn ACL

This is what you call adding injury to insult. New York Jets nose tackle Kris Jenkins, who missed the final 10 games of 2009 after undergoing season-ending knee surgery, tore the anterior cruciate ligament to the same left knee during Monday night's crushing 10-9 home loss to the Baltimore Ravens. Jenkins, a four-time...

Jets' Danny Woodhead Showing Shades of Wayne Chrebet

He was a folk hero long before NFL Films came around and Steve Sabol's camera crew started filming him and every other member of the New York Jets for HBO's reality series, "Hard Knocks: Training Camp With The New York Jets." But now tiny Danny Woodhead, in his third year at running back, is hoping to cement his place on...

Jordan Shipley Proving to Be Bengals' Second-Best WR Option

Jordan Shipley was the seventh receiver taken in last April's draft. He was the 84th overall pick. After 11 catches in three preseason games, he made it easy for Cincinnati to cut Antonio Bryant, to whom they paid $8 million up front despite bad knees and a historically bad attitude, leaving open the question about why...

Jets Lineman Ropati Pitoitua's Hard Luck Injury Chronicled On HBO

Of all the people that could sympathize with the plight of New York Jets backup defensive end Ropati Pitoitua, perhaps none can relate more than the man who was challenged on camera by Jets coach Rex Ryan to take Pitoitua's place on the depth chart, Rodrique Wright. Pitoitua tore his left Achilles tendon during last...