FLORHAM PARK, N.J. - Kevin O'Connell is out, and Kellen Clemens is safe.

Kellen Clemens entered training camp thinking he had a shot at being the New York Jets' backup quarterback. It turned out Mark Brunell won the spot before the competition even began, something that took Clemens a little while to get over. "Four or five days, and it showed in my play," Clemens said Monday.

The New York Jets have placed reserve quarterback Kellen Clemens on the trading block, according to ESPN New...

CORTLAND, N.Y. - Kellen Clemens was once considered the future quarterback of the New York Jets.

Kellen Clemens was once considered the future quarterback of the New York Jets. He now wonders if his time with the franchise is almost up. "There's no secret that there's going to be some changes," he said Sunday after reporting for training camp, "and the Clemens family may or may not be a part of it." That's because coach Rex Ryan announced Sunday that recently...

HEMPSTEAD, NY — In April, Kellen Clemens met the Pope. Yesterday, the Jets backup quarterback became acquainted with the messiah. Nearly 10,500 fans—or roughly the average attendance of an Islanders home game—packed Hofstra University to witness Brett Favre’s first practice as a member of the Jets. Considering Clemens had his newborn daughter Kate Elizabeth blessed by Pope Benedict XVI during an open-air Mass at Nationals Park in the spring, the frenzied environment might have seemed almost tranquil. Clemens, who worked with Favre and fellow QBs Brett Ratliff and Erik Ainge, entered training camp in an open competition with Chad Pennington for the starting job but is now regulated to serving as understudy to a future Hall of Famer. Instead of sulking, Clemens said he is excited to learn from a passer who owns most of the NFL’s passing records.

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And after yet another long hiatus, yours truly is back at it.

Looking at the stats for this page, I can’t believe, even with some of the irregular posts on here that people are staring at my writing. Even if it is to say that it sucks. For that, I thank you.

Now, onto pressing matters. In bullet form!

- Laveranues Coles will be a Jet…guaranteed.

The deal is that Coles’ $11 million dollars left on his deal is his for the next two years, and even though 87 was looking for an extension, it’s still a victory for Tangini and company. They don’t get the headache of what happened with Pete Kendall last year and they make sure that Coles, who can be a bit of a sulk, is at the very least placated with a deal that will be acceptable to both sides. He’s 30 — by no means an old man – although he is coming off a disappointing year, just 55 catches and 646 yards. Big reason why his numbers were down were because of a concussion that made him miss games and the fact that A) The Jets couldn’t protect their quarterback last season and B) Coles was dealing with an ineffective Chad Pennington and basically, a rookie quarterback in Kellen Clemens.

- According to Gary Myers of the Daily News, the Jets will not trade Chad Pennington.

Very interesting article, in which Myers says that the Jets brain trust says that they won’t trade Pennington, and yet they’re looking to draft another quarterback.

Huh?

Let me get this straight. You have an experienced quarterback on your roster that you can somewhat trust (Chad) and a young quarterback that you drafted to be the future (Kellen). Why on Earth are you looking to draft Matt Ryan or Joe Flacco?

Now, this could be a smokescreen for the Jets to draft who they really want, which could either be Darren McFadden or Chris Long or Vernon Ghoulston. Even so, any Jets fan has to be disheartened to hear that the team wants to draft another quarterback…maybe it’s them playing to the press to motivate the two quarterbacks, but you have to admit, if your either Pennington or Clemens, you gotta wonder what the hell is going on? Especially with the veteran signings, what does this mean?

My gripe is if your Tannenbaum or Mangini, pick one strategy. Either go for it this year, or try and rebuild the roster with young talent. It seems like they’re trying to rebuild the team and win at the same time, which, for the life of me I can’t understand. You can’t really do that on the fly, especially considering that even with the signing of Jenkins and Faneca etc., this team is probably not a playoff team. End of story.