Lunch with the New York Jets: Folk worried about new rules

Enjoy your lunch today with some excellent reading material on the New York Jets. In this edition, articles on owner Woody Johnson, head coach Todd Bowles and what kicker Nick Folk thinks about all the new changes coming to the extra point rules. Enjoy!

Jets owner Woody Johnson named finance chairman for Jeb Bush’s campaign by Rich Cimini (ESPN)

"Johnson will be a busy man over the next 17 months. From a football perspective, the obvious question is: How does this affect the Jets? Probably not much, if at all. While Johnson is traveling the country trying to convince wealthy folks to donate to the campaign, his football people will run the operation, as usual. If they need to consult with Johnson, he’s only a phone call away."

Addition of Darrelle Revis boosts Jets’ offseason grade by Rich Cimini (ESPN)

"By signing cornerback , the Jets checked the box in three categories. They upgraded their biggest weakness by acquiring one of the premier players at the position. They weakened their No. 1 rival, the New England Patriots, by swiping their best defensive player. Darrelle Revis"

Bowles Rooted in Elizabeth by Eric Allen (NewYorkJets.com)

"Determined to help his family, Bowles went back to Philadelphia and started four years for the Owls. Earning All-Big East honors as a junior in 1984, Bowles collected 86 tackles, four sacks and three interceptions. But he missed the first three games of his senior campaign after an injury and went undrafted in ’85."

Brick in the Museum, Part II by D’Brickashaw Ferguson (NewYorkJets.com)

"As I scanned the room, I saw a series of short sentences and words on pages cut out of a marble composition notebook and displayed in cases around the room. I can remember using notebooks like these when I was a student, but the thoughts and sketches being shown on these pages were far from anything that I can remember writing into them."

What does Jets kicker Nick Folk think of NFL’s new extra point rules? by Dom Cosentino (NewYorkJets.com)

"“A rule’s a rule,” he told NJ Advance Media during minicamp earlier this month. “They’re trying to make it more exciting, so, got to live with it.”"

New York Jets: Full Position Breakdown and Depth Chart Analysis at Cornerback by Erik Frenz (Bleacher Report)

"Top-to-bottom changes to the depth chart at cornerback? The names have changed, but there are many familiar faces to be found in the group, and their assignments and responsibilities will largely be the same as they were in those players’ last go-around with the Jets."

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