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John Munson/The Star-LedgerSantonio Holmes agreed to re-sign with the Jets.

Santonio Holmes agreed to re-sign with the New York Jets today, The Star-Ledger’s Jenny Vrentas reported.

Re-signing Holmes, who was acquired in a trade prior to last season, was the Jets’ top free-agent priority this offseason. Now, they have their sights on free-agent star cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha. Gang Green also agreed on a four-year deal with right tackle Wayne Hunter.

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If Tannenbaum pulls off the Asomugha deal, regardless of what happens with Edwards, he has got to be included in any discussions about the best GM’s in the NFL. Adding Asomugha to the team and resigning Holmes makes the Jets stronger than last year even with the (probable) loss of Edwards and Cromartie.

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If Nnamdi becomes a Jet, I can see Tom Brady now, stomping off the field, cussing incessantly at another 3-and-out. The Jets inside defense better get its tackling technique down because the ball will be staying on the ground or coming across the middle all game.

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Even though the National Football League is in the midst of a labor dispute that ultimately may be decided in the courtroom, that hasn’t changed the offseason routine for many players.

For former Massillon Tiger and University of Michigan standout Shawn Crable, the fact that NFL owners have locked players out — preventing them from using team facilities — hasn’t exactly thrown his workout schedule into chaos.

“I feel like I can do things I usually do in the offseason. Everybody trains, everybody works out, but going to the facility is what’s different now,” Crable said Tuesday night prior to addressing the Massillon basketball team as the guest speaker at its postseason banquet at Eagles 190. “You had the option to go to the facility in the past and now you don’t. You have to work out on your own to get ready for the season, if there is a season.

“I don’t take any time off or take any different attitude now than before. I work out on my normal schedule because the opportunity’s still coming and either you’re going to be ready for it or you’re not.”

In Crable’s case, his last opportunity came with the New York Jets after they signed him to their practice squad last Nov. 19, three days after he was waived by the New England Patriots. After seeing action in six games with the Patriots last season — recording four tackles and a half-sack — Crable didn’t play in any games down the stretch for the Jets.

Crable said he works out in Massillon while awaiting a resolution to the labor dispute. While the next step is a court hearing in Minneapolis on April 6, Crable is one of many players who are in limbo while the players and owners try to settle their differences.

“Now it’s just a tug-of-war between the two sides,” Crable said. “I don’t think anyone is going to give in any one area, but anything can happen when the lawyers and the legal system gets involved.

“It’s a situation where you’ve got to find a common ground. There’s some thing that would lighten things up for the owners, there’s some things that would lighten things up for the players. You have to find that common ground and end up playing football. But neither side is planning on getting bullied.”

Crable also touched on a handful of other topics before speaking to the Tigers and coach Matt Creamer, whom he played for during his four varsity seasons at Massillon.

• On his brief experience with the Jets: “I liked it. I liked the coaching, the atmosphere. I liked it a lot.”

• On outspoken Jets coach Rex Ryan: “He’s calm. He says a lot but he’s very calm, cool and confident.”

• On the change in culture from New England’s Bill Belichick to the New York Jets and Ryan: “Both coaches know their players. Both coaches have a difference in how they approach players and in the type of players they get. And they both know how to deal with the players they get. They do a good job with that and both programs are winning, so you can’t really knock them.”

While Crable is doing what he can to put himself in the best possible position to earn a job whenever football resumes, he wanted to impart a similar philosophy to the young Massillon basketball players.

“A big thing that players have to learn is persistence,” Crable said. “A lot of things don’t always go your way. A lot of situations you’re not in control of, but you are in control of yourself. How you prepare, how you play, your grades and things like that are all things you control. Players sometimes need to quit worrying about all the extra stuff and start worrying about the things they’re putting out there, the things they can control.”

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Mar 1, 2011 - The New York Jets entered the offseason with the task of signing WR Santonio Holmes to a new contract. With the coming lockout, that task is considerably more difficult. So the Jets placed a first and third round restricted free agent tender on Holmes this week in the hopes of securing his rights for 2011.

The problem is that we don’t know what the rules will be in the next CBA between the players and owners. The current deal expires on Thursday night.

Currently, in the uncapped year, players with five or less years of service are restricted free agents. That’s the category Holmes falls under and it’s why the Jets were able to tender him. In the next deal, though, some people think the threshold for restricted free agency will be reverted back to three years. That would not cover Holmes.

So, as with everything relating to football right now, we have a lot more questions than answers. But, for now — or the next two days — the Jets will retain Holmes’ rights.

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There was a report this offseason that the New York Jets would allow CB Antonio Cromartie to walk during free agency. It appears the Jets will instead try to hang onto him.

According to various reports, the Jets have placed a first and third round restricted free agent tender on Cromartie. Under the current rules, that means Cromartie can sign the tender and play, or sit out a la Logan Mankins and Vincent Jackson last year. Or, someone can sign him to an offer sheet and give up a first and third round pick for him, but that seems unlikely.

That’s the way things would happen under the current rules. The problem is that we don’t know how long these rules will be good. The current CBA allows for players with five or less years of service to be kept via restricted free agency and Cromartie is in that fifth year so he’s eligible. But the current CBA expires at midnight on March 3rd at which point there are no rules anymore.

Whenever a new CBA comes along, many people expect the rules for restricted free agency to revert back to the way they were before 2010 — three years of service equals restricted free agency not five years. In that scenario, Cromartie would be an unrestricted free agent.

So that report about the Jets letting Cromartie leave during free agency? It still has a chance of being accurate.

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With placekicker Nick Folk eligible to become a free agent, the New York Jets signed potential competition for him in journeyman Nick Novak, according to NFL.com.

Novak, 29, has appeared in regular-season games with the Washington Redskins, Arizona Cardinals and San Diego Chargers, but he hasn’t kicked in the league since 2008. He spent last season with the Florida Tuskers of the United Football League. He made 15 of 18 field goals and was named the league’s special teams MVP.

Folk got off to a terrific start for the Jets, but he hit a slump in November and almost lost his job. He made 30 of 39 field goals, but he also kicked the game-winning, 32-yarder as time expired in the divisional playoff win over the Indianapolis Colts.

After the season, Folk said he’d like to return to the Jets, but that is far from a certainty. The Jets will look to upgrade the position in the offseason.

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GRAPEVINE, Texas — Mark Sanchez ended several weeks of speculation about his injured throwing shoulder, delivering a final verdict Thursday night — no surgery.

The New York Jets quarterback, who underwent an MRI exam the day after the AFC Championship Game, said he received the news this week from Jets doctor Ken Montgomery, who consulted with shoulder specialists.

Sanchez said he was “absolutely” relieved to hear the news; the last thing he wanted was another offseason of rehabilitation. A year ago, he spent most of the offseason rehabbing from knee surgery.

“They were just really pleased with the way things have healed,” Sanchez told five reporters before a promotional appearance at a resort hotel. “The swelling and bruising type stuff is gone, so they’re really happy about that. … That’s good news.”

Sanchez is planning to have one more shoulder exam with the team doctor before March 3, the day before a possible lockout would begin. In the meantime, he said the doctors prescribed “active rest,” meaning a regimen of rehab exercises and stretching. He threw lightly earlier this week.

“[Montgomery] said it’s not going to be a sit-around-and-see-how-you-feel-in-August-type thing,” said Sanchez, relaxed and in good spirits. “I said of course not. I’m committed to the team, number one. I’ll do everything I can mentally and physically to be ready to play, and I know I will.”

Sanchez hurt his shoulder Dec. 19 at Pittsburgh, although he never missed a play. He underwent an MRI exam the following day. For the remainder of the season, the team referred to it as a “sore” shoulder.

Sanchez battled through the injury for the next five games, including three postseason starts. He admitted “it was painful, but nothing I couldn’t handle.” He was limited in practice, but he actually played well with the injury. He said he didn’t take any painkilling injections.

With a possible lockout looming, Sanchez said he will look to organize informal workouts with teammates, perhaps a reprisal of the “Jets West” camp he hosted last offseason near his home in Southern California.

Sanchez arrived in the North Texas area for a whirlwind of pre-Super Bowl activities. He admitted it was weird to be so close to the Super Bowl site after falling one game short. He issued a quasi-guarantee for 2011.

“We expect to be right where we were, and one game further,” he said, adding, “It was weird, just seeing the Super Bowl logo everywhere, seeing the Steelers’ logo. It’s like, ‘Man, we were so close.’”

Rich Cimini covers the Jets for ESPNNewYork.com. You can follow him on Twitter.

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GRAPEVINE, Texas — Mark Sanchez ended several weeks of speculation about his injured throwing shoulder, delivering a final verdict Thursday night — no surgery.

The New York Jets quarterback, who underwent an MRI exam the day after the AFC Championship Game, said he received the news this week from Jets doctor Ken Montgomery, who consulted with shoulder specialists.

Sanchez said he was “absolutely” relieved to hear the news; the last thing he wanted was another offseason of rehabilitation. A year ago, he spent most of the offseason rehabbing from knee surgery.

“They were just really pleased with the way things have healed,” Sanchez told five reporters before a promotional appearance at a resort hotel. “The swelling and bruising type stuff is gone, so they’re really happy about that. … That’s good news.”

Sanchez is planning to have one more shoulder exam with the team doctor before March 3, the day before a possible lockout would begin. In the meantime, he said the doctors prescribed “active rest,” meaning a regimen of rehab exercises and stretching. He threw lightly earlier this week.

“[Montgomery] said it’s not going to be a sit-around-and-see-how-you-feel-in-August-type thing,” said Sanchez, relaxed and in good spirits. “I said of course not. I’m committed to the team, number one. I’ll do everything I can mentally and physically to be ready to play, and I know I will.”

Sanchez hurt his shoulder Dec. 19 at Pittsburgh, although he never missed a play. He underwent an MRI exam the following day. For the remainder of the season, the team referred to it as a “sore” shoulder.

Sanchez battled through the injury for the next five games, including three postseason starts. He admitted “it was painful, but nothing I couldn’t handle.” He was limited in practice, but he actually played well with the injury. He said he didn’t take any painkilling injections.

With a possible lockout looming, Sanchez said he will look to organize informal workouts with teammates, perhaps a reprisal of the “Jets West” camp he hosted last offseason near his home in Southern California.

Sanchez arrived in the North Texas area for a whirlwind of pre-Super Bowl activities. He admitted it was weird to be so close to the Super Bowl site after falling one game short. He issued a quasi-guarantee for 2011.

“We expect to be right where we were, and one game further,” he said, adding, “It was weird, just seeing the Super Bowl logo everywhere, seeing the Steelers’ logo. It’s like, ‘Man, we were so close.’”

Rich Cimini covers the Jets for ESPNNewYork.com. You can follow him on Twitter.

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GRAPEVINE, Texas — Mark Sanchez ended several weeks of speculation about his injured throwing shoulder, delivering a final verdict Thursday night — no surgery.

The New York Jets quarterback, who underwent an MRI exam the day after the AFC Championship Game, said he received the news this week from Jets doctor Ken Montgomery, who consulted with shoulder specialists.

Sanchez said he was “absolutely” relieved to hear the news; the last thing he wanted was another offseason of rehabilitation. A year ago, he spent most of the offseason rehabbing from knee surgery.

“They were just really pleased with the way things have healed,” Sanchez told five reporters before a promotional appearance at a resort hotel. “The swelling and bruising type stuff is gone, so they’re really happy about that. … That’s good news.”

Sanchez is planning to have one more shoulder exam with the team doctor before March 3, the day before a possible lockout would begin. In the meantime, he said the doctors prescribed “active rest,” meaning a regimen of rehab exercises and stretching. He threw lightly earlier this week.

“[Montgomery] said it’s not going to be a sit-around-and-see-how-you-feel-in-August-type thing,” said Sanchez, relaxed and in good spirits. “I said of course not. I’m committed to the team, number one. I’ll do everything I can mentally and physically to be ready to play, and I know I will.”

Sanchez hurt his shoulder Dec. 19 at Pittsburgh, although he never missed a play. He underwent an MRI exam the following day. For the remainder of the season, the team referred to it as a “sore” shoulder.

Sanchez battled through the injury for the next five games, including three postseason starts. He admitted “it was painful, but nothing I couldn’t handle.” He was limited in practice, but he actually played well with the injury. He said he didn’t take any painkilling injections.

With a possible lockout looming, Sanchez said he will look to organize informal workouts with teammates, perhaps a reprisal of the “Jets West” camp he hosted last offseason near his home in Southern California.

Sanchez arrived in the North Texas area for a whirlwind of pre-Super Bowl activities. He admitted it was weird to be so close to the Super Bowl site after falling one game short. He issued a quasi-guarantee for 2011.

“We expect to be right where we were, and one game further,” he said, adding, “It was weird, just seeing the Super Bowl logo everywhere, seeing the Steelers’ logo. It’s like, ‘Man, we were so close.’”

Rich Cimini covers the Jets for ESPNNewYork.com. You can follow him on Twitter.

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GRAPEVINE, Texas — Mark Sanchez ended several weeks of speculation about his injured throwing shoulder, delivering a final verdict Thursday night — no surgery.

The New York Jets quarterback, who underwent an MRI exam the day after the AFC Championship Game, said he received the news this week from Jets doctor Ken Montgomery, who consulted with shoulder specialists.

Sanchez said he was “absolutely” relieved to hear the news; the last thing he wanted was another offseason of rehabilitation. A year ago, he spent most of the offseason rehabbing from knee surgery.

“They were just really pleased with the way things have healed,” Sanchez told five reporters before a promotional appearance at a resort hotel. “The swelling and bruising type stuff is gone, so they’re really happy about that. … That’s good news.”

Sanchez is planning to have one more shoulder exam with the team doctor before March 3, the day before a possible lockout would begin. In the meantime, he said the doctors prescribed “active rest,” meaning a regimen of rehab exercises and stretching. He threw lightly earlier this week.

“[Montgomery] said it’s not going to be a sit-around-and-see-how-you-feel-in-August-type thing,” said Sanchez, relaxed and in good spirits. “I said of course not. I’m committed to the team, number one. I’ll do everything I can mentally and physically to be ready to play, and I know I will.”

Sanchez hurt his shoulder Dec. 19 at Pittsburgh, although he never missed a play. He underwent an MRI exam the following day. For the remainder of the season, the team referred to it as a “sore” shoulder.

Sanchez battled through the injury for the next five games, including three postseason starts. He admitted “it was painful, but nothing I couldn’t handle.” He was limited in practice, but he actually played well with the injury. He said he didn’t take any painkilling injections.

With a possible lockout looming, Sanchez said he will look to organize informal workouts with teammates, perhaps a reprisal of the “Jets West” camp he hosted last offseason near his home in Southern California.

Sanchez arrived in the North Texas area for a whirlwind of pre-Super Bowl activities. He admitted it was weird to be so close to the Super Bowl site after falling one game short. He issued a quasi-guarantee for 2011.

“We expect to be right where we were, and one game further,” he said, adding, “It was weird, just seeing the Super Bowl logo everywhere, seeing the Steelers’ logo. It’s like, ‘Man, we were so close.’”

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GRAPEVINE, Texas — Mark Sanchez ended several weeks of speculation about his injured throwing shoulder, delivering a final verdict Thursday night — no surgery.

The New York Jets quarterback, who underwent an MRI exam the day after the AFC Championship Game, said he received the news this week from Jets doctor Ken Montgomery, who consulted with shoulder specialists.

Sanchez said he was “absolutely” relieved to hear the news; the last thing he wanted was another offseason of rehabilitation. A year ago, he spent most of the offseason rehabbing from knee surgery.

“They were just really pleased with the way things have healed,” Sanchez told five reporters before a promotional appearance at a resort hotel. “The swelling and bruising type stuff is gone, so they’re really happy about that. … That’s good news.”

Sanchez is planning to have one more shoulder exam with the team doctor before March 3, the day before a possible lockout would begin. In the meantime, he said the doctors prescribed “active rest,” meaning a regimen of rehab exercises and stretching. He threw lightly earlier this week.

“[Montgomery] said it’s not going to be a sit-around-and-see-how-you-feel-in-August-type thing,” said Sanchez, relaxed and in good spirits. “I said of course not. I’m committed to the team, number one. I’ll do everything I can mentally and physically to be ready to play, and I know I will.”

Sanchez hurt his shoulder Dec. 19 at Pittsburgh, although he never missed a play. He underwent an MRI exam the following day. For the remainder of the season, the team referred to it as a “sore” shoulder.

Sanchez battled through the injury for the next five games, including three postseason starts. He admitted “it was painful, but nothing I couldn’t handle.” He was limited in practice, but he actually played well with the injury. He said he didn’t take any painkilling injections.

With a possible lockout looming, Sanchez said he will look to organize informal workouts with teammates, perhaps a reprisal of the “Jets West” camp he hosted last offseason near his home in Southern California.

Sanchez arrived in the North Texas area for a whirlwind of pre-Super Bowl activities. He admitted it was weird to be so close to the Super Bowl site after falling one game short. He issued a quasi-guarantee for 2011.

“We expect to be right where we were, and one game further,” he said, adding, “It was weird, just seeing the Super Bowl logo everywhere, seeing the Steelers’ logo. It’s like, ‘Man, we were so close.’”

Rich Cimini covers the Jets for ESPNNewYork.com. You can follow him on Twitter.

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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP)—LaDainian Tomlinson(notes) tried for nine seasons to bring a Super Bowl title to San Diego.

There were plenty of Pro Bowls, rushing titles and enough accolades to make most players happy. Except, there was no ring. Not one trip to the Super Bowl.

“I would like one,” the New York Jets running back said of winning a championship. “To say I need one, I think that would be a bit of a stretch. But, man, I can’t imagine playing this game and not getting one.”

Tomlinson has been to one AFC championship game, three years ago, but there’s an unsatisfied feeling that gnaws at him.

“I mean, I’ve dreamed about winning a Super Bowl championship since I was 6 years old and seeing Walter Payton do it,” he said. “For me, I just can’t see not doing it.”

Jason Taylor(notes) knows exactly how Tomlinson feels. He made it to the playoffs as a rookie in 1997 and went back to the postseason the next four years. And, then, nothing. It’s been nine long years since Taylor has even been in a playoff game.

“At times, it feels like 50 years ago,” Taylor said. “Sometimes, it feels like yesterday.”

Both Tomlinson and Taylor came to New York in the offseason hoping they could be final pieces for a team that had its sights set on a Super Bowl run. The Jets want to win their first championship since 1969, while the two veterans are aching for their first ever.

“That’s the only reason I play the game anymore,” Taylor said. “Really, from Day 1. There are a lot of great byproducts from playing at a high level: You get paid and the fame and all that. But the reason we play this game is to win the championship. You can’t do that if you don’t make the playoffs, and this is the first step.”

The quest continues Saturday night when the Jets (11-5) take on the Colts (10-6) in Indianapolis.

“This is the time of the year that I look forward to,” Tomlinson said. “Anytime we have an opportunity like this, it doesn’t come around often. For me, who knows when it will come around again, or if it’ll ever come around again. We’ll see.”

Taylor was asked earlier in the week by coach Rex Ryan when he had last been to the playoffs, just to show the younger players that getting this far doesn’t always come around.

“Although a lot of them were here last year when they played in the AFC championship, it’s not a given,” Taylor said. “It really is a privilege and a very difficult thing to do. Don’t take it for granted.”

At 36 and in his 14th season, Taylor certainly doesn’t. He was out of a job after not being re-signed in the offseason by the Dolphins and made the difficult decision to join a franchise that he had grown to hate as a division rival. And Jets fans made it clear he was a villain in their eyes—until he became one of them.

He is no longer the sack machine he once was in his prime, when he was the NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year and a force that opposing offenses needed to plan for.

“You never know in this game,” he said. “You’re one bad injury from having to hang it up. The older you get in your career, you realize the end is getting closer and closer. You can see the light at the end of the tunnel. The light is coming quicker and quicker to the point where it’s not blinding yet, but you need sunglasses on. You realize the end is near.”

But, Taylor has had his moments, such as tackling Pittsburgh’s Mewelde Moore(notes) in the end zone three weeks ago—a huge play in the Jets’ 22-17 win over the Steelers. He has five sacks, ranking him third on the team, and moved into a tie with Lawrence Taylor and Leslie O’Neal for eighth on the career list with 132 1/2 .

“He provided for us everything we thought he would,” defensive coordinator Mike Pettine said.

The same could be said of Tomlinson, who had a shot at his ninth 1,000-yard rushing season, but passed up the chance in the regular-season finale against Buffalo last Sunday.

“A thousand yards, it would’ve been great, no question, but I didn’t come here to rush for 1,000 yards,” he said. “I’ve had a lot of 1,000-yard (seasons) in my career. That’s not important to me. What’s important to me is playing in this tournament and having that opportunity to win the championship.”

So, Tomlinson rested and watched from the sideline as the Jets routed the Bills, 38-7.

“I feel pretty fresh,” Tomlinson said. “I’m healthy, been healthy all year. With a week off last week, I feel even more fresh, so I’m excited and look forward to this opportunity.”

Like Taylor, the 31-year-old Tomlinson is no longer the player he once was. But, he is a major part of the Jets’ offense. Tomlinson led the team with 914 yards rushing and six touchdowns, and had 52 catches for 368 yards.

“He said that he was here to be fresh during the playoffs,” Ryan said. “He is fresh right now and I think we’re going to have a big game from him.”

There were plenty of those back in his Chargers days, a time that came to a bitter end last winter when San Diego cut him. Many around the league thought he was done and at an age when most running backs are no longer productive. The Jets saw an opportunity, as did Tomlinson. And they all hope it ends with a parade in New York.

“Green and white is what I bleed,” Tomlinson said smiling. “It would be awesome to bring a championship here. I’m just so excited.”

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