Preseason MNF for Rex's Jets ... at Ravens
Published: Mon, March 30, 2009 - 12:56pm ET
By Randy Lange
Rex Ryan's Green & White will play in 2009 on Monday Night Football.
Preseason Edition, that is.
The Jets and the NFL have just released the team's upcoming preseason schedule, and the highlight of the summer slate is Monday, Aug. 24: Jets at Baltimore, kickoff at 8 p.m. ET.
Thus ESPN will put the early spin on Ryan, in his second game as an NFL head coach, taking the Jets back to the city where he coached the previous 10 seasons, and the previous four as the Ravens' defensive coordinator.
This is the first nationally televised Monday night preseason game in franchise history. The last times the Jets played a preseason game on Monday night were in 1976 and '78, but neither was a national game. The last time the Jets played in a nationally televised summer game was against Minnesota on Friday, Aug.17, 2007, on Fox. And it will be the Jets' first preseason game against the Ravens since 2002 at Baltimore's M&T Bank Stadium.
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Jim Leonhard Football Skills Camp
It's that time of year again. Take a look at the flyer...
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#1 Fans...
Well, it's official! Jim is number 36 and you really can buy his jersey! Hasn't been like this since college! Some good family friends of ours, the Phillips already have theirs!
The Off-Season Workouts Begin
Jim's in New York... I mean New Jersey! 40 off-season work-outs to go!
I'll try to get my training in too and keep this thing updated better from now on!
March 4, 2009, 6:18 pm
Jim Leonhard Transcript: The Rex Ryan Effect
By Toni Monkovic
I’d like to thank everyone for having me. I am very proud to be a New York Jet. It’s been a very exciting couple of days and I am glad the entire process is done and now I can focus on getting back into football, which is something that I think I do well and I am very excited to do it here in New York.
I'll try to get my training in too and keep this thing updated better from now on!
March 4, 2009, 6:18 pm
Jim Leonhard Transcript: The Rex Ryan Effect
By Toni Monkovic
I’d like to thank everyone for having me. I am very proud to be a New York Jet. It’s been a very exciting couple of days and I am glad the entire process is done and now I can focus on getting back into football, which is something that I think I do well and I am very excited to do it here in New York.
Charge!
Errant Balls NFL off-season update
Jim Leonhard- Clearly picking at the remains of his former team, Jets coach Rex Ryan landed another former Raven in safety Jim Leonhard. While not a big time name, Leonhard, whose name is derived from the Gaelic word for Lionheart, should prove a valuable commodity on defense as he is able to debilitate opposing team members by shooting rays of hearts from his fluffy tummy.
hilarious!
Btw, "Charge!" is Brave Heart's catch phrase
Leonhard Brings Toughness and Versatility
Published: Tue, March 3, 2009 - 6:19pm ET
By Randy Lange
newyorkjets.com
03/03 — Jim Leonhard, whose signing by the Jets as an unrestricted free agent was announced this afternoon, is quite an interesting guy. Three things stand out about him right now as I put together a Radar entry in advance of talking with the former Ravens and Bills safety Wednesday morning.
One is his size. Leonhard is 5'8" and 185 pounds. This is probably not that noteworthy, since we all know about the size of the dog in the fight and the size of the fight in the dog. Bob Sanders, the Colts' Pro Bowl safety, is also 5'8". So is RB Leon Washington. 'Nuff said.
In conjunction with that, though, it does seem worth noting that the defensive system of head coach Rex Ryan and coordinator Mike Pettine, while not exclusively catering to fearless guys who were underrated at some point in their football careers, leaves the doors wide open for that kind of player to wander in and show what he's got.
Scott, signed Friday night, wasn't heavily recruited out of high school and was an undrafted free agent in the NFL. Leonhard, Scott's former and now current teammate, played his college football (and initially basketball) at Wisconsin, but he, too, was an undrafted — and even once-waived — free agent of the Bills. Both were plenty tough, violent and fearless enough to start and excel for last year's Ravens.
But now Leonhard has exchanged purple and gold for green and white.
"I am extremely excited to become a New York Jet," Leonard said in a statement released by the team late today. "Obviously, to be reunited with Coach Ryan and Coach Pettine on the defensive side of the ball is a great opportunity. I am really excited to get in there this first year with Coach Ryan and, hopefully, help do some great things."
And that segues neatly toward the third thing that interests me about Leonhard: his versatility, a point that I'll demonstrate in the form of a Jeopardy A&Q (a method that will be right up Lito Sheppard's alley):
Answer: The only NFL player in the last two seasons to have at least one interception, one sack, one punt return, one kickoff return and one touchdown in the same season
Question: Who is Jim Leonhard?
This distinction, which Leonhard achieved for the '08 Ravens, is shared by a few others, most of whose names you know, in the past five seasons. Here are the nine who've turned the trick in the regular season since 2004:
Year Player, Team INTs Sacks PRs KRs TDs
2004 Nate Clements, BUF 6 0.5 35 1 2
2004 Deltha O'Neal, CIN 4 1 7 1 1
2004 Allen Rossum, ATL 2 1 37 58 1
2005 Darrent Williams, DEN 2 1 17 18 1
2006 Adam Jones, TEN 4 1 34 20 4
2006 Richard Marshall, CAR 3 1 2 14 1
2006 R.W. McQuarters, NYG 2 1 4 1 1
2006 Charles Woodson, GB 8 1 41 1 1
2008 Jim Leonhard, BAL 1 1 20 8 1
Eric Allen and I will be sure to ask Jim Leonhard about that, plus his slam-dunk prowess in hoops and a few other areas of importance when we chat with him on "Jets Two-Minute Drive" on Wednesday. Check our site to find the radio show on our multimedia home page.
By Randy Lange
newyorkjets.com
03/03 — Jim Leonhard, whose signing by the Jets as an unrestricted free agent was announced this afternoon, is quite an interesting guy. Three things stand out about him right now as I put together a Radar entry in advance of talking with the former Ravens and Bills safety Wednesday morning.
One is his size. Leonhard is 5'8" and 185 pounds. This is probably not that noteworthy, since we all know about the size of the dog in the fight and the size of the fight in the dog. Bob Sanders, the Colts' Pro Bowl safety, is also 5'8". So is RB Leon Washington. 'Nuff said.
In conjunction with that, though, it does seem worth noting that the defensive system of head coach Rex Ryan and coordinator Mike Pettine, while not exclusively catering to fearless guys who were underrated at some point in their football careers, leaves the doors wide open for that kind of player to wander in and show what he's got.
Scott, signed Friday night, wasn't heavily recruited out of high school and was an undrafted free agent in the NFL. Leonhard, Scott's former and now current teammate, played his college football (and initially basketball) at Wisconsin, but he, too, was an undrafted — and even once-waived — free agent of the Bills. Both were plenty tough, violent and fearless enough to start and excel for last year's Ravens.
But now Leonhard has exchanged purple and gold for green and white.
"I am extremely excited to become a New York Jet," Leonard said in a statement released by the team late today. "Obviously, to be reunited with Coach Ryan and Coach Pettine on the defensive side of the ball is a great opportunity. I am really excited to get in there this first year with Coach Ryan and, hopefully, help do some great things."
And that segues neatly toward the third thing that interests me about Leonhard: his versatility, a point that I'll demonstrate in the form of a Jeopardy A&Q (a method that will be right up Lito Sheppard's alley):
Answer: The only NFL player in the last two seasons to have at least one interception, one sack, one punt return, one kickoff return and one touchdown in the same season
Question: Who is Jim Leonhard?
This distinction, which Leonhard achieved for the '08 Ravens, is shared by a few others, most of whose names you know, in the past five seasons. Here are the nine who've turned the trick in the regular season since 2004:
Year Player, Team INTs Sacks PRs KRs TDs
2004 Nate Clements, BUF 6 0.5 35 1 2
2004 Deltha O'Neal, CIN 4 1 7 1 1
2004 Allen Rossum, ATL 2 1 37 58 1
2005 Darrent Williams, DEN 2 1 17 18 1
2006 Adam Jones, TEN 4 1 34 20 4
2006 Richard Marshall, CAR 3 1 2 14 1
2006 R.W. McQuarters, NYG 2 1 4 1 1
2006 Charles Woodson, GB 8 1 41 1 1
2008 Jim Leonhard, BAL 1 1 20 8 1
Eric Allen and I will be sure to ask Jim Leonhard about that, plus his slam-dunk prowess in hoops and a few other areas of importance when we chat with him on "Jets Two-Minute Drive" on Wednesday. Check our site to find the radio show on our multimedia home page.
J-E-T-S Jets Jets Jets
Well, Jim's career as a Raven is over and he is now a Jet. Thanks to Baltimore for a great season. We met a lot of great people and enjoyed the city, would have loved to have another season in Baltimore but I guess sometimes things just don't work out as planned. On to New Jersey!
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