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Jets great Nick Mangold not selected as Hall of Fame semifinalist

Jets’ Ring of Honor center Nick Mangold did not make the cut to 25 modern-day semifinalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2024.

Nick Mangold will go down as one of the greatest players in Jets history. He is forever enshrined in Jets’ Ring of Honor. Unfortunately, he has to wait at least another year before being enshrined in the halls of Canton, Ohio.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced their 25 modern-day semifinalists for the Class of 2024. The great Jets center did not make the cut.

Mangold was inducted into the Jets’ Ring of Honor in 2022 along with offensive tackle D’Brickashaw Ferguson and cornerback Darrelle Revis. Revis was enshrined at the Hall of Fame in August, along with defensive lineman Joe Klecko.

Mangold, the 29th overall pick of the 2006 NFL draft, spent his entire 11-year career with the Jets. He was a two-time first-team All-Pro selection (2009, 2010) and seven-time Pro Bowl selection (2008-2011, 2013-2015). Mangold was also a second-team All-Pro in 2011.

As it turned out, no former Jets made the cut from 173 to 25. Other former Jets on the ballot included John Abraham, Antonio Cromartie, James Farrior, Thomas Jones, Brandon Marshall and Tony Richardson. Mangold is by far the biggest surprise of the group. Perhaps he’ll have better luck for the Class of 2025.

Two players made the semifinals in their first year on the ballot: tight end Antonio Gates and defensive end Julius Peppers.

Players that are eligible for the first time next year include Eli Manning, Luke Kuechly, Marshal Yanda, Earl Thomas, Adam Vinatieri and Marshawn Lynch.

Three former football stars make Ohio State Athletics Hall Of Fame

What an honor #GoBucks

With such a storied football history, the [autotag]Ohio State[/autotag] football program has plenty of representation in the school’s athletic Hall of Fame.

That list is about to grow. Three of this year’s 14 inductees announced on Thursday were former Buckeye football stars. When they are enshrined into the Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame, they will join an illustrious group of some of the greatest players to take the field in Ohio Stadium and around the Big Ten.

Two of the names you’ll see below are recent players, but all three were extremely highly decorated Buckeyes. Check out below which former Buckeyes will be honored as Hall of Fame members.

Nick Mangold ready to be inducted into Jets Ring of Honor

The Jets are ready to welcome the first of three new members to their Ring of Honor Sunday with Nick Mangold.

Not only do the Jets have a chance to really bury the defending AFC champion Cincinnati Bengals and put them in an 0-3 hole, but they can also do it on the day they’ll be honoring an offensive lineman that did a lot of burying of his own during his time with Gang Green.

At halftime against the Bengals, the Jets will be honoring their former longtime center Nick Mangold by inducting him into the team’s Ring of Honor, the first of three player ceremonies this season for the Jets. They will also honor Darrelle Revis and D’Brickashaw Ferguson.

Mangold played his entire 11-year career with the Jets after being selected with the 29th overall pick of the 2006 NFL Draft. During his 11 seasons, Mangold was selected to the Pro Bowl seven times (2008-2011, 2013-2015) and was a two-time First-team All-Pro selection (2009, 2010).

Mangold started all 164 games he played in, played all 16 games in seven of his 11 seasons and played at least 14 games in every season except his final season, where he played eight. So in total, he played and started 164 out of a possible 176 games.

Mangold is back involved with the Jets, serving as their ambassador to the United Kingdom as part of the NFL’s International Home Marketing Area initiative.

Mangold is ready to be inducted in front of what he hopes is a raucous crowd.

“I’m hoping it’s rocking, coming off the crazy win that we had from the Browns, 1-1, coming in back home,” Mangold said. “I know on 9/11, the crowd was fantastic.”

WATCH: Nick Mangold chugs beer at New York Rangers game

An all-pro on the football field and with downing fermented beverages. #GoBucks

I love it when two of my worlds collide. That’s what happened Thursday night when a former Ohio State player, Nick Mangold, who also happened to do pretty well for himself with the New York Jets, found his way into another world of mine. You see, I am also a pretty huge fan of the Tampa Bay Lightning.

By the way, thank you Columbus Blue Jackets for teaching the Lightning what it was missing during the improbably sweep back in 2019.

But back to Thursday night. The Lightning is making another run towards the Stanley Cup and played the New York Rangers Thursday night in game five of the Eastern Conference Finals. Spoiler — Tampa Bay won, but that’s not why you or I are here. No, I’m coming to you because former Ohio Stae offensive lineman Nick Mangold was present in Madison Square Garden and he found himself on the jumbotron during a break in the action.

You probably aren’t too terribly surprised to know that Mangold had a beer in his hand and you know what that means if you find yourself on the big screen in front of everyone, right? I mean, you have to give the people what they want.

Mangold promptly chugged the beer and won the day, just as we all had a pretty good idea he could. It’s these types of things that have made Mangold a favorite sports celebrity in the Big Apple.

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Former Ohio State offensive lineman Nick Mangold to go into Jets “ring of honor”

Congrats to Mangold. Well deserved. #GoBucks #Jets

When a youngster is dreaming of a football career, making it to the NFL is tops on the list, but getting into a hall of fame has to be icing on the cake, no matter what kind of recognition it is.

For former Ohio State offensive lineman Nick Mangold, that has become a reality because it was announced on Thursday that he’ll be inducted into the Jets’ ring of honor. Mangold will join D’Brickashaw Ferguson and Darrelle Revis as the other two that will be enshrined.

“This is a shock,” Mangold said when he was surprised with the news. “Thank you so much. This is awesome and amazing since it’s with two of my guys.”

Mangold had an eleven-year career in the NFL, all with the Jets. He made the Pro Bowl seven times and was named first-team All-Pro twice. Before the NFL, Mangold played under Jim Tressel at Ohio State from 2003-to 2005, being named an All-American his senior season before New York drafted him at No. 29 in the first round of the 2006 NFL draft.

Congrats to Mangold. It’s a well-deserved honor for one whale of a Buckeye ambassador.

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Darrelle Revis, Nick Mangold and D’Brickashaw Ferguson to be inducted into Jets’ Ring of Honor

The Jets will induct Darrelle Revis, Nick Mangold and D’Brickashaw Ferguson into their Ring of Honor as members of the Class of 2022

The New York Jets will celebrate three of the franchise’s all-time greats this year as part of the Ring of Honor Class of 2022. The team announced on Thursday that Darrelle Revis, Nick Mangold and D’Brickashaw Ferguson will be inducted into the Ring of Honor, with each player being recognized on separate dates.

Mangold will be honored on Sept. 25 when the Jets host the Bengals, Ferguson’s ceremony will take place on Oct. 30 against the Patriots, and Revis will round out the group on No. 27 during the Jets-Bears game.

Mangold played his entire 11-year career with the Jets, spanning 2006-2016. He made the Pro Bowl seven times, was a first-team All-Pro twice and only missed 12 games in his career – eight of which came in 2016 alone.

Entering the NFL in the same class as Mangold, Ferguson was the fourth overall pick in 2006 and played 10 seasons with the Jets, all at left tackle. He never missed a game and was a three-time Pro Bowler, providing steady play at one of the most important positions on offense.

Revis joined the Jets one year later in 2007 as the 14th overall selection, playing the first six years of his career in New York. He then played one year with the Bucs in 2013 and one with the Patriots in 2014 before returning to the Jets for the 2015 and 2016 seasons. While with the Jets, he made the Pro Bowl five times and was a first-team All-Pro three times in New York (four total in his career). He recorded 29 interceptions in 11 NFL seasons and is destined for the Hall of Fame.

Through 8 weeks, Creed Humphrey has earned PFF’s highest grade for a center in years

In his rookie season, former Oklahoma Sooners center Creed Humphrey has become is a rising star in the NFL.

If you followed Oklahoma during the Kyler Murray/Jalen Hurts years there was a constant on the offensive line that made all of those offenses go. It wasn’t the quarterback but instead a homegrown Oklahoma kid from Shawnee with size, strength, and intelligence to match.

Creed Humphrey anchored the offensive line for some of Lincoln Riley’s most prolific offenses and in 2021 he made the leap from prolific college offenses to one of the NFL’s best offenses as well.

Despite Kansas City’s struggles as a team, Humphrey has been a rock in the middle even as a rookie in a rebuilding project of sorts for the Chiefs’ offensive line. After being dismantled in Tampa against the Buccaneers in the Super Bowl, the Chiefs went all-in on renovating their offensive line. Humphrey was their first offensive linemen pick of the draft and has only validated their pick.

He currently is the highest graded rookie (regardless of position) in the entire league. He sits at a PFF grade of 90.7 through week eight.

Also, according to PFF, Humphrey has the highest grade for a rookie center through the first eight weeks of a season since Nick Mangold in 2006. Mangold went on to be a Pro Bowler seven times while being All-Pro three times.

While the Chiefs offensively have struggled, Humphrey is showing the same physicality and aggressiveness that helped him become the Big 12’s Offensive Linemen of the Year in back-to-back years from 2019-2020.

Humphrey has even gotten support for Offensive Rookie of the Year from one of Pro Football Network’s lead analysts, Dalton Miller.

Dalton brings up a very valid point that it’s highly unlikely Humphrey will get real consideration for that award as it usually goes to virtually every other offensive position except offensive line.

Nonetheless, you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone in the Sooners’ fanbase who couldn’t have seen this coming.

For years, Humphrey showed up week in and week out dominating the Big 12 competition. He did it quietly, confidently, and with a tenacity that just can’t be coached. As long as he continues to keep Patrick Mahomes upright, he’ll continue to prove the Sooners community right and prove the teams that passed on him wrong.

Ex-Jets Nick Mangold, Antonio Cromartie among 10 first-time Hall of Fame nominees

The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced the nominees for the Class of 2022, and two former Jets are among the first-time candidates.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced the nominees for the Class of 2022 on Wednesday, and two former Jets are among the 10 first-time candidates.

Nick Mangold and Antonio Cromartie are up for induction for the first time, joining a list that includes another 120 total nominees.

Mangold only played for the Jets during his 11-year career. The team drafted the center 29th overall in 2006, and he proceeded to start 164 games while earning seven Pro Bowl selections and two All-Pro nods.

An anchor on the Jets’ offensive line, Mangold did not miss a start in seven of his 11 seasons. He played fewer than 14 games just once in a season; he made eight starts during his injury-riddled final year in 2016.

Cromartie spent two stints with the Jets (2010-2013, 2015) and also played for the Chargers, Cardinals and Colts. A four-time Pro Bowler, the cornerback formed a dangerous coverage tandem with Darrell Revis in New York.

Cromartie finished his own 11-year career with 31 interceptions.

The Hall of Fame’s list of 122 Modern-Era Nominees will be narrowed down in the coming months. Mangold and Cromartie will find out if they are among 25 semifinalists in November. Fifteen finalists will be announced in January.

For now, you can see the rest of the first-time nominees below.

Ex-Jets GM says Joe Douglas should target offensive line with 23rd pick

Mike Tannenbaum thinks the Jets should draft an offensive lineman with the 23rd overall pick.

The question over what the Jets should do with their second first-round pick is a big one.

After grabbing a quarterback second overall, the Jets could go in a myriad of directions with the 23rd overall pick. That includes beefing up the pass rush, fortifying the offensive line, snagging another offensive weapon or strengthing the secondary.

All options should be on the table for Joe Douglas, but former Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum thinks New York needs to grab another lineman to block for their new quarterback.

Tannenbaum is already a fan of Zach Wilson – the Jets’ presumptive pick at No. 2 – and he would know the importance of drafting offensive linemen early. His first two picks as Jets general manager in 2006 were offensive linemen. He picked tackle D’Brickashaw Ferguson fourth overall and used his second first-round pick on center Nick Mangold with the 29th overall selection. The Jets went 10-6 that year under new coach Eric Mangini and Chad Pennington won Comeback Player of the Year thanks to a better offensive line.

Ferguson and Mangold became two of the Jets’ best offensive linemen of all-time and combined for 10 Pro Bowls from 2006-2015. Ferguson retired in 2015, while Mangold retired in 2016.

The Jets had not drafted an offensive lineman in the first round for 14 years until last year, when Douglas took Mekhi Becton with the 11th overall pick. That decision worked out well for the Jets and now Douglas has the opportunity to add another young player to his offensive line if he goes that route with the 23rd pick. There are a lot of good prospects in this draft, so even if Douglas chooses not to pick a lineman with his second first-rounder, he’ll have plenty of chances to find a starter later on.

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Nick Mangold asks what everyone is thinking

Nick Mangold hit what everyone was thinking with a tweet about the Philadelphia Eagles

Doug Pederson seemed to be playing not to win Sunday night.

First, he goes for it on fourth-and-goal from the 4 rather than taking a chip-shot field goal that would have tied the Philadelphia Eagles with the Washington Football Team at 17.

Then, early in the fourth quarter, he pulled starter Jalen Hurts for Nate Sudfeld, who had not played since 2018.

Sudfeld threw an interception, which probably was as good as a punt.

But the New York Giants needed the Washington Football Team to lose so they could win the NFC East and make the playoffs.

Ex-Jet center Nick Mangold nailed it with a tweet after the perplexing Pederson decisions.

A Giants wideout weighed in, too.

The Eagles intercepted an Alex Smith pass and Pederson came back with Sudfeld, who dropped the snap on the second play and Chase Young recovered for Washington.

And the New York Giants may not recover from this decision-making for a long time.