E-Boland & Gang Green

The sun is trying to break through here so maybe practice will be outside after all. I can't be held responsible for any of this. Show up, what the heck. It's Sunday.

Last thing before heading out/or in/or wherever for practice and that's the Eric Mangini Humorous Moment of the Day: there were a couple but one that stands out was when the coach was asked about Brett Ratliff having a nice camp this point.

"The guy that's here now and the guy that was here a year ago, it's night and day," Mangini said. "In getting out the play, it was like an act of Congress to get that done in the huddle."

Mangini also highlighted something we've talked about here the last few days; he's quite happy with the work of the young corps of receivers after Laveranues Coles and Jerricho Cotchery.

"In the early part of camp, one of the groups I've been really happy with is the wide receivers," Mangini said.

Mangini also confirmed something else we've noted: Leon Washington seems really, really explosive.

"He had an excellent offseason," Mangini said of Washington. "He was actually our overall offseason award winner this year, and you can see the work that he did in the offseason translate onto the field, in all the different areas."

Practice at 1:30 p.m. Back with a report after player interviews and such.

UPDATE PART II: I quit. Anyway, Meghan Gilmore, the team's coordinator of public relations [as opposed to the senior director, director and senior manager of media relations that the Jets have], just came in to tell us that the JetsFest and Jets Shop are in the "process" of reopening. And yes, I did write about 20 minutes ago that both were closed for the day. In light of this new information, I know I have a lot of work to do in order to re-enter your circle of trust, but we'll give it a try, starting with the practice report I'll do later off the practice that is now outside.