| Sun Nov 14 2010 | 17:22 | Slauson suffers knee injury | ||||
Jets LG Matt Slauson suffered a knee injury in the second half of Sunday's overtime win and did not return. | ||||||
Rob Turner filled in at left guard. The severity of Slausen's injury is unknown. | ||||||
| Source: Jets on Twitter | ||||||
| Thu Oct 28 2010 | 12:07 | Ryan has praise for Slausen | ||||
Jets coach Rex Ryan has been very pleased with the play of first-year starting LG Matt Slauson. | ||||||
"I think he's as good a left guard as there is in our division," Ryan said. After beating out Vlad Ducasse for a starting job in training camp, Slauson has helped lead the Jets to the second-ranked rushing offense in the league. | ||||||
| Source: New York Post | ||||||
| Fri Sep 10 2010 | 12:12 | Slauson has officially won left guard job | ||||
Matt Slauson has officially beaten out rookie Vlad Ducasse for the starting left guard job. | ||||||
This has been the worst-kept secret in Jets camp for weeks now. Ducasse struggled with the transition from college tackle to pro guard while Slauson has impressed as a mauler in the running game. He has a tough first test against Haloti Ngata and Kelly Gregg on Monday. | ||||||
| Source: New York Daily News | ||||||
| Sun Aug 22 2010 | 09:56 | Slauson has won Jets LG job | ||||
Matt Slauson has all but locked up the Jets' starting left guard job. | ||||||
Slauson has ran with the first team all camp and started both preseason games ahead of developmental rookies Vladimir Ducasse. With the Jets in "win now" mode, they can't afford to live with the mistakes Ducasse will inevitably make. Ducasse remains the player with more upside and the future at the position. | ||||||
| Source: ESPN.com | ||||||
| Tue Aug 10 2010 | 11:53 | Slauson the favorite for left guard job | ||||
Jets G Matt Slauson is the favorite to win the starting job at left guard. | ||||||
The former sixth-round pick has consistently worked with the first team in practice and appears to be distancing himself from rookie Vlad Ducasse at this point. Slauson has some upside as a run blocker. | ||||||
| Source: New York Post | ||||||
| Sat May 15 2010 | 23:11 | Slauson competing for left guard job | ||||
Last year's sixth-rounder Matt Slauson is competing with rookie Vlad Ducasse for the starting left guard job this season. | ||||||
Slauson has one advantage on the more talented Ducasse: he was a three-time All-Big 12 player at Nebraska, where he played for current Jets offensive line coach Bill Callahan. He has potential as a mauling run blocker. | ||||||
| Source: ESPNNewYork.com | ||||||