Moore misses practice but should play Sunday
Nick Mangold, right, jokes with teammates Damien Woody (67) and Brandon Moore (65) at Hofstra. (Aug. 25, 2010) Credit: David Pokress
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. - Brandon Moore was held out of practice Wednesday, nursing a back injury suffered while lifting weights.
But the Jets' starting right guard should be good to go when they meet the Patriots in Sunday's AFC divisional playoff game at Gillette Stadium.
"I think Brandon will be fine," Rex Ryan said. "He kind of tweaked his back in the weight room. I'm sure everybody will be like, 'Aw, another weight room injury.' But he was just doing some exercise for his back and he kind of tweaked it."
Moore didn't seem worried in the least.
"I've had a lot of treatment this season," he said, "and then it's fine on Sunday."
Dipping deeper into Pool
Unlike the last time they met, when safety Jim Leonhard suffered a broken leg three days before their Dec. 6 matchup kicked off, the Jets won't have to scramble to revamp their secondary.
Leonhard's injury turned out to be a blessing in disguise in one particular aspect: Brodney Pool had to become a really quick study.
"It made Brodney Pool learn the defense instead of just relying on him," Ryan said. "Brodney has played exceptionally well since that injury. Sometimes you lean too much on a guy because he knows the system and you wait for him to tell you what to do. Now, Brodney is like, 'Well, I have to learn it.'
"Brodney has done an outstanding job for us as of late."
Believe it or not, Ines Sainz is in the Jets' corner.
The Mexican television reporter, who said she was made to feel uncomfortable in the team's locker room in September, is picking the Jets to win the Super Bowl.
Sainz, of TV Azteca, said the Jets "are like a star in the movies," given their propensity for late-game heroics.
"They win games you truly believe they are going to lose," she said in a recent magazine interview. "I truly believe they have the best chance to win the Super Bowl."
Sainz, who visited the Jets practice facility earlier this season to interview Mark Sanchez, was subjected to catcalls in the locker room. As a result of their "unprofessional conduct," according to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, the league ordered Jets owner Woody Johnson to fund a workplace conduct program for all 32 organizations.
