C Nick Mangold (All American, B1G Champion, National Champion, 7x Pro-bowler)

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Alter grad, ex-OSU star Mangold named All-ProHot TopicsFind out who's hiring
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Thursday, January 14, 2010

New York Jets center Nick Mangold, a Centerville native who played at Alter High School and Ohio State, was named to his first NFL All-Pro team Thursday, Jan. 14.

The Cleveland Browns had two players named ? offensive tackle Joe Thomas and record-setting kick returner Joshua Cribbs. Thomas is the team?s first All-Pro offensive lineman since 1969.

All-Pro honors are the highest an individual player can get because, in theory, the team is picked from both the AFC and NFC Pro Bowl squads.

Alter grad, ex-OSU star Mangold named All-Pro

 

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Mangold is well-centered and, he hopes, relatively anonymous
January 16, 2010
By WALLACE MATTHEWS [email protected]

Quick, name the Jet who will have his hands on the football more than any of his teammates Sunday against the Chargers.

Don't fret too much if it took you a while to come up with the answer. Nick Mangold prefers it that way.

"The sign of a good center,'' he said, "is when you never hear your name called.''

No name-calling is a good rule of thumb for just about anyone, but for an...

Mangold is well-centered and, he hopes, relatively anonymous

 

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Nick on the front page of espn.com

 

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Nick on the front page of espn.com

Poppa Forcier has to like his son's future...

 

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I thought Nick played excellent today. It was great watching him locked up on LBs 5 yards downfield.

 

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LMAO!

This is the best one so far in 2010!

Poppa Forcier has to like his son's future...

 

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Poppa Forcier has to like his son's future...

The only difference being that Sanchez is actually good, while Forcier sucks.

But other than that...yea good job Forcier, you're in the douche bag hall of fame.

 

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C NICK MANGOLD

When Mangold is asked about his emergence as one of the league?s best centers, he laughs.

?I paid a lot of people,? he said.

Mangold is also quick to credit the teachers he has had: Moore and Faneca. Former teammate Pete Kendall. Callahan.

A first-round pick by the Jets in 2006, Mangold said he never felt pressure when he came in. Callahan credits his fast growth to being thrust into a starting role immediately.

But Mangold said he wasn?t as consistent as he wanted to be last year, and he vowed to improve in that area this season. He?s thrived between Moore and Faneca, earning a Pro Bowl selection and ? though one of the junior members of the line ? taking charge up front.

?It kind of gives you that automatic leadership role, which I enjoy,? Mangold said of the center position. ?The coaching staff does a great job letting me have the freedom to do different things, and that makes the game that much more fun.?

All on the line: The NY Jets offensive line has molded into one of the most instinctive, cohesive units in the league | New York Jets - - NJ.com

 

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Mangold is Jets' center of inattention
January, 22, 2010 Jan 22
By Tim Graham

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According to his teammates, Jets center Nick Mangold should do all his talking on the field.

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- When I entered the New York Jets' locker room on Wednesday and started asking players about center Nick Mangold, the warnings were clear.

Don't bother talking to Mangold. Save yourself the trouble.

"He loves to tell stories," said Brandon Moore, the guard who lines up to Mangold's right. "He's horrible at them."

Turns out Mangold is long-winded, tedious, awkward and, in the end, simply doesn't deliver.

"We always make it a point in our meeting room that when you tell a story, you better get to the punch line quick or we'll start clowning you," Jets right tackle Damien Woody said. "Everybody else knows how tell a story except him.

"He just drags it on and on. We'll make sleepy sounds or somebody will yell 'Next!' Come on, you're on the clock."

That's what stands out about Mangold's personality off the field.

So what makes him such an outstanding center?

"Now, that's a different story," Woody said, changing from a playful demeanor to a serious one. "He's the best center in the league. There's no disputing that."

Mangold is boringly great. He's in his fourth NFL season and already has been selected to a pair of Pro Bowls. He was voted All-Pro this season.

He's the anchor of an offensive line that paved the way for the NFL's top-rated run offense -- which starts its league-leading 35th straight game together when the Jets play the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday afternoon in the AFC Championship Game.

Mangold is Jets' center of inattention - AFC East Blog - ESPN

 

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Mangold's father didn't envision stardom for son
Sunday, January 24, 2010
By Ken Gordon
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

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Former Buckeye Nick Mangold, now an All-Pro for the New York Jets, has emerged the NFL's top center.

Vern Mangold admits he didn't see this coming.

He did not foresee his son, Nick, destined for stardom the first time he put on a football uniform.

He did not expect Nick to start at center for Ohio State for three years, then be a first-round NFL draft pick and be named all-rookie, a Pro Bowler and now be playing in today's AFC championship game for the New York Jets."Everybody asks me, 'Was he in second grade when you realized he would be All-Pro?' " Vern said. "No, it didn't work that way. No way in heck did I expect that. I just wanted him to do his best and wanted him to have fun with it, the usual dad stuff.

"The mere fact that he started as a sophomore both ways in high school (at Kettering Alter) I thought was remarkable. So (Nick's improvement) was an incremental, slow process -- like an ice cube melting on a sidewalk, he kept getting better and kept succeeding."

Mangold's father didn't envision stardom for son | BuckeyeXtra

 

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Mangold Front and Center at the Pro Bowl
Published: Thu, January 28, 2010
By Randy Lange

01/28 ? Eight of the last 11 years, a Jets center has been selected to play in the Pro Bowl.

But for a short while Wednesday, it might have seemed as if Nick Mangold, stricken by a sudden illness, wasn't going to make it onto the sideline for Sunday's game at Miami's newly renamed Sun Life Stadium.

"I'm doing better now," Mangold told me today at the AFC team hotel not far from the Fort Lauderdale beach. "I'm excited to be here ? and excited about feeling better. I was told by my O-linemates that unless I was dead, I had to be at the game. So I figured I might as well get better and show up."

The illness hit Mangold as he was arriving in South Florida and left quickly enough that he was spotted Wednesday afternoon at the makeshift locker room in the hotel. And No. 74 was out there on the field at St. Thomas Aquinas High School for this morning's AFC practice.

Mangold Front and Center at the Pro Bowl

 

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February 1, 2010
Mangold wants a new deal
By Rich Cimini

Some Pro Bowl leftovers from last night:

C Nick Mangold, who has only one year remaining on his rookie contract, told the Daily News that he's hoping to sign a long-term extension before the start of the 2010 season.

"I know -- and I hope -- they'll do the right thing," Mangold said after the game. "I'm not too worried about it right now."

Mangold is entering his fifth season and, thanks to an esclator in his contract, he's due to make $3.3 million. Mangold wasn't complaining, but he'd also like long-term security.

Few, if any, players deserve it more than Mangold, a two-time Pro Bowl selection and a first-team All-Pro. He's widely regarded as the best center in the game, and he should be in a Jets uniform for a long, long time. Like Darrelle Revis, he has the potential to be an all-timer.

Mangold didn't get into specifics, but you got the feeling he believes he should be the highest-paid center in the league. In 2009, the Colts' Jeff Saturday made a league-high $9 million in salary and bonuses. In terms of average per year, the highest is believed to be the Rams' Jason Brown, who signed a five-year, $37.5 million deal ($20 million in guarantees) last offseason.

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NY Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis, center Nick Mangold must wait on new deals
By Dave Hutchinson/The Star Ledger
March 01, 2010

Chris Faytok/The Star-LedgerJets center Nick Mangold spearheads an offensive line that led the NFL in rushing last season, averaging 172.3 yards per game.

Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum met with the representatives of cornerback Darrelle Revis and center Nick Mangold, both Pro Bowlers, at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis last weekend but a new deal isn't imminent for either player, according to two people with knowledge of the talks who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they're not authorized to speak publicly.

Ditto for Mangold, who is also a two-time Pro Bowl performer who, like Revis, is considered by many to be the best player at his position.

Mangold, who has publicly lobbied for a new deal, is slated to earn a $3.3 million base salary next season plus a $320,000 workout bonus. He'll almost certainly have to wait until after next season for a new deal. Rams center Jason Brown has set the bar among players as his position with a five-year, $37.5 million contract that includes $20 million guaranteed

NY Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis, center Nick Mangold must wait on new deals | - NJ.com

 

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Mangold 'disappointed' Jets dumped Faneca
April 28, 2010
By JUSTIN TERRANOVA

The Jets may not have ruined their season by releasing Alan Faneca, but they did ruin Nick Mangold?s dinner Friday night.

The Jets center was dining with the Fanecas when the veteran guard got the call from the Jets letting him know he was going to be cut.

?I?ve never gone through a team saying 'You are cut,' and having to watch it happen in front of my eyes was a little difficult,? Mangold said in a WFAN interview Wednesday afternoon.

?He was really good with it. He was out in public, so he couldn?t do anything too crazy. It is what it is, so you have to deal with it and move on. So we?ll go back to the house and have a few drinks.?

When news broke to the rest of the Jets on Saturday it did not appear well received. Left tackle D?Brickashaw Ferguson tweeted ?Whhhhyyyyyyy????,? although the message was quickly taken down.

?Obviously, I am disappointed in it,? Mangold said. "He?s a great mentor and teacher for me, but at the same time you know it?s a business and the powers that be decided it was time to move on. And you get over it.

?The first day back was a little difficult not seeing the guy you look for in the locker room for the last two years sitting there, staring back at you. The second day it gets a little easier and then you move on ... (It hurts) the offensive line because you lose a brother in battle, it kind of hit home a little bit. ?

Mangold 'disappointed' Jets dumped Faneca

 

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Jets All-Pro center Nick Mangold hopes for contract extension before start of the season
By Manish Mehta/The Star-Ledger
May 12, 2010

Nick Mangold didn't make demands or threaten hissy fits this afternoon, but here?s the truth about one of most amiable Jets: He isn?t afraid to play hard ball.

Mangold, one of a litany of Jets looking for a new deal, admitted that he?d like to resolve his contractual situation fairly soon.

?I?d love to get something done before the season,? said Mangold, who is entering the final year of his five-year rookie deal. ?It?s a security thing.?

The Jets? All-Pro center, of course, appears to be at the top of the list for a team loaded with young stars looking for new deals. Linebacker David Harris (entering the fourth year of a four-year deal), D?Brickashaw Ferguson and Darrelle Revis will also be looking for extensions this offseason.

The uncertain labor landscape, however, could throw those players for a loop.

?It?s bad timing,? Mangold said of the collective bargaining agreement dispute. ?I assume that there is potential of them getting a CBA hashed out. If there isn?t, we?re all in a bad spot. That?s the worst case.?

The Jets? braintrust has been relatively guarded with how they?ll proceed with the boatload of unsettled contracts this offseason.

?He?s one of our guys,? owner Woody Johnson told The Star-Ledger about Mangold. ?The timing of all those (potential contracts extensions) is difficult. We?re living with very tenuous rules in terms of who we can pay and how much we can do at this point. Within those rules, we?re trying to do the best job we can.?

Mangold, who will be participating in the team?s Organized Team Activities starting next week, admitted that he?ll be calling his agent later this week to talk shop.

?I?m not a bad guy,? Mangold said. ?I don?t believe that I am. I like to believe that I do keep a good guy persona. That?s how I was raised and how I do things. But in the end, it?s still a business. You see that when people get released or brought in. ? So I can?t be foolish when the time comes for whatever needs to be done business-wise. ? It?s something that I think gets a lot of times overlooked when people are made out to be bad guys for whatever reason. For as much as we hear it?s a business on other side, it?s still a business on our side.?

Jets All-Pro center Nick Mangold hopes for contract extension before start of the season | - NJ.com