Eric Mangini Will Look For Help From Men In Tights

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Eric Mangini Will Look For Help From Men In Tights

konradjets.jpgFor all the talk that Bill Belichick is a genius — genius with your WIFE! — it's his former assistant Eric Mangini, with the Jets, who's making the real "Look at me, I'm a mad scientist!" moves. Witness the Jets' rookie minicamp, to which Mangini invited two potential Olympic wrestlers. This even though neither has played football since junior high.

"I thought it was a prank call," [Tommy] Rowlands said, laughing. "When I returned his call, it was a voice mail and it said he was from the New York Jets, so I figured if someone was pranking me, they're going to great lengths to make the joke work. At that time, I knew it was real."

Strange thing too: He wanted them as wide receivers. OK, not really.

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