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The Sporting News

| March 10, 2003 | Dillon, Dennis | COPYRIGHT 2003 Sporting News Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

During his first team meeting as coach of the Jets in 1997, Bill Parcells seized his players' attention by holding aloft a thick three-ring binder. It was not a playbook It was the team's injury report from the '96 season, when the Jets went 1-15 under Rich Kotite.

Punt this, Parcells said. Things were going to change. The Jets weren't going to suffer a mass of broken bones, torn ligaments and pulled muscles on his watch. Parcells believes firmly there is a correlation between the quality of a team's offseason program and the injury factor during the season. So every player would participate fully in his offseason workout program--or else.

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