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Think the Jets didn't miss Pete Kendall last night? Rookie Jacob Bender gave up a first-quarter sack to Justin Tuck, and Adrien Clarke had a false start at the Jets' 1 in the second quarter. Still early on this one, though. Left guard won't mean the difference between a playoff berth and a .500 season. That said, it's too bad the Jets couldn't have kept Kendall, whose veteran presence and leadership would have been helpful.
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A quick look at what Jets, Giants have showed us -- Newsday.com

L'Affaire Pete Kendall has a legitimate chance to blow up in the Jets' faces. Jacob Bender, the rookie left guard forced to sink or swim, didn't get out of the deep end of the pool. Ask Tim Donaghy about the odds of the Nicholls State novice becoming John Hannah - even Dave Cadigan - over the next two weeks. Adrien Clarke would seem to have the job by default.
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IT'S TIME TO WORRY | By STEVE SERBY | New York Jets
 
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September 14, 2007, 6:01 pm
Jets? O-Line Must Be Great for Offense to Be Good
By Karen Crouse

Adrien Clarke, the Jets? left guard, entered the locker room Thursday, made a beeline for his locker, rummaged through a pile of shoes until he found a pair of gloves, then headed to the weight room. On his way out, he apologized for not being able to stop and talk.
?Got to lift,? he said.
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The question of who will start may be of paramount concern to the fans, but it does not really matter to the offensive line. ?No matter who?s back there, the blocking schemes don?t change,? center Nick Mangold said. ?You have the same mentality of protecting your quarterback. So it?s more of protecting the position and not the person.?

It means a lot to Clarke, who started next to Mangold at Ohio State in 2003, to be back in the N.F.L. A seventh-round draft pick of the Philadelphia Eagles in 2004, Clarke made four starts in 2005 but was waived in August of 2006 when his play was hampered by a back injury that would require surgery.
Last season, Clarke divided his time between a rehabilitation facility and a gym. He could watch Ohio State games on Saturday, but it was deep into the year before he was able to tune into the N.F.L. on Sundays.

?I guess for me it was just more mentally hard, sitting back and watching the game that you love and not being able to participate,? he said Wednesday. ?The physical part of it, I thought I was ready to go shortly after the surgery.?

Clarke struggled in the preseason, at one point losing his starting job to the rookie Jacob Bender. In his first regular-season start in nearly two years, Clarke ?did some things that were good,? said the Jets? general manager, Mike Tannenbaum.
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http://fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/14/jets-o-line-must-be-great-for-offense-to-be-good/
 
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Clarke on guard

Adrien Clarke allowed two sacks and several quarterback pressures Sunday against Buffalo, and coach Eric Mangini was his usual evasive self Wednesday when asked if would make a change at that position.

"We'll go through the course of the week like we always do," Mangini said, "and put together the best five."

Clarke realizes he and the other players always are being scrutinized. "Regardless of if [Mangini] says it or not," Clarke said, "you know that's always happening."
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From Tryout to Playing: Adrien Clarke
March 7, 2011 by Dusty Sloan

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Virginia Destroyers guard Adrien Clarke started his United Football League career in 2010.

He said he could have started it in 2009 when now-Destroyers Director of Player Personnel Bret Munsey, then working in the league office, gave him a call, but a lot of miscommunication kept Clarke off the field during the UFL?s inaugural season.

?At the time, I was going through a transition with agents,? Clarke said, ?and I really didn?t know too much about the opportunity.?

Clarke, who was a seventh-round pick of the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2004 National Football League draft out of Ohio State, and played 28 regular-season games (18 starts) with the Eagles (2004-05) and New York Jets (2007), went to the Florida Tuskers? Orlando tryout last year to attempt to restart his professional football career.
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Clarke now is on the Destroyers? exclusive-rights negotiating list for 2011, and while he is trying to get back to the NFL, he wouldn?t turn down a return to the UFL.

?My career is in God?s hands,? said Clarke. ?I would definitely welcome the opportunity to play wherever. I just enjoy playing the game and have a passion for the game.?

As for what he would tell a free agent who might be hedging as to whether or not to try out for a UFL team this year, Clarke said, ?I?d tell them you have nothing to lose and everything to gain. The guys who were in there with me, any one of them could have had the same amount of talent. You never know until you try. You?re never bigger than any situation.?
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http://www.ufl-football.com/news/tryout-playing-adrien-clarke
 
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