Poteat’s Patient Approach Pays Off

In the 71st game of his career — after an overthrown Donovan McNabb pass sailed into his arms — Hank Poteat walked toward the Jets’ sideline without so much as a fist pump. He did not speak. He did not smile. He did not bump chests.
Only a select few knew that Poteat waited eight years [...]

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Perseverance Pays, Poteat Tells His Campers

Never underestimate the power of the ring. Hank Poteat happened to have it — his Super Bowl XXXIX ring, that is — with him when he opened the doors to his first football camp for 50 kids at a sizzling hot high school football field in northwest Philadelphia on Monday and Tuesday.
“First of all, anytime [...]

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Jets Sign Poteat to Bolster DB’s

Anyone who paid attention to the final quarter of the Jets’ season would not be surprised by the moves the team made yesterday, re-signing cornerback Hank Poteat and releasing running back Kevan Barlow.
Poteat went from training camp casualty, cut just before the regular season, to starting right cornerback for the final six regular-season games and [...]

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