To nobody’s surprise, Eric Mangini was his usual “mums the word” about injuries to Laveranues Coles and Jerricho Cotchery during his Monday press conference.

On Coles’ ankle injury via the New York Jets website:

“It’s going to be an ongoing process with that. It’s always like that with a wide receiver and any type of injury that affects the legs. They have got to run fast and hard and got to be able to run after the catch and all that stuff, so it’ll be an ongoing management of us continuing to give him the rehab and prep he needs and him working at it as well.”

On Cotchery’s right index finger:

“We’ll have to see where he is Wednesday-ish. It is what it is.”

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