Since using replacement officials has gone so well for the NFL, our Jets writer wondered what his daily dispatch from practice might look like if written by a "replacement reporter"—someone who never covered the game for a large newspaper. Here goes:

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SOMEWHERE IN JERSEY THAT'S A REALLY LONG TRAIN RIDE FROM PENN STATION, N.J.—So the first thing they did was have these conference calls with guys from the 49ers, who play the Jets on Sunday.

First...