A first for the column! A Q&A with a writer. As the Jets flounder at 1-5, I thought it might be a good idea to talk with someone who covers the team for mainstream media. But not just anyone – a former blogger: Dom Cosentino, who left Deadspin two years ago to work for NJ Advance Media, which feeds the Star Ledger & NJ.com.

Q: I can’t think of many writers who left Deadspin or any other sports websites who then go into a life of full-time reporting in the mainstream media. In a way, you’re the most impressive Deadspin/sports blogging alum. Have the Jets treated you as “that sports blogger”? How have things gone with other writers on the Jets beat, which is one notorious for in-fighting and squabbles?

A: I appreciate the sentiment, but there are a number of Deadspin alums doing full-time reporting work. Honestly, the Jets have treated me like anyone else. That goes for the players and coaches, the PR staff, and most of the rest of the beat crew. My writing might sometimes be a little different from everyone else’s, but I approach the job like any other reporter. It’s not like I’m in the locker room trying to pants Bob Glauber just so I can blog about it, though that’s probably not a bad idea (hi, Bob!).