08/19 — The Jets weren't holding back at today's training camp practice, turning their Hofstra University practice field into Broadway, what with all the big plays (apologies for corniness).

In a session (which ran 2 hours, 13 minutes) where so many plays stood out, it's near impossible to pick a star to lead with, so we'll list them out.

Offense

Chris Baker looked quite spry and athletic, making a couple of leaping catches on Kellen Clemens passes during 7-on-7s.

Marcus Henry, who donned the No. 17 vest to play Plaxico Burress for the show team, made a tremendous diving catch early on. Henry ran a go route and was about step-for-step with cornerback Hank Poteat when Erik Ainge launched a line drive. The ball was slightly overthrown, but Henry made a full-body dive to snag it. He made the catch about 20 yards downfield then slid, like a base runner going for home plate, for another five.

Later on, Henry, playing himself this time, caught a deep wobbler along the sideline from Brett Ratliff. The pass, a classic "wounded duck," had just enough life left to flap to its intended destination. Henry, on a 25-yard corner, cut his route short, spun counterclockwise and reeled in the ball — all while managing to keep his feet in-bounds.

From the "What's New?" department: Dustin Keller was really impressive today!

First, the rookie went way up high — legs spread, Jumpman logo style — to snatch a pass from Brett Favre on a 10-yard post route. Linebacker Blair Phillips' coverage was solid, and the pass would've gone for an incompletion had it not been for Keller's ups. Then there were a couple of relatively nondescript receptions on crossing patterns and short outs (he had no drops) that preceded the crowd-arousing play.

About midway through practice, in 11-on-11s, Keller beat double coverage (linebacker Cody Spencer and cornerback David Barrett) down the middle seam, creating separation with his speed, and caught a well-thrown 35-yard touchdown from Ainge. The onlookers loved it.

Jerricho Cotchery made a leaping catch on a pass from Favre for 15 yards but came down awkwardly and landed on his back. However, he only stayed down for a second before popping right up. Cotchery later had a similar catch for 5 yards. He did also make some plays that didn't put his health in jeopardy, one of which was a 20-yard connection with Favre on a skinny post where Cotchery split the safety and cornerback and caught the zinger in stride.

Defense

The DBs got their hands on almost as many passes as the receivers.

Drew Coleman got it started early on with a great play to break up a Clemens pass to Brad Smith on a deep route up the sidelines. The pass was underthrown and when Smith looked back for it, Coleman, who had his back turned, stopped on a dime and made a leaping pirouette to swat the ball away. It looked like an axel move in figure skating, but much more macho, of course. Or, for the video gamers, his move resembled the Dragon Punch in "Street Fighter."

Coleman later intercepted Ainge along the sideline and took it back for what would've been a 40-yard touchdown return.

Dwight Lowery was ballhawking like he did at San Jose State, when he picked off 13 passes in his last two seasons. He had two today. The first he got by jumping a 5-yard flat route and stealing a pass from Ainge. Lowery read it well, stopped his backpedal and broke in front of the short receiver and made the catch on the run.

Lowery's second was a little more fortuitous. Clemens threw behind Baker on a short crossing route and the tight end swung his arm back, trying to tip the ball to himself, but before he could haul it in, Lowery snatched it from him.

Darrelle Revis almost had Ainge picked but bobbled the ball and dropped it. He later made up for that, intercepting Favre during a two-minute drive. With 41 seconds left and the offense at the 49, Favre threw toward the left sideline and Revis was all over it. The corner bobbled that one, too, but he was able to one-hand it and pull it in.