11/20 — We postponed our normal midday blog on Coach Mangini's news conference because he had a short session with reporters today. But here are a few points to ponder.

In Mangini's opening remarks, he noted that today's practice would be primarily working on third downs. "That's an area we've made quite a bit of improvement on since the bye offensively," he said.

Word. The Jets' six games from Cincinnati through New England have produced a 48.1 percent conversion rate on third downs that is the third-best third-down rate for a six-game in-season span in the last 10 years. Here are the best six-game stretches of chain-moving since 1999:

The leading third-down players for the Jets in this span: Leon Washington with nine conversions, Jerricho Cotchery with eight and rookie TE Dustin Keller with seven.

For curious minds that want to know, the last time the Jets went better than 50 percent on third downs in six games, it was from Game 12 vs. Carolina through the first playoff game vs. Jacksonville in 1998, when the Jets converted at a 52.9 percent rate (46-for-87).

Mangini also had words of praise and awe for coach Jeff Fisher, whom he will try to beat upside the head in Sunday's Jets-Titans matchup. Fisher is now in the thick of his 15th season coaching the Tennessee franchise that was called the Houston Oilers when he first took over in 1994.

"It’s incredible," the third-year Jets boss said of that run. "You don’t see that very much anymore, the Don Shulas, the Tom Landrys, guys that were there 25, 20 years. It seems to be much rarer than it used to be. It’s a real testament to Jeff. He’s done it in different places in terms of where the team was, all different types of players, young, old. It’s been the whole gamut and he’s been consistently successful. It’s impressive."

The I-Report

Today's injury report came out a little after 4 p.m. There was no change for the Jets but an interesting set of migrations on the Titans' list.

Tennessee had several starters listed as not participating in practice Wednesday, among them LB Keith Bulluck (chest) and RB LenDale White (calf). And Kyle Vanden Bosch, who pressured the Jets in last season's Game 15, was limited by a groin injury.

Seems Fisher was just resting his big guns. Today Bulluck, White and Vanden Bosch are all listed as participating fully in practice.

But on the other hand, DE Jevon Kearse appeared on today's list with a knee injury that held him out of practice.