This is an odd week for the Jets and many fans. The franchise has played 10 times on Thursdays (six on Thanksgiving) and in the previous six times before Thursday night at New England, the Jets had lost and thus had a nice 10-day hiatus to stew over their defeat before taking it out on the next opponent.

Put another way, the 34-31 overtime win over the Patriots was the first time since the 1962 T… More

The Jets cover Ellis Hobbs' second-half KO return expertly, with Wallace Wright, the subject of Eric Allen's Special Teams Saturday feature, and Cody Spencer dropping Hobbs at the Pats 21.

Then Bryan Thomas — with his third sack of the season, surpassing last year's 2.5 total — and David Barrett on a nickel blitz drop QB Matt Cassel twice and the Jets look to be sitting pretty.

But Brett Fav… More

Mike Westhoff leaned against the wall in Weeb Ewbank Hall with his crutches loose under his arms and held court with a few reporters Friday. As always, the special teams coordinator had a refreshing take on things, such as Ellis Hobbs' NFL-record 108-yard kickoff return against his coverage unit last Sunday.

"It's funny," Westhoff said. "Some people asked me, 'Aside from the kickoff return, how d… More

The second half opened with some NFL history being set at the Jets' special teams expense. Mike Nugent seemed to nail a brilliant kickoff, away from Ellis Hobbs and 8 yards deep in the end zone. But Hobbs took it out — and took it to the house, outrunning the Jets coverage.

It's the longest kickoff return in NFL history, bettering three 106-yard returns, the last by Roy Green in 1979. Obviousl… More