Home sweet home would've been nice, but the start of the Rex Ryan and Mark Sanchez eras of Jets football could have found a less picturesque road venue for their debuts than Reliant Stadium, which rises up from the flat surrounding sprawl of southwestern Houston.

It is warm and humid in the area today, but in keeping with the Texans' "50-80" rule, the Reliant roof is closed for temps of higher th… More

There are any number of ways to slice the Jets-Giants rivalry, which is about to resume in less than a half-hour with the 41st annual preseason meeting between the teams.

For instance, in the first 40 summer games, the Jets hold a 21-18-1 series edge.

And since tonight is the last game between the teams in the current Meadowlands stadium (since next year they will both play in New Meadowlands St… More

The sight was so uncommon that it startled Jets rookie quarterback Mark Sanchez.

On Thursday evening, Randy Lange and I were in the offensive meeting room waiting for offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer. We had our Internet radio equipment spread across a long table, sitting in the chairs usually occupied by players, when Sanchez walked into the room with a curious look on his face.

Fortu… More

Rex Ryan had the usual number of tidbits at today’s news conference, which followed the final open practice of summer at the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center.

For one, he mentioned that linebacker Vernon Gholston will be with the ones on Saturday night vs. the Giants.

“Vernon will start this week. He’s getting all the ‘one’ reps this week,” Ryan said of moving Gholston ahead of Calvin Pace… More

Rex Ryan said a mouthful when he talked about how even the QB competition went between Mark Sanchez and Kellen Clemens this off-season and preseason.

“I don’t think there was a clear-cut winner statistically,” he said. “Statistically, they were very similar, whether you were tracking throws in preseason games, on the practice field or whatever.”

You can massage the stats this way and t… More