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 theme that Eric Mangini opened today's news conference with was diversity. Not of the cultural kind but of the pass-catching and quarterback-sacking variety.

"One thing I've been happy with and I talked to the team about is the distribution we've been able to have offensively," the Jets head coach said, "the volume of receivers that have been able to catch balls, the volume of catches that di… More

One big piece of housekeeping at the top of head coach Eric Mangini's first news conference in the new Atlantic Health Jets Training Center interview room this morning was the naming of his team's captains for the season. Here are the captains chosen by the Jets:

Offense — Brett Favre, Alan Faneca

Defense — Shaun Ellis, Kerry Rhodes

Special Teams — David Bowens, Leon Washington

"What I … More

WR David Clowney is on his way to another impactful game when his night comes to a painful end.

Midway through the third quarter, Clowney, crossing from left to right, grabs Kellen Clemens' high but catchable ball for a 14-yard gain and a first down at the Redskins 25. But as he goes down, Redskins rookie cornerback Justin Tryon rolls over Clowney and DC doesn't bounce right up.

Clowney has a ri… More

The NFL's competition committee is set to present playoff reseeding at next week's league meetings in Florida, and on the face of it, it seems like a good idea: Give the wild-card team the home field in a wild-card matchup if it has the better record than its division-winning opponent.

Seems like. But let's not fix something that's slightly broken and make it more broken.

The most pressing reaso… More