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NewYorkJets.com Editor-in-Chief Randy Lange and our expanded Radar roster go behind the scenes and behind the stats to track the latest news about your favorite team.

Mon, December 8, 2008 - 3:54pm EDT

SHOES: Two L's in a Row, But All Is Not Lost

File Under: Miami, Oakland, tennessee, New England, San Francisco, AFC East

Jets fans, take a deep breath … that’s the best advice I have. After that take another. Maybe one more, just to be safe.

I know many of you have been hyperventilating for the past few weeks. For a while there it was for the best of reasons, after watching back to back road wins at New England and Tennessee many of you were probably short of breath as you started to dream dreams of Tampa and b… More

Sat, November 15, 2008 - 12:15pm EDT

SHOES: Why No. 4? For Third-and-15 at the 15

File Under: Eric Mangini, Thomas Jones, Laveranues Coles, New England Patriots, Brett Favre, Dustin Keller

The Jets didn’t get Brett Favre to light up a highlight reel. The Jets didn’t get Brett Favre so they’d be on the big TV game more often. The Jets didn’t get Brett Favre so ESPN would have reporters on their beat and extra cameras in their locker room. The Jets didn’t get Brett Favre to score points like a pinball machine, although it doesn’t hurt when it happens.

The Jets got Brett F… More

Sun, September 21, 2008 - 1:03pm EDT

SHOES: Hidden Yardage Was a Killer vs. Pats

File Under: patriots, Bill Parcells, Brett Favre, field position, hidden yardage

Amidst all the hysteria of the play call second-guessing and the "did the Jets forget they have Brett Favre?" nonsense (and by the way, that is nonsense ... the Jets are running many of the same plays Favre ran in Green Bay ... but I digress), what seemed to be lost in the background noise after the Patriots game was the single biggest reason the Jets came up short. Field position was, by far, the… More

Wed, August 27, 2008 - 2:42pm EDT

SHOES: No Need to Play Favre in Philly

File Under: LaDainian Tomlinson, Philadelphia Eagles, Brett Favre

I have to admit I don’t get it. I don’t understand why anyone cares. Start chanting with me: "It just doesn’t matter! It just doesn’t matter!"

Seriously, who cares if Brett Favre plays in the last preseason game? It’s beyond irrelevant. Does anyone really think that a cup of coffee Thursday night is going to move Favre from the unprepared to the prepared category for the Miami opener?