Talk about jets. Marquice Cole was wearing them when he got last Sunday's game at Oakland off on the right foot with a big play on the opening kickoff.

"Drew Coleman made the tackle," Cole said. "But being able to cause that penalty put them in the hole. When a team has bad field position, which special teams can cause, you see what happens. It was a big play in the game, even though it was the f… More

You can often learn a lot about a player from the nicknames and catchphrases he gives himself or that are given to him.

Ahmad Carroll, the Jets' cornerback and special-teamer, is known as "Batman," for example. The name was given to him for his precocious athleticism back in his youth football days in Atlanta, when, as the story goes, he repeatedly beat the opposing center by swooping over him su… More

Where did the Jets of the five-game winning streak go? They need to make an appearance here in Candlestick park quickly. The defense stops the Niners on their opening drive of the second half, but on the punt, Ahmad Carroll is called for an illegal block in the back, starting the Jets at their 8. And three Favre passes net 9 yards and a Reggie Hodges punt.

Frank Gore, who scored the touchdown in … 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

Brett Ratliff showed some late arm in today's late training camp practice.

On a cool August evening on Long Island, in front of a strong crowd of more than 5,000, the first-year QB from Utah got ready for the two-minute drills to end practice by launching a deep ball during situation drills to rookie WR Marcus Henry, who made perhaps his biggest reception of camp for a 40-yard gain against DB Rud… More