Over the past several years there probably have been four NFL defenses known for their relentless pressure — Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, New England and Baltimore.

Feel free to throw in your favorites as well. We'll leave aside the Pennsy teams and your picks for another day. On Sunday it's Bill Belichick's Patriots vs. Rex Ryan, the guy who choreographed the Ravens "D" and now calls the plays fo… More

So will any of Rex Ryan’s statements become bulletin board material up in New England? You’ll probably have to wait until next week to find out because Patriots head coach Bill Belichick isn’t saying.

“Whatever is between me and the team I think should stay with me and the team,” Belichick told Newark Star-Ledger reporter Dave Hutchinson during today's conference call with Jets writers.

Rex Ryan heard a little more today about the Baltimore Ravens remarks he made Monday, about being passed over for the Ravens head coaching job last year and about his feelings on the Ravens handing out uniform No. 99, Michael McCrary’s old number, to rookie LB Paul Kruger.

And one or two columnists probed the Jets head coach on if he’ll be moderating his free-wheeling remarks once the buzzsaw o… More

This is the latest in a series of nine Radar entries over the next five weeks detailing trends in the AFC East, downward tendencies each division team wants to correct for the coming season and upward strides that each team wants to continue into 2009:    

Rodney Harrison said it after the Patriots' 19-10 win over the Jets in the Green & White's Game 2 home opener last year:

"It's a nice win… More

Tom Petty was right. (Tom Petty's always right.) The waiting is the hardest part.

I've been a part of these head-coaching waits when I was on the outside looking in (Little Anthony was right, too) as a Jets beatwriter from 1994-2006. But as a beatwriter, to be more accurate, the waiting wasn't the only hard part.

The other equally difficult element of an NFL head-coaching search is going to slee… More