The Brett Favre era of Jets football is over almost be-4 it began.

Favre, who came out of retirement to try his Hall of Fame hand at running an offense other than the Packers' for the first time in 17 seasons, called owner Woody Johnson and general manager Mike Tannenbaum this morning. And his agent, Bus Cook, sent along an email as reported by ESPN. The message from both was the same: Favre is r… More

To be sure, there were enough mistakes to go around in Sunday's tough-to-take 24-14 loss to the San Francisco 49ers.

Head coach Eric Mangini was asked today at his day-after news conference if he was unhappy with the attitude and effort of his team. He didn't buy the premise of the question and instead replied that all the people in football ops need to check the mirror every day for the rest of … More

Brett Ratliff lives, even if it's as the embodiment, at the moment, of Kerry Collins and Jay Cutler.

"I just try to work hard. That's what I do every week," said Ratliff, who's been the Jets' non-playing third quarterback for all 11 games. "I'm working as hard as I can."

The work is being recognized. On Wednesday, head coach Eric Mangini named Ratty the Jets' practice player of the week. That me… More

C.J. Mosley had another decent preseason showing in Philadelphia. The D-lineman was credited with a late pass defense at the line, played an early screen pass perfectly for another incompletion, and chased A.J. Feeley out of the pocket and forcing the Eagles' third QB to unload a pass that was picked off by Abram Elam.

"You just want to get in the game and make a play any chance you get," said Mo… More

The starting QB matchup is Kellen Clemens vs. Kevin Kolb as expected. But while Kolb plays through the first half, Clemens goes only one series, then gives way to Brett Ratliff, who then returns the ball to Clemens for the third drive.

But one player who looks as if he'll be seeing a lot of action tonight is RB Jesse Chatman. With Thomas Jones and Leon Washington sitting on the sideline and with … More