Curtis Martin is resplendent as always, wearing a gray pinstripe suit, tie and handkerchief with magenta accents and black-and-brown shoes. Martin doesn't need a special occasion to look great, but today he has a special occasion: He'll be recognized at halftime of the Jets-Steelers game for his contributions to the Green & White from 1998 until he announced his retirement in July.

What will he s… More

Many fans are scratching their heads and gnashing their teeth over trying to find positives in Sunday's home-opening loss to New England. One nice special teams development did occur early in the second quarter when the Patriots botched a Stephen Gostkowski field goal try that would have given the visitors a 10-0 lead.

You can say that was all Patriots because the FG snap basically hit holder Mat… More

Tom Brady told CBS before the game, "Physically, I've never felt better." And he showed it with a pair of third-down-conversion completions to move the Pats back toward the red zone at the top of the quarter.

The first came when he unloaded just before Dewayne Robertson hit him up the middle, hitting Randy Moss on the right sideline for a tiptoe catch in front of David Barrett. The second came on… More

For all the fans who know a wedge doesn't always come with blue cheese dressing, what a good hang time for a kickoff is, and that there's a difference between a dropkick and a drop punt, this day's for you.

Special Teams Saturday.

We hear it all the time from the NFL's coaches and players — "Special teams is one-third of the game" — but the mainstream media rarely pays attention, unless it's to … More

In honor of the end of two-a-days at Jets training camp — this evening's practice marked the final double session on the schedule — the Green and the White came together on a few occasions.

One highlight was the "D" stopping Chad Pennington and the first offense on the first play during the red zone period. Pennington tried to feather a pass to TE Chris Baker, but he only got it high enough f… More