ESPN is giving the Green & White grudging respect as a team on the rise.

On Monday, John Clayton from ESPN.com (I sometimes like to call him John The Clayton from ESPN The Magazine) pegs the Jets as one of his Five Surprise Teams to Watch in 2008.

Clayton slots the Jets at No. 5, right behind the Bills, saying the Jets "are operating like a team trying to make a big move" and stating that if the… More

Just because ESPN says it doesn't make it so. But the sports network on Tuesday asked two estimable NFL talking heads what the best off-season move was, and they independently agreed that it was the Jets' trade with the Bears for RB Thomas Jones.

"For me, it's Thomas Jones," said Mark Schlereth, the old Broncos guard who probably would've enjoyed zone-blocking for Jones. "The Jets implemented a t… More

This was another way to make me feel old. WR Keyshawn Johnson retired Wednesday.

It seemed like only a year ago, even though it was a year and a decade ago, that Hurricane Key blew in from Southern California and whipped up the Green & White in more ways than one. It was 1996 and the Richie Kotite Jets, as their reward for going 3-13, had the first pick of the draft. They went with Johnson and th… More