Dustin Keller is ready to rock and roll again at Gillette Stadium on Sunday.

"I love it. It's definitely a hostile environment," said Keller, the second-year tight end who had one of his career games at the Patriots' home about 53 weeks ago. "It's a huge game when the Jets and Patriots get together. We know the crowd's going to be real loud at the end of the game, so it's going to be a challengin… More

There was no joy in the Jets' Gillette Stadium locker room after their 20-10 defeat by the undefeated Patriots in the rain and surrounded by the morning's snow. As Chad Pennington said, "I don't think you ever prove a point by losing."

So call it cold comfort. The Jets weren't a happy bunch, but they came as close as all but Baltimore and Philadelphia in trying to hang that first L on the Pats.

Here's an early Radar entry for all you weather freaks. The half-hour drive from Providence on I-95 to I-495 to U.S. 1 turned into an hour and a half due to the early buildup of snow and sleet on the highways and byways leading to Gillette Stadium. I'm not a nervous driver, but there were a few times when I felt the Chrysler chariot starting to skid even though I was keeping the speed between 25-4… More

Sometimes coaches are good at repackaging a familiar idea into a new word or phrase that's a real eye-catcher and thought-provoker.

I thought Eric Mangini did that this week when he said, "As you see the benefits of absolute focus and how that translates into winning, I think that's a pretty strong reinforcement of the concept."

Absolute focus. What a concept.

Of course, one could argue that if… More

The sleet started to click off my second-floor window here at the Weeb around 10 this morning. Soon the wet snow started to float down. You could see some fat flakes on the heads of players who would go outside and then come back into the locker room.

One player was hopeful the Jets' practice would be moved into the practice bubble. But that was so Miami week. As an equipment man told him: "It's … More