The triumph in San Diego can be attributed to many things: a gritty defense that dug in its heels and got better and better as the game wore on, the heady play of the Jets' two rookies on offense, the Chargers' troubles with yellow flags and field goals.

But don't overlook the Jets' long-standing tendency to act like a pit bull with a bone when they get a decent lead.

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Rex Ryan confessed to one "poor decision" Thursday, which was bringing that morning's OTA practice into the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center fieldhouse when the rain had stopped and he could have worked his team outdoors.

But the fieldhouse is good for many things, and one of them was to act as an echo chamber, the better to bounce the taunts of linebacker Bart Scott around to everyone else's… 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

A long weekend of celebration and reminiscence come to a close today with the ceremonies to honor the Jets' Super Bowl III players in the 40th anniversary season of their historic 16-7 win over the Baltimore Colts.

And following Saturday night's dinner at the Hyatt in New York and before today's festivities, a half-dozen of the 1968 Jets, led by their leader, Joe Namath, gathered in an opening be… More

Today we kick off newyorkjets.com's series of stories looking back at the Jets' 2007 season and looking ahead to the 2008 season, position by position.

Eric Allen got a hold of Jerricho Cotchery the other day and Jerricho always has some great thoughts, whatever the subject. He talked about his and his wideout mates' year that was and also what he is doing personally this off-season to come back … More