Jonathan Vilma wasn't about to do cartwheels through the Jets' locker room today, but he was encouraged to hear that the Jets are an NFL top-10 team in one rushing defense category: yards per carry allowed.

"Yeah, we felt that against Buffalo," Vilma said of the run defense starting to tighten things up. "I don't know how many yards we held them to, but I know it was under 100. That's always the … More

The Jets locker room was a tough one today. Even on the best of days, the Ralph Wilson Stadium visitors room is difficult to navigate: too small for an NFL team, especially after a game when garment bags and equipment duffels take up precious floorspace for players and reporters alike.

But on days like these, the place really shrinks around the players who are frowning and trying hard to make sen… More

Buffalo gets to the 27 with Marshawn Lynch continuing his impressive running. But Lynch doesn't pick up the blitz well as Kerry Rhodes comes off the edge and Eric Barton barges up the middle. Trent Edwards isn't sacked, but he gets swarmed under as his batted pass falls incomplete. Then Rian Lindell comes on to nail a 46-yard field goal and the Bills go back on top with 10:49 left.

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The two QBs, the veteran Pennington and the rookie Edwards, combined for 27 completions on 33 attempts in the first half. And through the first seven minutes, neither missed. Trouble is, the Bills D-line is starting to win the trench warfare against the Jets' O-line. On third-and-1, Thomas Jones is thrown for a 3-yard loss by LB Mario Haggan.

And then Edwards moves Buffalo to the Jets 5 with four… More

Respect for the opponent is one of the cornerstones of any successful NFL franchise, and that's something that Jets DE Kenyon Coleman, along with all his other defensive teammates, has for the Bills offense with the rookies in key places that the Green & White expects to face Sunday.

"Against quality players, you've got to bring your 'A' game," Coleman told me in the middle of a Friday locker roo… More