The New York Jets' eighth annual Kickoff Luncheon is winding down in the magnificent Cipriani Wall Street ballroom. But not long ago, the event captured a little bit of the buzz and excitement that has been building around the Jets all off-season and pre-season.

Part of the excitement was from the guest list. Seated with owner Woody Johnson, GM Mike Tannenbaum and head coach Eric Mangini at the h… More

Now is a good time to sit back, take a deep breath in the lull and refocus our thinking.

Refocusing backward, No. 4 as a Jet has been monstrously huge. As someone in the Cleveland pressbox said to me Thursday night, "We knew this would be big but we didn't know it would be this big."

Having been immersed in reporting and writing mode pretty much from 12:01 a.m. Thursday until driving home from J… More