Sunday's best on the Left Coast for Mike DeVito came as he was cradling Calvin Pace's second strip sack of the game midway through the third quarter on the Oakland Coliseum grass.

"That's more than I've touched the ball ever," DeVito reflected on this fumble recovery added to the fumble he plucked out of the Texas air at Houston in the season opener. Actually, it's more than most defensive lineme… More

Home sweet home would've been nice, but the start of the Rex Ryan and Mark Sanchez eras of Jets football could have found a less picturesque road venue for their debuts than Reliant Stadium, which rises up from the flat surrounding sprawl of southwestern Houston.

It is warm and humid in the area today, but in keeping with the Texans' "50-80" rule, the Reliant roof is closed for temps of higher th… More

Rex Ryan regaled reporters this afternoon about the merits of the Houston Texans offense. Among the numbers and rankings he recited or could have recited about the 2008 Texans inside the high walls of Reliant Stadium were these:

Houston ranked second in the NFL in most yards at home, 396.9 per game.

The Texans were third in passing yards at home, 276.4 per game.

They were second in most 25-yard… More

“Now, we’re going to find out where we’re at. We’re playing against Houston. This is an opponent, I believe, that is 12-4 at home over the last two years,” Ryan said today. “If my memory is right, I think they average close to 30 points a game at home. So this is going to be a huge challenge for us.

After 22 coaching seasons — 12 in the NFL and 10 in the college ranks — Ryan final… More

Ropati Pitoitua was not on the field for this afternoon’s special teams practice, but I wanted to talk to the big defensive lineman about the sack he had in the morning session — and the blocked shot he executed in the preseason game against St. Louis.

When I mentioned the full-extension rejection of a Kyle Boller pass with less than a minute left in the first half, Ropati chuckled.

“I heard… More