The second half opened with some NFL history being set at the Jets' special teams expense. Mike Nugent seemed to nail a brilliant kickoff, away from Ellis Hobbs and 8 yards deep in the end zone. But Hobbs took it out — and took it to the house, outrunning the Jets coverage.

It's the longest kickoff return in NFL history, bettering three 106-yard returns, the last by Roy Green in 1979. Obviousl… More

And the Jets are on the board! Marques Tuiasosopo, flushed up in the pocket by the Eagles' outside rush, tucks the ball and takes off. No slide here — Tui fights his way through two defenders burst into the end zone. Even 12 Eagles on the field don't prevent Mike Nugent's extra point, and it's 10-3, Jets, seven seconds into the final period.

Sorry, technical difficulties there for a few minutes… More

It was a banner day for the defensive backs at a pass-happy afternoon practice during which no quarterback escaped without throwing an interception.

Kerry Rhodes got it started, diving to break up a short Chad Pennington pass over the middle to Jerricho Cotchery with one hand, then coming down with the batted ball as he fell on his back.

Chad got even later in practice during a 2-on-2 drill, wh… More

The night belonged to Brad Smith and Mike Nugent.

Smith was catching everything in sight during Monday's late afternoon/early evening training camp practice, no more so than during red zone drills with three different quarterbacks.

On first-and-goal situations, first Smith gathered in a Chad Pennington pass over S Kerry Rhodes. Then he scored on a throw from Kellen Clemens over CB Rayshaun Kiz… More

The good news was that with the starting time for the Jets' final practice before their first preseason game moved back to 6:30 p.m. tonight, the weather wasn't too bad and got better. And that was good for the fans, more of whom showed up for this workout than made it to the morning session battling the aftereffects of the downpour.

But this was a decidedly low-key practice, much of which was sp… More