This is the latest in a series of nine Radar entries over the next five weeks detailing trends in the AFC East, downward tendencies each division team wants to correct for the coming season and upward strides that each team wants to continue into 2009:    

Rodney Harrison said it after the Patriots' 19-10 win over the Jets in the Gren & White's Game 2 home opener last year:

"It's a nice win.… More

Some of us today are cheering: Yeah, the Patriots in the home opener again! Let's get Brady and company early! Some of us are jeering: The Pats in the home opener again? What's up with that, NFL?

Whichever punctuation marks you prefer on this, it is highly unusual that one NFL team plays another in four consecutive home openers, as the Jets found out Tuesday night that they will do on Sept. 20 wh… More

After the NFL officially released its 2009 schedule today, I thought it would be a good idea to give Jerricho Cotchery a call. J-Co, who is one of the longest tenure Jets, always seems to find proper perspective.

“At this point in time, you can’t make the schedule too much of a big deal,” the Jets’ top wideout told me. “Your team hasn’t even started doing on-field work and doesn’t even have its r… More

The Jets and Patriots have fought tooth and nail for a while now. The toothmarks at the Meadowlands have all been administered by the Patriots, but up in Foxboro, the Jets have hammered the Pats a few times: five road wins since Bill Belichick took over in 2000. No other team has more than three wins at Gillette in that time, and the rest of the league has only 14 wins at New England in those nine… More

The envelope, please. And the newest Jets unrestricted free agency signing is ... Larry Izzo.

That's correct. Izzo, NFL special teams royalty who has worn the aqua and coral of the Dolphins and the red, white and blue of the Patriots, will be donning green and white this season.

This news flew under the radar, but it's an interesting transaction just the same. We'll venture a guess that Izzo i… More