It's not raining in the area around East Rutherford, N.J., as originally forecast, but the wind is whipping, the air is chilly and the skies are low and gray — a forbidding omen for one of our two Meadowlands combatants today, either the visiting Bills, who with a loss would slip to 1-5 for the season, or the Jets, who with a third straight defeat would fall to 3-3.

The Jets, of course, are co… More

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:    

The best of the Buffalo Bills often is special. Such has been the case for the past two seasons with Roscoe Parrish.

Parrish is the Bills… More

Every once in a while a player comes along whose media guide bio reads like a good book. This week that Jets player is J.R. Reed.

Reed played his college ball at South Florida and has spent five seasons in the NFL, four with the Eagles. He's played in 40 games with four starts. He has four career interceptions, three last season with the Birds.

That's the mundane, football stuff.

Reed has been … More

For the first time since Week 2 of the 2003 regular season — a span covering 86 regular-season weeks — the Buffalo Bills are in sole possession of first place in the AFC East. And that’s not even the lead story in the division on this Sunday.

The Miami Dolphins went into Foxboro and put together a Boston Massacre of their own, ripping the Patriots by a 38-13 count. If you’re counting at hom… More