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 New England Patriots have done so many things well over the years. They won three Super Bowls in four seasons and nearly won No. 4 two… 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 Jets defense has been bending but not breaking, as evidenced by the Patriots' 242 yards but only 13 points in the first half. But on New England's first possession of the second half, the Jets put on the brakes with the game's first takeaway.

Matt Cassel finds TE Benjamin Watson over the middle for a 12-yard gain to the Jets 22, but as Eric Barton hits Watson low and brings him down, he loses… More