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Mike Westhoff will soon be fully recovered from his Feb. surgery. Almost daily, Mike Westhoff 's voice can be heard booming as loudly as the rap music blaring out of the speakers at Jets practices.

Wagstaff, Jon Kitna just became a free agent in my league. Ia TMm in a twelve-team league that requires each team to protect a player at each position.

C Not much production at all from this position. Thomas Jones has lost a step - and that fumble in San Diego was a killer.

It is DISGUSTING to watch a team that has a vertical passer and a first round TE who can stretch the field along with a Reggie Bush like RB-WR Flex scat back try to dink and dunk when behind by three scores ...

Transcripts of selected interviews of Jets players during media availability in the locker room before Thursday's midday practice: RB LEON WASHINGTON On how satisfying it is to see all of his hard work paying ...

Chargers fans all around this fine city came off of the proverbial ledge on Monday night following the Bolts' 48-28 win over the New York Jets.

In his rookie year, 2006, Leon Washington made some mistakes. In meetings, he couldn't answer questions he was asked about his position or special teams.

Football's Cal Ripken will not let a rolled ankle get in the way of his streak - not if he can help it.

On a Sunday afternoon that was unusually foggy, a twinkle emerged from the mist that awakened a football franchise, sparked interest among fans and demanded your attention if not respect.

Leon Washington was in no mood for personal accolades following the Jets' 48-29 loss in San Diego on Monday.

Desperate for their first victory, the San Diego Chargers put on a performance fitting prime time.

Watch out for the little guys.

In a game that's dominated by scary-big linemen who crush the scales at 300-plus pounds, it turns out there's plenty of room for mighty mites such as Darren Sproles of the San Diego Chargers and Leon Washington of the New York Jets.

They'd need to stand on a Manhattan phone book or two just to pop above 6 feet.

Put them in the open field, though, and defenders or cover guys suddenly look clumsy and clueless. Give them an opening and odds are pretty good they might not stop until they've gone 60, 80, 100 yards.

The Patriots had a message for those reveling in their Tom Brady-less state and they delivered it loud and clear with a 19-10 win over the New York Jets yesterday: Our starting quarterback may have gone down ...

Excited by a jaw-dropping touchdown run by your favorite New York Jets player? You'll be close enough to tell him all about it.

The consensus after the Patriots' 19-10 victory over the New York Jets Sunday was that quarterback Matt Cassel, making his first NFL start, outperformed Jets quarterback/national media darling Brett Favre.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - It was a little after 7:30 p.m. last night, and the big white Ryder trucks that carry helmets and shoulder pads and video equipment were idling on the ground level of the Meadowlands.

The standard for quarterbacking perfection is a passer efficiency rating of 158.3. If there were such a formula for kickers, Stephen Gostkowski would have reached that lofty plateau.

Brett Favre , making his 255th straight, made a mistake that hurt the New York Jets badly in a 19-10 loss to New England on Sunday - an interception that led to the game's first touchdown and gave the Patriots ...

September 8, 2008 4:45 PM AP Photo/Robert E. Klein Patriots QB Tom Brady will miss the rest of the season.

When it came time for the Jets to have their predraft sit-down interview with Dwight Lowery at the NFL combine, to a degree, the San Jose State senior cornerback was dreading it.