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All the swaggerlicious big-talk bravado that began in the offseason with coach Rex Ryan's "kiss the rings" message for Bill Belichick and the rival Patriots that hasn't ceased.

Mark Sanchez and his New York Jets teammates grabbed a few things from their lockers and headed home, eager to get away.

There wasn't a need to start trying two-point conversions near the end of the third quarter.

If this season's been a little weird in New England, then what happened yesterday makes all the sense in the world.

If time heals all wounds, then the New York Jets must be the equivalent of Neosporin for the Dolphins.

No matter how many new players, general managers, and coaches work for the Jets, things remain the same with the team losing year after year.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Kerry Rhodes replayed the scene in his mind, and it still annoyed him.

Dolphins linebacker Joey Porter became the latest player to enter the fray in the verbal sparring match with the Jets.

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Dolphins middle linebacker Channing Crowder, the signal-caller of the defense, didn't practice for the third consecutive day because of a left shoulder injury, casting doubt on his availability for Sunday's game at the Jets .

NY Jets running back Danny Woodhead has emerged as a threat for the team on offense and special teams.

Eds: APNewsNow. Will be UPDATED. By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Sports Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. The New York Jets found the replacement for Leon Washington in the man he replaced: Justin Miller.

Considering the passing game fell apart last week - with Gang Green throwing six interceptions - that cannot be good news.

This is the way the Jets want to live and breathe: Play suffocating defense, dominate with a powerful running game and sprinkle in some timely passing from their rookie quarterback.

Justin Miller's kick return prowess with the Jets in 2006 earned him a Pro Bowl bid.

Plutarch once wrote about a a victory in battle, that was with such grievous losses to King Pyrrhus of Epirus that The armies separated; and, it is said, Pyrrhus replied to one that gave him joy of his victory that one more such victory would utterly undo him .

Although Leon Washington will miss the remainder of the season after fracturing his fibula during the Jets' Sunday afternoon victory over the Raiders, if the injury ends up being strictly a fractured fibula, Washington should be able to continue his career without a dramatic loss of ability.

The final score was 38-0, but the hard truth about the Raiders in the face of the worst home loss in franchise history is that the referee could have stopped the contest with 4:20 left in the first quarter Sunday.

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