AFC East News

The NFL has no official statistic for most times a player's helmet has gone flying off his head, but if it did Dolphins center Jake Grove would be the runaway leader for 2009.

The toughest divisions to make a living in the NFL these days are not the NFC or AFC East.

Dolphins linebacker Joey Porter said earlier this week that he thinks the Patriots don't like him , but he might not be 100 percent correct.

The ugly Buffalo-Cleveland game in Week 5 was a tough loss for Bills fans to endure.

South Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Graham Five nuggets of knowledge about Week 8: Jim O'Connor/US Presswire The Jets will get Jerricho Cotchery back in the lineup at full speed.

Heading into the season, it seemed logical that a Week 9 matchup between the defending AFC East Division champion and the team that had won the crown and advanced to the Super Bowl a year prior would be vital in terms of the fight for 2009 supremacy.And then for a while, it wasn't.A 3-0 start by the New York Jets - which included a win over New ...

If you're a New York City sports fan close your eyes and envision the following: High-priced, smiling athletes standing on floats, cradling a championship trophy as millions of adoring fans shower them in a blizzard of confetti and paper.

The trash talk has decidedly been toned down this week between the Jets and Dolphins , a marked difference from the chatter that took place before, during and after the two AFC East rivals played each other three weeks ago.

Today's the day, even with the Patriots off, when the AFC East race can gain clarity, or become more jumbled than ever.

The Kings of the AFC East are alive and well, the rumor of their demise has been largely fabricated.

Tom Brady has played very well in his comeback from knee surgery. Now he begins the part of the season when he's at his best.

Sunday at Patriots, 1 p.m. MATCHUP DOLPHINS SHOULD EXPLOIT Dolphins LG Justin Smiley against Patriots DE Mike Wright: With starter Jarvis Green undergoing knee surgery that will keep him out this week, and with incumbent Richard Seymour traded to Oakland before the season opener for a 2009 first-round draft pick, Wright will make just his eighth ...

The Jets have gone 1-4 since their hot start and enter their bye week with an uninspiring .500 record.

Coming off their bye week, New England has some extra time to prepare for Miami and their trend-setting offense.

In the shadow of their 11-5, AFC East-winning campaign, the Miami Dolphins' 3-4 start to the 2009 season comes off as something of a disappointment.

In the wake of their disappointing 4-4 record at the halfway point -- unfortunately punctuated by the bleeding away of a 3-0 start -- the Jets yesterday embarked on a week-long vacation for their bye.

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

By Lyle Fitzsimmons, Contributing NFL Editor -- - For the Miami Dolphins, it was a snippet of life as the New York Jets.

Kerry Rhodes replayed the scene in his mind, and it still annoyed him. The Jets couldn't stop the Dolphins' Wildcat attack the last time the two clubs met Oct.

The excitement doesn't start until Wes Welker catches a short pass from Tom Brady.