It's not inconceivable that by the end of September, the "Hard Knocks," team-of-destiny Jets will be 0-3.
Last week, after the Jets lost to the Chargers, Bowens told reporters that whatever kind of team the Jets thought they were, "we're not".
Using high-speed cameras, the team filmed jets of liquid striking toilet walls and studied the resulting spray.
"Their passion is as great as mine is," Anzalone told the team's Web site, speaking of Jets fans.
Although they were not directly inspired by precedent, the Texans did feature elements of that Jets team of two years ago, elements necessary to topple New England: a dynamic, clock-controlling running game and a ferocious defense with a pass rush capable of rattling Brady.
With that gesture, signifying the opening of its new headquarters and, he hopes, a new era of Jets football, the team took another step toward reclaiming relevance in a crowded professional sports market.
"I think it's a disrespectful thing to say that he's different than he was before, because he's been that workhorse since I was a member of that team," said Jets linebacker Aaron Maybin, who played for Buffalo the past two seasons.
The Giants have always been the staid, Rock of Gibraltar-type team; the Jets have maintained the zany, wide-open unpredictability of the old American Football League.
That was also on my mind when I made my own personal revelation," Mr. Paterson said to questions by the WFAN morning-show team of Craig Carton and the former Jets quarterback Boomer Esiason.
They gathered around their television and cheered on their team, the Jets, in an act of shared familial devotion — to sport, franchise and the standard network broadcast.
