Long unhappy because of his relatively poor salary in the period when he was hockey's preeminent superstar, Hull responded to overtures from the upstart World Hockey Association's Winnipeg Jets in 1972 by jesting that he'd jump to them for a million dollars, a sum then considered absurd.

The Jets responded with a drive inside the Steelers 30-yard line, but Brien missed a 47-yard field goal attempt with 2 minutes left in regulation.

Indianapolis responded by driving deep into Jets territory, with Manning completing three passes to Marvin Harrison for 38 yards, but the drive stalled and Mike Vanderjagt missed a 41-yard field goal attempt.

The Jets responded by driving 64 yards in 10 plays and scoring with Testaverde's 4-yard touchdown pass to Anderson.

Marked the fifth-straight contest Smith had caused a fumble, the first player in club history to do so … Started at LDE vs. Atlanta, Oct. 16 and had eight tackles and a sack … Top performance came at New England, Nov. 20, with a career-high 12 tackles, 1. 5 sacks and a forced fumble against defending Super Bowl Champions … Started at RDE at New York Jets, Nov. 27 and responded with six tackles and a sack … Started at LDE vs. Detroit, Dec. 24 and had six tackles, a sack and deflected a pass.

The Ravens triumphed over the New York Giants in Super Bowl XXXV at the conclusion of the 2000 season, making them one of four NFL teams to win in their lone Super Bowl appearance, along with the New Orleans Saints, New York Jets, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The result of the game was surprising to many in the sports media as Joe Namath and Matt Snell led Jets to the Super Bowl victory, under head coach Weeb Ewbank, who won two NFL Championships with the Colts.

The two teams met twice a year ( interrupted in 1982 by a player strike ) 1970 – 2001 ; with the move of the Colts to the AFC South the two teams ' rivalry actually escalated, as they met three times in the playoffs in the South's first nine seasons of existence ; the Jets crushed the Colts 41 – 0 in the 2002 Wild Card playoff round ; the Colts then defeated the Jets 30 – 17 in the 2009 AFC Championship Game ; but the next year in the Wild Card round the Jets pulled off another playoff upset of the Colts, winning 17 – 16 ; it was Peyton Manning's final playoff game with the Colts.

Baltimore's post NFL-AFL merger passage to the AFC saw them thrust into a new environment with little in common with its fellow divisional teams, the Jets, Miami Dolphins, Buffalo Bills, and Boston Patriots.

Even with the addition of Moss, the Vikings lost to the New York Jets 29 – 20 in Week 5.

During the season, the Vikings had many distractions, including trading for Randy Moss and then waiving him only a month later, Brett Favre's NFL investigation for allegedly sending inappropriate text messages to Jets ' employee Jenn Sterger while he was with the team in 2008, the Metrodome's collapse and resulting venue changes, and finally head coach Brad Childress ' firing on November 22 following a 31 – 3 loss at the hands of the rival Green Bay Packers.

In week 17, the Saints defeated division rivals Carolina ; however, the Saints needed other results to break their way and when the St. Louis Rams beat the New York Jets the Saints were eliminated despite having beaten the Rams, who finished with the same record.

In a unique arrangement for the league, the Jets share MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey with the New York Giants.

As the Jets sought to become a stronger franchise and remove themselves from their counterparts ' shadow, the team entered into negotiations with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in an attempt to build a stadium on the west side of Manhattan, entering a bidding war with TransGas Energy Systems and Cablevision for the rights to the West Side Yard property — Hess, prior to his death, had been approached by former mayor Rudy Giuliani about bringing the team to the West Side when their lease at Giants Stadium expired in 2008.

Cablevision was fixated against the Jets owning the land as Madison Square Garden, located only a few blocks away, would be forced to compete with the stadium.

Team owners had voted, 31 – 1, with the Buffalo Bills the only objectors, to award the 2010 Super Bowl to New York contingent on the Jets winning the bid and completing construction of the stadium prior to 2010.

Defeated, the Jets agreed to enter a 50 – 50 partnership with their rival, the Giants, to build a new stadium effectively agreeing to a 99 year lease, which the Giants had signed earlier in the year, to remain in New Jersey.

Since the inception of the American Football League, the Jets have maintained what is considered to be a marquee rivalry with the New England Patriots.

The rivalry was relatively docile in its early years until 1966 when the Jets removed the Patriots, who had hopes of appearing in Super Bowl I, from playoff contention with a 38 – 28 defeat at Shea Stadium.

A critical turning point of the rivalry took place on September 23, 2001 when Jets linebacker Mo Lewis tackled Drew Bledsoe, leaving the veteran with internal bleeding.

The Jets, trailing the Dolphins 30 – 7 at the end of the third quarter, rallied in the fourth quarter scoring 23 unanswered points, eventually winning in overtime with a 40 yard John Hall kick.

The New York Jets previously maintained a high tension rivalry against their in-town counterparts, the New York Giants, that has since diminished due to the infrequency with which the teams meet in the regular season.

The Jets, with a 7 – 7 – 1 record, had little to lose as their hopes for playoff contention had vanished.

On television before the game, New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath said, " If Miami gets the kickoff and scores on the opening drive, the game is over .".

In his first game back in New York at MetLife Stadium in a pre-season matchup against the Cincinnati Bengals, Burress received a pass from Mark Sanchez in the first play of the first drive by the Jets, and later caught a pass for a touchdown in the next quarter.

He attended the Jets ' May 5, 2003 blood drive to benefit hospitals throughout Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties.

On their ensuing drive, the Chargers mounter a scoring threat by moving the ball to the Jets 37-yard line, but Reggie Tongue intercepted a pass from Brees and the score remained tied at halftime.

On the Jets next drive, Oakland lineman Travian Smith forced and recovered a fumble from Pennington on New York's 27-yard line.

But Pennington led the Jets back, completing 8 of 9 passes for 51 yards on an 81-yard drive that took 7 minutes off the clock and ended with his 1-yard touchdown pass to Jerald Sowell, tying the game with 22 seconds left in the first half.

The Jets turned the ball over again when Richie Anderson fumbled a handoff on their ensuing drive.

Following a missed field goal by Jets kicker John Hall on the opening drive, Oakland kicker Sebastian Janikowski made two field goals to give his team a 6-0 first quarter lead.

In a critical goal line stand, his key coverage on Jets running back Matt Snell stopped the drive and forced New York to kick a field goal.

The Jets scored first in the opening quarter after an 82-yard drive which was capped by quarterback Pat Ryan's 42-yard touchdown pass to former California Golden Bears wide receiver Wesley Walker on a flea flicker play.

Moseley kicked a field goal to give the Browns a 10-7 lead, but late in the quarter, O ' Brien led the Jets on a last second field goal drive to tie the game, featuring his season-long 16-yard run on fourth down and four to keep the drive alive.

But the Browns then drove 68-yards to score on running back Kevin Mack's 1-yard touchdown run, during a drive that was aided by a roughing the passer penalty on Mark Gastineau of the Jets on second down and 24 from Cleveland's 18-yard line.

In the first overtime period, Cleveland had a great chance to win after a drive landed them at the Jets 5-yard line.

In Jets ' n ' Guns, the player starts out as a freelancer, contracted to drive out a gang of criminals from a sector of space.

The Jets then drove to the Steelers 2-yard line on a 17-play drive, but the Pittsburgh defense made a key stand, keeping them out of the end zone on four consecutive plays near the goal-line to force a turnover.

Miličević surprised coach Gary van Egmond with his level of fitness and immediately set about imposing a sense of drive and vigour on the training paddock, something which many felt that the Jets had distinctly lacked in the course of their disastrous A-League title defence in 2008-09.

There were also five teams which the Texans had never beaten: the Baltimore Ravens ( 0-5 in regular season, 0-1 in playoffs ), Minnesota Vikings ( 0-2 ), New York Jets ( 0-5 ), Philadelphia Eagles ( 0-3 ) and San Diego Chargers ( 0-4 ).

The Chargers defeated the defending Super Bowl III champion New York Jets 34 – 27 before a record San Diego Stadium crowd of 54, 042 on September 29, 1969.

Rookie kicker Nate Kaeding missed a 40-yard field goal that would have advanced San Diego into the next round, thus opening the door for a Jets victory.

The Dolphins advanced through the special 16-team playoffs by defeating the New England Patriots, 28-13, the San Diego Chargers, 34-13, and the New York Jets, 14-0, to earn a trip to their fourth Super Bowl in team history.

* Dexter Carter, running back for San Francisco 49ers and New York Jets from 1990 to 1996, was born in Baxley and graduated from Appling County High School.

* The borough is home to former Major League Baseball player, Frank Bolick, former New York Jets football player Dan Ficca, current Philadelphia Eagles assistant coach to Andy Reid, Bret Veach, former San Francisco 49ers player Len Eshmont, and former New York State Billiards Champion Dave Daya.

* John Burke ( born 1971 ), former professional football player, New England Patriots, New York Jets and San Diego Chargers.

* Brian Mullen ( born 1962 ), played in the NHL for the Winnipeg Jets, New York Rangers, San Jose Sharks and New York Islanders.

Five clubs in American professional sports played in the Washington Heights area: the New York Giants, who are now the San Francisco Giants, the New York Mets, the New York Yankees, the Football New York Giants and the New York Jets.

Jets arrived in 1968 ; in 1969 Western had nonstop 737s to Las Vegas, Oakland and San Francisco, but by 1980 SFO was the only nonstop jet destination ( on PSA by then ).

Specifically, the New York Giants would receive payments from the New York Jets, and the San Francisco 49ers would get money from the Oakland Raiders.

As 1970 approached, three NFL teams ( the Baltimore Colts, Cleveland Browns, and Pittsburgh Steelers ), agreed to join the ten AFL teams ( the Cincinnati Bengals and Miami Dolphins had joined the original Boston Patriots, Buffalo Bills, Denver Broncos, Houston Oilers, Kansas City Chiefs, New York Jets, Oakland Raiders, and San Diego Chargers ) to form the American Football Conference ( AFC ).

After Mix asked to be traded to the New York Jets, San Diego traded him to the Oakland Raiders for two high draft picks in 1970 and 1971.

The, 320-pound tackle out of Temple University played for the Indianapolis Colts, the San Diego Chargers, the San Francisco 49ers, the Dallas Cowboys, the Philadelphia Eagles, the Pittsburgh Steelers, the New York Jets, the Chicago Bears, and the Kansas City Chiefs.

* Mark Malone, 1976, sportscaster and former National Football League ( NFL ) quarterback, Pittsburgh Steelers, San Diego Chargers, and New York Jets

A first-round pick in the 1981 NFL Draft, he played professionally for the San Francisco 49ers, Los Angeles Raiders, New York Jets, and Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL.

After his career with San Francisco, Lott signed as a free agent in 1991 with the Los Angeles Raiders, and in 1993 with the New York Jets.

Pennington then led Jets to a first-round, 20-17 overtime win against the AFC West Champion San Diego Chargers, as he went 23-33, for 279 yards and two touchdowns.

They were joined by a few veterans who crossed the picket lines, including New York Jets defensive end Mark Gastineau, Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle Randy White, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana and Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Steve Largent.

* John Burke ( American football ) ( born 1971 ), played for the New England Patriots, New York Jets and San Diego Chargers

The Patriots defeated the New York Jets and San Diego Chargers by identical 38-14 scores ; they defeated the Buffalo Bills by scores of 38-7 and 56-10 ; they defeated the Dallas Cowboys 48-27.

Dryer played in the East-West Shrine Game in San Francisco, the Hula Bowl in Honolulu and the College All-Star Game in Chicago where the college stars played the world champion New York Jets.

Other greats signed by the AFL in the years before the common draft included Abner Haynes and Johnny Robinson ( Dallas Texans ); Jim Otto ( Oakland Raiders ); Lance Alworth, John Hadl, and Ron Mix ( San Diego Chargers ), Lionel Taylor ( Denver Broncos ); Billy Shaw ( Buffalo Bills ); Larry Grantham ( New York Titans ); Matt Snell and Joe Namath ( New York Jets ); Nick Buoniconti ( Boston Patriots ) and a host of others.

In a parody, the New York Jets locker room was humming " San Diego super chokers " after they defeated the Chargers in the 2010 playoffs.