AFC East News

The Jets yesterday returned to work after their six-day, bye-week hiatus much the same way they left -- a bit subdued from their 4-4 first half.

Halfway through the season, the Miami Dolphins have already matched last year's loss total.

Judging by the score, the Miami Dolphins ' 30-25 win over the New York Jets last weekend appears to have been an offensive free-for-all. Not quite.

For 24 straight games, including the 2008 playoffs, Jason Ferguson had been a run-stopping force in the middle of the Dolphins' defensive line.

Twice Ted Ginn Jr. left the New York Jets stumbling and lunging, grasping at and gasping for air.

Tom Brady and Randy Moss connected on two highlight-reel plays and the New England Patriots overcame the Miami Dolphins' revived wildcat offense for a 27-17 win Sunday.

He still paces up and down the stretching lines, verbally jousting with players.

The Wildcat has, understandably, drawn much attention leading up to today's game between the Patriots and Dolphins at Gillette Stadium.

He's now a mystery man. Unseen. Unheard. Maybe even undead. That's all one can figure by the clandestine behavior of Bill Parcells.

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.