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2010 - WILD CARD GAME AT COLTS - 8:00 P.M. ET - NBCNEW YORK JETS (11-5) AT INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (10-6)

SAT., JAN. 8 - LUCAS OIL STADIUM (63,000)

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HEADLINES

Owners of a 6-2 mark on the road in 2010and a com-bined road record of 13-6 under Head Coach Rex Ryan,the Jets travel to Indianapolis where they will face a Colts

team that boasted a 6-2 record at home in 2010 and a 60-12 mark since 2002, the second-best winning percentagein the NFL during that span.

Consistent with the teams identity under Head CoachRex Ryan, the New York Jets finished the regular seasonamong NFL leaders in overall defense and rushing yardsper game, ranking third and fourth respectively. Defensive-ly, the Jets yielded 291.5 yards per game. Offensively, theteam rushed for 148.4 yards per game.

On special teams, the Jets were led by kick returner BradSmith and punter Steve Weatherford. Smith ranked secondin the NFL with an average of 28.6 yards and returned twokickoffs for touchdowns. Weatherford tied an NFL recordwith 42 punts inside the 20, matching the efforts of BenGraham (ARZ, 2009) and Andy Lee (SF, 2007).

DL Shaun Ellis is poised to establish a team record for themost postseason games played in team history. He currentlyis tied with former long snapper James Dearth with ninepostseason contests.

BROADCAST COVERAGE

TELEVISION: CBSPlay-by-play: Al Michaels Analysts: Chris CollinsworthProducer: Fred Gaudelli Director: Drew EsocoffSideline: Andrea Kremer

JETS RADIO: 1050 AM WEPN (ESPN Radio)Play-by-play: Bob Wischusen Analyst: Marty LyonsPre- and Post-Game: Greg Buttle, Don LaGrecaProducer: Joe Loughran

NATIONAL RADIO: Westwood OnePlay-by-play: David SimsAnalyst: Boomer Esiason Sideline: Steve TaskerPre- and Post-Game: Scott Graham

SPANISH RADIO: WADO 1280Play-by-play: Clemson Smith Muniz Analyst: Oscar BentezJETS RADIO NETWORK: WLIR 107.1, Hampton Bays, NY;WNJE 1040, Flemington, NJ; WTMM-FM 104.5, Albany,

NY; WRCN 103.9, Riverhead, NY; WMTR 1250, Morris-town, NJ; WOBM 1160, Ocean City, NJ; WADB 1310, Mon-mouth, NJ; WPDH 101.5/106.1, Poughkeepsie, NY

MEDIA CONTACTS

Bruce Speight ....... [email protected] ......... 973.549.4690

Jared Winley .......... [email protected] .......... 973.549.4683

Meghan Gilmore....... [email protected]........... 973.549.4684

Nick Filis [email protected] ............ 973.549.4857

Dana Fjermestad ...... [email protected] ........... 973.549.4685

Erin OGrady [email protected] .......... 973.549.4685

Tim [email protected] ........ 973.549.4685

JETS/COLTS AT A GLANCE

Series: 72nd meeting, Jets lead postseason series 2-1; Coltslead regular season series 40-28

Last Meeting: Colts, 30, Jets 17, Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapo-

lis, IN, 1/24/10Streak: Colts have won three of the last four contests.

Notable: In the Jets last Wild Card matchup against the Colts(1/4/03), a 41-0 victory, New Yorks defense held QB PeytonManning to a 31.2 passer rating. Manning finished 14-of-31with two interceptions and no touchdowns.

Series Highlight: The Colts, the Jets former AFC East rival, havebeen the opponent for three historic Jets victories: 1) the land-mark 16-7 Super Bowl III upset, 1/12/69; 2) the legendarybattle between Unitas and Namath featuring 872 combinedpassing yards in a Jets 44-34 win, 9/24/72; 3) the 41-0 winin the 2002 Wild Card game, the largest shutout victory in Jetshistory, 1/4/03.

JETS HEAD COACH: Rex Ryan, Second Season at Jets, 20-12Regular Season, 2-1 PostseasonCOLTS HEAD COACH: Jim Caldwell, Second Season at Colts,24-8 Regular Season, 2-1 Postseason

2010 SCHEDULE

REGULAR SEASON (11-5)

9/13 Baltimore L, 10-9 0-19/19 New England W, 28-14 1-19/26 at Miami W, 31-23 2-110/3 at Buffalo W, 38-14 3-110/11 Minnesota W, 29-20 4-1

10/17 at Denver W, 24-20 5-1

10/24 BYE10/31 Green Bay L, 9-0 5-2

11/7 at Detroit W, 23-20 (OT) 6-211/14 at Cleveland W, 26-20 (OT) 7-211/21 Houston W, 30-27 8-211/25 Cincinnati W, 26-10 9-2

12/6 at New England L, 45-3 9-312/12 Miami L, 10-6 9-4

12/19 at Pittsburgh W, 22-17 10-412/26 at Chicago L, 38-34 10-51/2 Buffalo W, 38-7 11-5POSTSEASON1/8/11 at Indianapolis 8:00 p.m. NBC

Home games in bold

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

MARQUICE Cole ..................................... mar KWEECE

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SHONN Greene ................................................. SHOHN

James IHEDIGBO .............................. ee HEAD-ee- boe

Lance LAURY.................................................LAW ree

Josh MAUGA .......................................................MA-gah

SIONE POUHA.......................... see-OH-nay boe-OOH-ha

Matt SLAUSON ..............................................SLAW-son


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STATISTICAL SNAPSHOT

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SINGLE-GAME SERIES BESTSRushing Yards .................... 203 ..................................... Curtis Martin ....................................................... (12/3/00)Rushing Touchdowns .............. 2 ..................................... 8 tied Last Kevan Barlow ................................(10/1/06)Passing Yards ..................... 496 ..................................... Joe Namath ........................................................ (9/24/72Touchdown Passes ................. 6 ..................................... Joe Namath ........................................................ (9/24/72Receptions .......................... 13 ..................................... Al Toon ...............................................................(11/6/88)Receiving Yards .................. 204 .....................................Rich Caster ......................................................... (9/24/72)Receiving Touchdowns ............. 3 ..................................... 3 tied Last Jeff Graham.................................(11/17/96)Longest Rushing Play .......... 57t ..................................... Johnny Johnson ................................................ (11/14/93Longest Pass Play ................ 91 ..................................... Joe Namath to Rich Caster ................................. (10/26/75Most Points ......................... 18 ..................................... 4 tied Last Leon Johnson ...............................(9/20/90)Most Field Goals ..................... 5 ..................................... John Hall .......................................................... (12/23/01

SERIES BY THE NUMBERS

Largest winning marginJets 41* at Jets (41-0, 1/4/03)Colts 33 at Colts (52-19, 11/16/75)Current series winning streakColts One game*Games decided by three points or less15 games Colts lead 13-2Games decided by seven points or less

30 games Colts lead 23-7Longest win streakJets 4 games, two times (1972-1973, 1985-1986)Colts 6 games (1975-1977)Most pointsJets 45, at Colts (NY, 45-38, 12/15/74)Colts 52 at Colts (BAL, 52-19, 11/16/75)Both 83, at Colts (NY, 45-38, 12/15/74)Fewest pointsJets 0, three timesColts 0*, three timesBoth 6, at Colts (IND, 6-0, 10/11/87)* includes postseason

STATISTICAL SNAPSHOT

Offense Jets Rank Colts Rank

Total Yards per Game................................ 351.0 ................... 11 ...................................... 380.8 .......................... 4Rush Yards per Game ............................... 148.4 ..................... 4 ........................................ 92.7 ........................ 29Rush Yards per Attempt ................................ 4.4 ..................... 8 .......................................... 3.8 ........................ 27Pass Yards per Game ................................ 202.6 ................... 22 ...................................... 288.1 .......................... 1Sacks per Pass Play ...................................5.1% ..................... 8 ....................................... 2.3% .......................... 1Sacks .......................................................... 28 .................... 8t ........................................... 16 ......................... 1tThird Down Efficiency ...............................39.6% ................... 15 ..................................... 44.6% .......................... 5Points per Game ........................................ 22.9 ................... 13 ........................................ 27.2 .......................... 4Defense Jets Rank Colts RankTotal Yards per Game................................ 291.5 ..................... 3 ...................................... 341.6 ........................ 20Rush Yards per Game ................................. 90.9 ..................... 3 ...................................... 127.0 ........................ 25Rush Yards per Attempt ................................ 3.6 ..................... 3 .......................................... 4.6 ........................ 25Pass Yards per Game ................................ 200.6 ..................... 6 ...................................... 214.6 ........................ 13Sacks per Pass Play ...................................7.0% ..................... 9 ....................................... 5.3% ........................ 24

Sacks .......................................................... 40 .................... 8t ........................................... 30 ....................... 23tThird Down Efficiency ...............................37.0% ................... 10 ..................................... 39.0% ........................ 21Points per Game ........................................ 19.0 ..................... 6 ........................................24.3 ........................ 23


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PROBABLE STARTERS

OFFENSE

WR 89 Jerricho Cotchery 7th seasonFinished with 41 catches for 433 yards and 2 TD, serves asthe punt returner following loss of S Jim Leonhard.

WR 10 Santonio Holmes 5th seasonResponsible for key plays in four Jets victories. Has 52 rec.for 746 yards (14.3 avg.) and 6 touchdowns in 12 games.

LT 60 DBrickashaw Ferguson 5th seasonEarned 2nd consecutive Pro Bowl; started 84 consecutivereg. season and postseason games since being drafted in2006.

LG 68 Matt Slauson 2nd season2009 sixth-round selection earned job during training campand has started every game. Lone new starter on the O-line.

C 74 Nick Mangold 5th seasonThree-time Pro Bowler and 2009 All-Pro has started 84consecutive reg. season and postseason games since beingdrafted in 2006.

RG 65 Brandon Moore 8th season2010 Sports Illustratedsmidseason All-Pro selection; 105consecutive starts for the Jets.

RT 78 Wayne Hunter 7th seasonEarned his first three NFL starts at T in place of an injuredDamien Woody. Entered the NFL as a 3rd round draft selec-tion by SEA in 2003.

TE 81 Dustin Keller 3rd seasonFirst on the team with 55 rec., and 3rd on the team in re-ceiving touchdowns (5) and yards (687).

WR 17 Braylon Edwards 6th seasonLed team in touchdowns (7), receiving yards (904) and(17.1) avg. per catch on 53 receptions.

QB 6 Mark Sanchez 2nd season

Registered his second-career 300-yard game in the Jets 30-27 win vs. HST (11/21). Has a career high 3,291 passingyards and 17 TD passes on the season.

FB 49 Tony Richardson 16th seasonLead blocker for eight 1,000-yard rushers in his career.

RB 23 Shonn Greene 2nd seasonHas averaged 4.1 yards a carry, recording 766 yards on 185carries. Led the team in rushing in five games this season.

RB 21 LaDainian Tomlinson 10th seasonHas started 13 games and leads the team with 914 rush-ing yards, 219 carries and 6 TD. Added 52 receptions for368 yards.

KEY RESERVES

WR 16 Brad Smith 5th seasonNFLs second-leading KOR (28.6). Only player in modernfootball era (since 1933) to have scored touchdowns: re-ceiving, rushing, kickoff return, blocked punt return andthrown a TD pass. Has two KOR for touchdowns this season(97 at PIT 12/19, 89 vs. CIN 11/25).

KICKER

K 2 Nick Folk 4th SeasonSet a Jets record with a 56-yard field goal at DEN (10/17).Won game at DET (11/7) with a 30-yard FG in OT. His 30FG this season are tied for third-most in team history.

DEFENSE

END 92 Shaun Ellis 11th seasonLongest-tenured Jet; expects to play his club best 10th post-season game. His 72.5 career sacks rank 3rd in Jet history.

NT 91 Sione Pouha 6th seasonStarted 15 games this season (14 at NT, 1 at DT), led teamwith 3 FR, in addition to registering 2 sacks.

T 70 Mike DeVito 4th seasonFinished with 46 tackles and 2 forced fumbles this season.

OLB 58 Bryan Thomas 9th seasonLed team with 6 sacks and is the second-longest tenuredJet on the roster.

WILL 57 Bart Scott 9th seasonRegistered 94 tackles, and is one of two defensive playersto start all 16 games.

MIKE 52 David Harris 4th seasonLed team in tackles (119) for 3rd time in his four year ca-reer. One of two defensive players to start all 16 games.

OLB 97 Calvin Pace 8th seasonTeam sack leader in 2008 and 2009, who finished secondon the team with 5.5. Has 56 tackles on the season.

CB 31 Antonio Cromartie 5th seasonTied for the team lead with 3 interceptions, and teams withRevis to form arguably the NFLs top cornerback tandem.

CB 24 Darrelle Revis 4th seasonMade third consecutive Pro Bowl; registered 35 tackles, 12PD and 2 FR on the season.

S 33 Eric Smith 5th seasonVersatile defensive performer that plays multiple positions.Recorded the 2nd blocked punt of his career when he got toa Brandon Fields kick at MIA (9/26).

S 22 Brodney Pool 6th season63 tackles and an interception during his first season withthe Jets.

KEY RESERVES

CB 30 Drew Coleman 5th seasonSealed win at MIA (9/26) with an INT in the end zone.Forced a fumble in OT at CLV (11/14). Has 34 tackles, 4sacks, 5 PD and 5 FF.

S 26 Dwight Lowery 3rd seasonMoved to S and earned starts at the position at PIT (12/19),CHI (12/26) & BUF (1/2). Recorded a pick six at CHI.Sealed Jets victories with takeaways vs. MIN (10/11) andat DEN (10/17).

OLB 99 Jason Taylor 14th seasonActive NFL sack leader. Tied for eighth on the all-time NFLsack list with 132.5. Recorded the third safety of his careerat PIT (12/19), when he tackled a Steelers RB in the end-zone.

CB 20 Kyle Wilson RookieHas seen action in all 16 contests, making 5 starts.

PUNTER

P 9 Steve Weatherford 5th SeasonTied NFL record for punts inside the 20 (42). Has only fourtouchbacks on the season and has a 38.4 net average.


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OVERVIEW BY POSITION

Quarterbacks (3), Returning Starter (1)Coach Matt Cavanaugh:Mark Sanchez finished the season with a career-high 3,291yards, 17 touchdowns and 13 interceptions for a passerrating of 75.3 on the season. His six-career rushing touch-

downs ties him for fourth amongst Jets quarterbacks in clubhistory. In the last two games, he has passed for 439 yards,one touchdown and one interception while he completed43-of-66 pass attempts. He made his 25th regular seasonstart vs. HST (11/21) and completed 22-of-38 passes for315 yards and three touchdowns with one interception fora 100.2 passer rating. It was his second career 300-yardpassing game. As a starter, Sanchez owns a record of 19-12during the regular season and a 21-13 mark, including thepostseason. His first-career 300-yard passing game came inWeek Nine at DET (11/7), when he recorded 336 yards, onetouchdown and one interception on 22-of-39 passing. Eighttouchdown passes and no interceptions during the first fivegames of the season, made him the youngest passer in NFLhistory to throw eight touchdown passes without an inter-ception. Veteran Mark Brunell signed with the Jets as a freeagent (7/28/10). Coming off a Super Bowl victory with NOlast season. The three-time Pro Bowler , saw limited actionduring the 2010 season completing 7-of-13 passes for 117yards, 2 TDs and 1 INT. For his career he has thrown for32,045 yards and 184 touchdowns and rushed for 2,421yards and 15 touchdowns. His action this season camein both at BUF contests. Fifth-year passer Kellen Clemenswas inactive as the third quarterback for 15 games this sea-son before seeing action in the season finale vs. BUF (1/2),

where he completed one pass for six yards and ran for a 10-yard touchdown. It was the second rushing touchdown of hiscareer. Clemens has completed 147-of-284 passes for fivetouchdowns with 11 interceptions while in the NFL.

Running Backs (5), Returning Starter (1)Coach Anthony Lynn:Both considered by Head Coach Rex Ryan as starters, run-ning backs LaDainian Tomlinson and Shonn Greene form a1-2 punch that has enabled the Jets to rank sixth in theNFL in rushing yards per game, despite playing five gamesagainst top six rushing defenses. Tomlinson leads the teamwith 914 yards and six rushing touchdowns on 219 carries.He recorded 133 yards and two touchdowns on 19 carries at

BUF (10/3), his first 100-yard effort since 10/26/08 at NO(19-105). His 52 receptions are second on the club. Sec-ond-year runner Greene has rushed for 766 yards and twotouchdowns on 185 carries. Three-time Pro Bowl fullbackTony Richardson has helped his teams rush for 20-or-moretouchdowns in seven of the past eight seasons, includingleague-highs in 2002 (KC), 2003 (KC), 2004 (KC) and 2007(KC). Selected by the Jets in the fifth round from Kentucky,rookie fullbackJohn Conner sees action as a key reserve onoffense and on special teams. Rushed for 44 yards and hisfirst NFL touchdown on eight carries in the last game of theseason vs. BUF (1/2). Fourth-round selection out of USC,

Joe McKnight amassed a Jet season-high when he rushedfor 158 yards on 32 carries in the season finale vs. BUF(1/2). He also caught 2 passes for 15 yards. He earned hisfirst NFL rushing attempt at BUF (10/3). McKnight caughthis first NFL pass, a five-yard reception, vs. MIA (12/12).

Wide Receivers (4), Returning Starters (2)Coach Henry Ellard:

Returning veteransJerricho Cotchery, Braylon Edwards andBrad Smith have been joined by Super Bowl XLIII MVP Santonio Holmes who made his New York Jets debut in vs. MIN(10/11). Edwards leads Jets in touchdowns (7), receivingyards (904) and yards per reception (17.1). Five of his seventouchdowns receptions have occurred on plays of 30 yardsor longer. Cotchery, who has led the team in receiving theprevious three seasons, has recorded 41 receptions for 433yards. He missed games vs. HST (11/21) and CIN (11/25)due to an injury. Smith has caught four passes for 44 yards

and rushed for 299 yards and a touchdown on 38 carriesHe returned his third-career kickoff for a touchdown at PIT(12/19). Vs. CIN (11/25), he recorded the Jets longest runof the season, a 53-yard touchdown, and scored on an 89yard kickoff return. He threw the first touchdown pass of hiscareer at BUF (10/3), a three-yard toss to TE Dustin KellerSmith has scored his seven career touchdowns in five dif-ferent ways (reception (2), rushing (2), kickoff return (3)blocked punt return and a pass). He is the only player in themodern football era (since 1933) to have scored touchdownsvia: receiving, rushing, kickoff return, blocked punt return inaddition to throwing a TD pass. Holmes has 52 catches fo746 yards and six touchdowns for the season, recording two

100-yard contests, totalling 114 yards at DET (11/7) and126 vs. HST (11/21). In four Jets wins, Holmes has reg-istered the games key play. At DEN (10/17), Holmes drewa 46-yard penalty with 1:26 remaining to set up the finatouchdown in the 24-20 victory. At DET (11/7), Holmes hada 52-yard catch in overtime set up a game-winning field goain a 23-20 win. In CLV (11/14) he notched a game-winning37-yard touchdown with 16 seconds remaining in overtimefor the 26-20 victory. Vs. HST (11/21) he caught the gamewinning six-yard touchdown pass with 10 seconds remainingin regulation.

Tight Ends (4), Returning Starter (1)Coach Mike Devlin:Third-year TE Dustin Keller ranks first on the team in receptions (55), and third in touchdowns (5) and receiving yards(687). Ben Hartsock helps key the rushing attack. MatthewMulligan has seen action in 11 games, making a start in theseason opener vs. BLT (9/13) and plays primarily on speciateams. Undrafted rookie free agentJeff Cumberland caughhis first NFL pass, a three-yard toss from Brad Smith, in thelast game of the season vs. BUF (1/2).


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Offensive Line (8), Returning Starters (4)Coach Bill Callahan:

Four of the five starters return for their third-consecutiveseason for an offensive line that has helped the 2010 Jetsaverage 148.4 rushing yards per game, sixth-best in the

NFL. The unit also allowed the Jets to rush for 106 yardsagainst Pittsburgh (12/19), the most the Steelers defensehas allowed this season. In 2006, Jets General ManagerMike Tannenbaum focused on the offensive line selecting LTDBrickashaw Ferguson fourth overall and C Nick Mangold29th overall in the NFL draft. The two players have start-ed 80 consecutive games together, making them the onlytwo players who entered the league together to start theirteams first 75 regular-season games on the same offensiveline since 1970. Ferguson earned his second-consecutivePro Bowl nod for his play this season, he was also awarded2010 Pro Football WeeklysMidseason All-Pro team honors,2009 Pro Bowl honors and 2006 All-Rookie Team honors byPro Football Weeklyand the Pro Football Writers Associa-tion. During his first four seasons, Mangold has earned 2009Associated PressAll-Pro honors, three consecutive Pro Bowlselections (08, 09, 10) and all-rookie recognition in 2006as voted by Pro Football Weeklyand the Pro Football WritersAssociation. The lone new starter on the offensive line issecond-year man LG Matt Slauson, who earned the start-ing job after an impressive offseason and has started everygame this season. RG Brandon Moore leads the group, wasselected to 2010 Sports IllustratedsMidseason All-Pro teamand has started 105 consecutive games for the Jets. 12-yearveteran RT Damien Woody started 45 games with the Jets,

before missing his first game at PIT (12/19). The former ProBowl center won two Super Bowl championships as a mem-ber of the New England Patriots. Second-round selectionG/TVladimir Ducasse saw action in his first NFL game at BUF(10/3) and again vs. BUF (1/2). T Wayne Hunter earnedhis first-career start at right tackle in place of Woody at PIT(12/19) and has also started at CHI (12/26) and vs. BUF(1/2). In two games, the Jets faced fierce pass rushers JuliusPeppers (CHI), James Harrison (PIT) and Lamarr Woodley(PIT) and only allowed one sack to James Farrior (PIT). C/GRobert Turner serves as the primary reserve at center andguard. He plays in the Jets jumbo package.

Defensive Line (7), Returning Starters (2)

Coach Mark Carrier:The front has helped hold opposing rushing attacks to 3.6yards per carry, which stands fifth in the NFL. This group isled by two-time Pro Bowl defensive end Shaun Ellis, whose72.5 career sacks rank third all-time in team history. Onthe season, Ellis is fourth on the team with 4.5 sacks and aforced fumble. Mike DeVito has earned 11 starts followingthe loss of Kris Jenkins and has recorded 46 tackles. SionePouha has 15 games this season (14 at NT and one at DT),moving over the center to replace the injured Jenkins and istied for the most tackles among Jets defensive linemen with46 tackles and has recovered a team-high three fumbles and

two sacks. Versatile defensive lineman Vernon Gholstonearns snaps on the line and at linebacker, started in the vic-tory at DET (11/7) and vs. BUF (1/2) and has seen action inevery game this season. Trevor Pryce signed as a free agent(9/29/10) after being released by BLT and has helped the in-

terior pass rush, recording 12 quarterback hits and a sack fora safety vs. CIN (11/25). Providing depth are Jarron Gilbert,who spent part of teh 2010 season on the practice squadand Marcus Dixon was awarded to the Jets off of waivers(9/5/10) and saw his first-regular season playing time at PIT(12/19), he registered his first career sack when he draggeddowned Bears QB Jay Cutler for a 10-yard loss CHI (12/26).

Linebackers (8), Returning Starters (4)Coach Bob Sutton and Jeff Weeks

Led by inside linebackers David Harris and Bart Scott, thisunit features the NFL active sack leaderJason Taylor, versa-tile linebacker Bryan Thomas and 2009 Jets leading sacker

Calvin Pace. Harris leads the team with 119 tackles and hasregistered three sacks, a FR and two passes defensed, whileScott is second on the club with 94 tackles, one sack, oneforced fumble and one pass defensed. Harris and Scott arethe only two defenders to start all 16 regular-season games.The reliable Thomas has 41 tackles, a team-leading sixsacks, one pass defensed, one forced fumble and one fumblerecovery. It is the first time he has led the team in sacks since2006 when he recorded 8.5. Taylor has added five sacksthis season to bring his career total to 132.5. He record-ed a safety when he tackled PIT RB Mewelde Moore in theendzone (12/19). Lance Laury provides depth inside whilesecond-year manJamaal Westerman does the same on the

outside. Both reserves have key roles on special teams. First-year LBJosh Mauga joined the active roster from the prac-tice squad on (10/25) and earned his first NFL action vs. GB(11/31). Saw his first action on defense at NE (12/6).

Defensive Backs (10), Returning Starters (1)Coach Dennis Thurman and Jim ONeilThis group is led by All-Pro Darrelle Revis and have lim-ited opposing teams to a 49.5 completion percentage since10/3, best in the NFL during that span. The secondary wel-comed three new players, Brodney Pool, who has started12 games and has recorded 63 tackles and an interception,Antonio Cromartie, who is tied for the team lead with threeinterceptions, and rookie first-round selection Kyle Wilson,who earned starts in the first three games of the season aswell as at CLV (11/14) and BUF (1/2). Dwight Lowery, whois tied with Cromartie for the team lead with three intercep-tions, moved to safety following a season ending injury to SJim Leonhard and has made starts at PIT (12/19) and CHI(12/26). In his start at CHI, he returned a Jay Cutler pass 20yards for a touchdown. Prior to moving to safety, he clinchedthe Jets Week Five and Six wins, returning an interception fora touchdown with under 2:00 to play against MIN (10/11)and recovering a fumble at DEN (10/17) on the Broncos finalplay. Fifth-year veteran, Drew Coleman, began training campas the sixth corner on the depth chart, but has played his


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way into the rotation, earning starts at BUF (10/3), at DEN(10/17) and at NE (12/6). For the season he has 34 tackles,5 passes defensed, 4 sacks, a team-leading 5 FF and re-corded the second interception of his career when he sealedthe Jets second victory in Week Three at Miami. His second

FF came in Week 10, when he stripped CLV WR ChansiStuckey in overtime. At PIT (12/19), he recorded 10 tackles,two sacks and two FF. Eric Smith, who starts at safety op-posite Pool, rounds out the secondary with young-veteransMarquice Cole, Emanuel Cook, andJames Ihedigbo. All fourplayers serve significant roles on special teams. The teamplaced sixth-year veteran Leonhardon injured reserve with afractured right tibia on 12/4.

Specialists (3), Returning Starter (1)Coach Mike Westhoff and Ben KotwicaThe only player to return in this group is punter Steve Weath-erford, who joined the Jets before the season opener in

2009. His 42 punts inside the opponents 20-yard line tiesan NFL record set by SF Andy Lee in 2007 and tied by ARZBen Graham in 2009. Helped the Jets win at PIT (12/19),setting up the Jets final points of the game when he placeda punt at the PIT three. On the ensuing play, LB Jason Taylortackled PIT RB Mewelde Moore in the end zone for a safetyputting the Jets ahead by the final score of 22-17. The Jetswelcomed a former Pro Bowl kicker, Nick Folk,this offsea-son. Folk set a Jets record when he connected on a 56-yardfield goal attempt at DEN (10/14). For the season, Folk hasconected on 30-of-39 field goal attempts. His 30 field goalsare tied for the third-most in club history in a single season.He connected on a 36-yard field goal to force a sudden-

death period at Detroit (11/7) and made a 30-yard field goalin the extra period for the win. It was the second game-winning field goal of his career, with the first coming at BUF(10/8/07) on Monday Night Football. For the first time since2001, the Jets long snapping duties are not being handledby James Dearth. This season, first-year player Tanner Pur-dum has assumed the role.

2010 REGULAR SEASON TEAM LEADERS

Passer Rating: Mark Sanchez, 75.3Completion Percentage: Mark Sanchez, 54.8Passing Yards: Mark Sanchez, 3,291Touchdown Passes: Mark Sanchez, 17Rushing Yards:LaDainian Tomlinson, 914Rushing Touchdowns: LaDainian Tomlinson, 6Receptions:Dustin Keller, 55Receiving Yards:Braylon Edwards, 905Receiving Touchdowns:Braylon Edwards, 7Yards Per Catch:Braylon Edwards, 17.1Yards from Scrimmage: LaDainian Tomlinson, 1,282Sacks: Bryan Thomas, 6Interceptions: Antonio Cromartie and Dwight Lowery, 3Punting:Steve Weatherford, 42.6 gross; 38.1 netPunt Returns: Jim Leonhard, 11.3 avg. (On IR)

Kick Returns:Brad Smith, 28.6 avg.Scoring/Non-Kicking: Braylon Edwards, 44 (7 touchdowns1 two-point conversion)Scoring/Kicking:Nick Folk, 127 points(30/39 FG, 37/37 XP)

JETS POSTSEASON PRIMER

14th Postseason Apearance: 2010, 2009, 20062004, 2002, 2001, 1998, 1991, 1986, 1985, 19821981, 1969, 1968

Overall Postseason Record: 10-12Road: 5-9 Home: 4-3 Neutral Site: 1-0

Wild Card Game Record: 5-5 Divisional Round Record: 3-3 AFL/AFC Championship Record: 1-4 Super Bowl Appearances: 1 (1-0) 1968 (defeated Colts

16-7, 1/12/69) AFC/AFL Championship Appearances: 5 (1-4) 2009

(lost at Colts, 30-17, 1/24/10); 1998 (lost to Broncos, 23-10, 1/17/99); 1982 (lost to Dolphins, 14-01/23/83); 1969 (lost to Chiefs, 13-6, 12/20/69); 1968(defeated Raiders, 27-23, 12/29/68)

Seasons winning one postseason game: 2004, 20021998, 1996

Seasons winning two postseason games: 2009, 19821968


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CONNECTIONS

Former Indianapolis Colts

Jets Special Teams Coordinator Mike Westhoff was a coachwith the Baltimore and Indianapolis Colts from 1982 to1984, serving as the offensive line, tight ends and specialteams coach.

College Teammates

Jets RB Shonn Greene and Colts rookie LB Pat Angererplayed together at Iowa.

Jets rookie FB John Conner played at Kentucky with ColtsTE Jacob Tamme.

Jets LB David Harris and Colts RB Mike Hart were team-mates at Michigan.

Jets CB Darrelle Revis played at Pittsburgh with Colts LBClint Sessions.

Jets TE Dustin Keller caught passes from Colts backup QBCurtis Painter when both played at Purdue.

Jets LB Jamaal Westerman and Colts DT Eric Foster bothplayed at Rutgers.

Both Jets QB Mark Sanchez and rookie RB Joe McKnightplayed with Colts DT Fili Moala at USC.

Jets DE Shaun Ellis played at Tennessee with Colts QB Pey-ton Manning.

Miles From Home

Colts LB Gary Brackett hails from Glassboro, NJ and at-tended Glassboro High School before playing collegiately at

Rutgers.Colts RB Donald Brown is from Atlantic Highlands, NJ andplayed at Red Bank Catholic High School.

Colts DT Eric Foster played collegiately at Rutgers.

Jets TE Dustin Keller hails from Lafayette, IN and playedat Jefferson High School where he set state records in hissenior season with 113 receptions for 1,804 yards and 22touchdowns, earning first-team All-State honors before he at-tended college at Purdue.

Colts WR Taj Smith was born in Newark, NJ and attendedWeequahic High School.

Jets P Steve Weatherford hails from Terre Haute, IN and

played for Terre Haute High School.

Former New York Jets

Colts Defensive Coordinator Larry Coyer coached the defen-sive line for the Jets under Pete Carroll in 1994.

Colts OL Kyle DeVan attended training camp with the Jetsin 2008 and was a member of the Jets practice squad thatseason as well.

Colts Quarterbacks Coach Frank Reich played for the Jetsduring the 1996 season.


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INDIVIDUAL SERIES HIGHLIGHTSINDIVIDUAL SERIES HIGHLIGHTS

QB MARK SANCHEZ (IND)

Date Site Result Att Cmp Pct Yds Yd/A TD Int Lg Rate

12/27/09 @IND W 19 12 63.2% 106 5.58 0 0 16 78.001/24/10 @IND* L 30 17 56.7% 257 8.57 2 1 80t 93.3Totals 1-1 49 29 59.2% 363 7.41 2 1 80t 87.4*AFC Championship Game

QB MARK SANCHEZ (IND)

In two games against the Colts in his career, one regular season and one postseason, Sanchez has completed 29-of-49passes for 363 yards, two touchdowns, one interception and an 87.4 passer rating.

In last seasons AFC Championship game, he threw for 257 yards with two touchdowns and one interception, including an80-yard touchdown pass to Braylon Edwards, the longest passing play of his career.

RB LaDAINIAN TOMLINSON (IND)

Tomlinson has faced the Colts six times in his career, with two of those contests coming in the postseason. In those sixgames, he has carried 99 times for 370 yards (3.7 average) and scored three touchdowns. He has added another 175 yards

and a touchdown on 17 receptions.Tomlinsons best performance against Indianapolis came in 2004 when he ran for 81 yards and caught five passes for 95yards, including a 74-yard touchdown.

QB MARK SANCHEZ (WILD CARD)

Date Site Result GS Att Cmp Pct Yds Yd/A TD Int Lg Rate01/09/10 @Cin W 1 15 12 80.0% 182 12.13 1 0 45t 139.4Totals 1-0 1 15 12 80.0% 182 12.13 1 0 45t 139.4

QB MARK SANCHEZ (WILD CARD)

Sanchez made his postseason debut last season when he faced CIN. In the game, he completed 12-of-15 passes (career-best 80% completion percentage) for 182 yards and a 45-yard touchdown to TE Dustin Keller. His 139.4 quarterback ratingwas the best of his career as well.

RB LaDAINIAN TOMLINSON (WILD CARD)

Date Site Result GS Att Yds Avg Lg TD Rec Yds Avg Lg TD01/08/05 NYJ L 1 26 80 3.1 12 0 9 53 5.9 10 001/06/08 TEN W 1 21 42 2.0 12 1 3 19 6.3 9 001/03/09 IND W 1 5 25 5.0 13 1 0 0 - - 0Totals 2-1 3 52 147 2.8 13 2 12 72 6.0 10 0

RB LaDAINIAN TOMLINSON (IND)

Date Site Att Yds Avg Lg TD Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

12/26/04 @IND 21 81 3.9 16t 1 5 95 19.0 74t 112/18/05 @IND 24 76 3.2 12 0 4 9 2.3 6 011/11/07 IND 21 76 3.6 16 1 4 21 5.3 12 001/13/08 @IND* 7 28 4.0 8 0 1 20 20.0 20 011/23/08 IND 21 84 4.0 20 0 3 30 10.0 15 001/03/09 IND* 5 25 5.0 13 1 0 0 - - 0Totals 99 370 3.7 20 3 17 175 10.3 74t 1

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RB SHONN GREENE (WILD CARD)

Date Site Result GS Att Yds Avg Lg TD

01/09/10 @Cin W 0 21 135 6.4 39t 1Totals 1-0 0 21 135 6.4 39t 1

RB SHONN GREENE (WILD CARD)

Like Sanchez, Greene also made his postseason debut lastseason at CIN. In the game, he rushed 21 times for 135yards (6.4 average) and scored on a 39-yard touchdown run.It was second time in his career he went over 100 yardsrushing in a game.

RB LaDAINIAN TOMLINSON (WILD CARD)

Saturday will mark the first Wild Card playoff game for Tomlinson as a Jet after playing in three with SD. In three careerWild Card games, he has run 52 times for 147 yards (2.8 average) and scored two touchdowns and caught 12 passes for

another 72 yards.

WR BRAD SMITH (WILD CARD)

Date Site Result GS Att Yds Avg Lg TD Rec Yds Avg Lg TD KR Yds Avg Lg TD

01/07/07 @NE L 0 0 0 - - 0 2 8 4.0 6 0 0 0 - - 0

01/09/10 @CIN W 0 2 4 2.0 2 0 1 1 1.0 1 0 2 54 27.0 31 0Totals 1-1 0 2 4 2.0 2 0 3 9 3.0 6 0 2 54 27.0 31 0

WR BRAD SMITH (WILD CARD)

In two previous Wild Card games, Smith has carried twice for four yards, caught three passes for nine yards and returnedtwo kicks for 54 yards.

WR BRAD SMITH (IND)

Smith has returned six kickoffs against the Colts in his ca-reer, but none were bigger than the 106-yard kickoff returntouchdown he had in the Week 16 win. The 106-yard returnis the longest play in Jets history and gave them their firstlead in the game.

WR BRAD SMITH (IND)

Date Site KR Yds Avg Lg TD12/27/09 @IND 1 106 106.0 106t 101/24/10 @IND* 5 139 27.8 30 0Totals 6 245 40.8 106t 1

*AFC Championship Game

RB SHONN GREENE (IND)

Greene has carried 26 times for 136 yards (5.2 average)against the Colts in career. In the Week 16 matchup againstIndianapolis last season, he gained 95 yards on 16 carriesand had 41 yards on 10 carries before departing the AFCChampionship game with a rib injury.

RB SHONN GREENE (IND)

Date Site Att Yds Avg Lg TD

12/27/09 @IND 16 95 5.9 21 001/24/10 @IND* 10 41 4.1 13 0

Totals 26 136 5.2 21 0*AFC Championship Game

WR JERRICHO COTCHERY (IND)

Cotchery has seen action in three games against the Coltsin his career. He has caught 12 passes for 212 yards (17.7average) in those three games and scored on a 33-yardtouchdown pass in 2006. In last seasons AFC Champion-ship game he caught a 45-yard pass from Brad Smith as partof his 102 yards receiving, the second time in his career hehas gone over 100 yards in a postseason game.

WR JERRICHO COTCHERY (IND)

Date Site Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

10/01/06 IND 3 65 21.7 33t 112/27/09 @IND 4 45 11.3 16 0

01/24/10 @IND* 5 102 20.4 45 0Totals 12 212 17.7 45 1*AFC Championship Game


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TE DUSTIN KELLER (IND)

Date Site Rec Yds Avg Lg TD12/27/09 @IND 3 19 6.3 8 001/24/10 @IND* 6 63 10.5 19 1Totals 9 82 9.1 19 1


TE DUSTIN KELLER (IND)

Keller has caught nine passes for 82 yards and a touch-down in his two career games against the Colts. In the AFCChampionship game he caught six passes for 63 yards anda touchdown, giving him touchdowns in all three postseasongames.

WR BRAYLON EDWARDS (IND)

Date Site Rec Yds Avg Lg TD09/25/05 @IND 4 43 10.8 20 011/30/08 IND 2 36 18.0 20 012/27/09 @IND 2 18 9.0 11 001/24/10 @IND* 2 100 50.0 80t 1Totals 10 197 19.7 80t 1


WR BRAYLON EDWARDS (IND)

Edwards has faced the Colts four times in his career, twicewith CLV and then in last seasons two matchups with theJets. He has collected 10 receptions for 197 yards (19.7

average) in his those games, posting a 100-yard receivinggame in the AFC Championship when he caught two passesincluding an 80-yard touchdown pass from Mark Sancheztying the longest reception of his career.

WR JERRICHO COTCHERY (WILD CARD)

Date Site Result GS Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

01/08/05 @SD W 0 0 0 - - 0

01/07/07 @NE L 1 4 100 25.0 77t 101/09/10 @CIN W 1 6 67 11.2 18 0Totals 2-1 2 10 167 16.7 77t 1

WR JERRICHO COTCHERY (WILD CARD)

Cotchery, a Jet his entire career, will appear in his fourthWild Card postseason game on Saturday. After not collectingany stats in his rookie season of 2004, he has started thelast two contests, catching 10 passes for 167 yards and atouchdown.

He gained 100 yards on his four receptions at NE on 1/7/07,scoring on a 77-yard pass from QB Chad Pennington.

WR SANTONIO HOLMES (WILD CARD)Date Site Result GS Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

01/05/08 JAX L 1 3 49 16.3 37t 1Totals 0-1 1 3 49 16.3 37t 1

WR SANTONIO HOLMES (WILD CARD)

Holmes lone Wild Card game came vs. JAX in his secondseason. In the game, he caught three passes for 49 yardsand scored on a 37-yard touchdown pass.

WR SANTONIO HOLMES (IND)

Date Site Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

11/09/08 IND 4 29 7.3 23 0Totals 4 29 7.3 23 0

WR SANTONIO HOLMES (IND)

Holmes has faced the Colts just once in his career and caughtfour passes for 29 yards in that contest.

WR BRAYLON EDWARDS (WILD CARD)

Date Site Result GS Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

01/09/10 @CIN W 0 2 15 7.5 16 0Totals 1-0 0 2 15 7.5 16 0

WR BRAYLON EDWARDS (WILD CARD)

Joining the Jets after a midseason trade, Edwards appearedin the postseason for the first time in his career. In the gameat CIN, he caught two passes for 15 yards.

TE DUSTIN KELLER (WILD CARD)

Date Site Result GS Rec Yds Avg Lg TD01/09/10 @CIN W 1 3 99 33.0 45t 1Totals 1-0 1 3 99 33.0 45t 1

TE DUSTIN KELLER (WILD CARD)

Last season, Keller made his postseason debut for the Jetsand caught three passes for 99 yards and a touchdown. Hepulled in a 45-yard pass from QB Mark Sanchez that sawhim tip-toe the sideline before scoring.


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LB DAVID HARRIS (IND)

Facing the Colts twice last season, Harris has notched 20tackles, two sacks and a forced fumble. He collected bothsacks in the AFC Championship game, bringing down PeytonManning for both.

CB DARRELLE REVIS (IND)

Date Site TT PD

12/27/09 @IND 6 101/24/10 @IND* 3 0Totals 9 1


CB DARRELLE REVIS (IND)

In two career games against the Colts, Revis has recordednine tackles and a pass defensed.

CB DARRELLE REVIS (WILD CARD)

Date Site Result GS TT INT Yds PD01/09/10 @CIN W 1 4 1 20 1Totals 1-0 1 4 1 20 1

CB DARRELLE REVIS (WILD CARD)

Another Jet that made his postseason debut last season, Re-vis collected four solo tackles and picked off a QB CarsonPalmer pass intended for WR Chad Ochocinco, returning it20 yards in the win.

CB ANTONIO CROMARTIE (IND)

In four career games against the Colts, two of which camein the postseason, Cromartie has notched 20 tackles, fourinterceptions which he returned for 57 yards and one forcedfumble. In his first career game against Peyton Manning, heintercepted the quarterback three times, the most intercep-tions Manning has thrown to a player in a single game in his

13-year career.

CB ANTONIO CROMARTIE (IND)

Date Site TT INT Yds FF

11/11/07 IND 7 3 27 001/13/08 @IND* 5 1 30 1

11/23/08 IND 4 0 0 001/03/09 IND* 4 0 0 0Totals 20 4 57 1

*Postseason

CB ANTONIO CROMARTIE (WILD CARD)

Cromartie has seen action in two Wild Card games, both ofwhich during his time in SD. He holds a 2-0 record in theround, most recently beating IND on 1/3/09.

LB DAVID HARRIS (IND)

Date Site TT Sk Yds FF

12/27/09 @IND 9 0.0 0.0 0

01/24/10 @IND* 11 2.0 17.0 1Totals 20 2.0 17.0 1*AFC Championship Game

LB CALVIN PACE (WILD CARD)

Despite entering the league in 2004, Pace, who signed withthe Jets as an unrestricted free agent in 2008, made hispostseason debut last season at CIN. In the game he postedsix tackles.

LB DAVID HARRIS (WILD CARD)

Drafted following the Jets 2006 postseason appearance,Harris, like many of his teammates made his postseason de-but in last seasons contest at CIN posting five tackles.

LB CALVIN PACE (IND)

Pace has faced the Colts twice in his career, with both match-ups coming last season. In those two games, he posted 14tackles, one sack and two forced fumbles.

LB CALVIN PACE (IND)

Date Site TT Sk Yds FF

12/27/09 @IND 7 1 19 101/24/10 @IND* 7 0 0 1Totals 14 1 19 2


S ERIC SMITH (WILD CARD)

Smith has seen action in both Jet Wild Card postseasongames since being drafted by the club in 2006. Expected tomake his first start in Saturdays contest, he has collectedfour tackles in his Wild Card career.

NT SIONE POUHA (WILD CARD)

Pouha, a Jet since he was drafted by the club in 2005, madehis postseason debut last season after missing the 2006season with an injury. In his first career playoff game, henotched two tackles.

DL MIKE DEVITO (WILD CARD)

Devito appeared in last seasons Wild Card playoff win at CINin a reserve role and collected five tackles.


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LB BRYAN THOMAS (WILD CARD)

Date Site Result GS TT Sk Yds PD FF

01/04/03 IND W 0 2 0.0 0.0 0 001/08/05 @SD W 1 4 0.0 0.0 0 001/07/07 @NE L 1 5 0.5 6.0 0 001/09/10 @CIN W 1 6 1.0 8.0 1 1Totals 3-1 3 17 1.5 14.0 1 1

LB BRYAN THOMAS (WILD CARD)

Saturday will mark the fifth Wild Card postseason contest ofThomas career. In the four previous games, three of whichhe started, he has accumulated 17 tackles, 1.5 sacks for 14yards lost, one pass defensed and one forced fumble.

Last season, Thomas posted the first full-sack of his postsea-son career, when he dropped QB Carson Palmer for an eight

yard loss. He also forced a fumble from former teammateLaveranues Coles on the opening possession of the game tohalt a potential CIN scoring drive deep n Jets territory.

LB JASON TAYLOR (WILD CARD)

Saturday will mark Taylors return to the postseason for thefirst time since the 2001 season. In four previous Wild Cardpostseason games, all of which he has started, he has collected 15 tackles, posting a 2-2 record.

LB JASON TAYLOR (IND)

Taylor, a former division rival of the Colts before the re-alignment in 2002, has faced Indianapolis 16 times in his careerincluding once in the postseason. In those 16 games, he hascollected seven sacks, one interception, two forced fumbleand three fumble recoveries. Taylor collected sacks in each ohis first three games against the Colts.

LB JASON TAYLOR (IND)

Date Site Sk Yds Int Yds FF FR Yds

08/31/97 IND 1.0 8.0 0 0 0 0 012/14/97 @IND 1.0 2.0 0 0 1 0 009/06/98 @IND 1.0 8.0 0 0 0 0 011/08/98 IND 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0

10/10/99 @IND 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 012/05/99 IND 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 011/26/00 @IND 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 012/17/00 IND 1.0 11.0 0 0 0 1 012/30/00 IND* 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 011/11/01 @IND 1.0 8.0 0 0 1 1 312/10/01 IND 1.0 3.0 1 4 0 0 009/15/02 @IND 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 011/02/03 IND 1.0 6.0 0 0 0 0 012/31/06 @IND 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 1 1409/21/09 IND 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0Totals 7.0 46.0 1 4 2 3 17

*Postseason

DE SHAUN ELLIS (IND)

Ellis, drafted in 2000 when the Colts were still in the AFCEast, has faced Indianapolis nine times in his career. In thosenine games, he has posted 24 tackles and three sacks for 33yards lost. His best game against the Colts game in 2006when he notched five tackles and two sacks of Peyton Man-ning.

DE SHAUN ELLIS (IND)

Date Site TT Sk Yds

11/12/00 @IND 0 0.0 0.012/03/00 IND 1 0.0 0.009/09/01 IND 2 0.0 0.012/23/01 @IND 3 0.0 0.001/04/03 IND* 3 0.0 0.011/16/03 @IND 6 1.0 8.0

10/01/06 IND 5 2.0 25.012/27/09 @IND 5 0.0 0.001/24/10 @IND* 0 0.0 0.0Totals 24 3.0 33.0

*Postseason

DE SHAUN ELLIS (WILD CARD)

Date Site Result GS TT Sk Yds FR

01/12/02 @OAK L 1 3 0.0 0.0 001/04/03 IND W 1 3 0.0 0.0 001/08/05 @SD W 1 8 0.0 0.0 001/07/07 @NE L 1 7 0.0 0.0 001/09/10 @CIN W 1 5 1.0 10.0 1Totals 3-2 5 26 1.0 10.0 1

DE SHAUN ELLIS (WILD CARD)

Ellis, who is tied with Trevor Pryce for the Jet with the mosexperience in the Wild Card round, prepares for his sixth

career Wild Card playoff game. In his previous five games, alof which hes started, he has collected 26 tackles, one sackand a fumble recovery.

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DE TREVOR PRYCE (IND)

Pryce has played against the Colts nine times in his career,

with three of those games coming in the postseason. For hiscareer he has registered 26 tackles and 2.5 sacks.

DE TREVOR PRYCE (IND)

Date Site TT Sk Yds

01/06/02 @IND 2 0.0 0.011/24/02 IND 2 0.0 0.012/21/03 @IND 3 1.5 5.501/04/04 @IND* 2 0.0 0.001/02/05 IND 1 0.0 0.001/13/07 IND* 8 0.0 0.010/12/08 @IND 4 1.0 4.011/22/09 IND 4 0.0 0.001/16/10 @IND* 0 0.0 0.0Totals 26 2.5 9.5

*Postseason

DE TREVOR PRYCE (WILD CARD)

Date Site Result GS TT Sk Yds FF

12/27/97 JAX W 0 1 1.0 0.0 012/31/00 @BLT L 1 7 0.0 0.0 101/04/04 @IND L 1 2 0.0 0.0 001/04/09 @MIA W 1 1 1.0 6.0 001/10/10 @NE W 0 0 0.0 0.0 0Totals 3-2 3 11 2.0 6.0 1

DE TREVOR PRYCE (WILD CARD)

Pryce, who like Shaun Ellis has seen action in five previousWild Card playoff contests, prepares for his first as a memberof the Jets. In the five previous games, with DEN and BLT,he has posted 11 tackles, two sacks and one forced fumble.


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MIKE TANNENBAUMMIKE TANNENBAUM

Starters Acquired through the Draft (8)

DRAFT PICKS: The old adage is that successful NFL teams arebuilt through the draft and while General Manager Mike Tannen-baum subscribes to this theory, he has put his own spin on it. While

the Jets have stood pat in the draft to select some key players, theyhave also been very active on draft day, often moving up to selectplayers they have targeted.PLAYERS ACQUIRED THROUGH DRAFT-DAY TRADES:RB SHONN GREENEJets Receive:2009 3RD Round Pick (#65 Shonn Greene)Lions Receive:2009 3RD Round Pick (#76)2009 4TH Round Pick (#115)2009 7TH Round Pick (#228)QB MARK SANCHEZJets Receive:2009 1ST Round Pick (#5 Mark Sanchez)

Browns Receive:2009 1ST Round Pick (#17)2009 2ND Round Pick (#52)DE Kenyon ColemanDS Abram ElamQB Brett RatliffTE DUSTIN KELLERJets Receive:2008 1ST Round Pick (#30 Dustin Keller)Packers Receive:2008 2ND Round Pick (#36)2008 4TH Round Pick (#113)ILB DAVID HARRISJets Receive:

2007 2ND Round Pick (#47 David Harris)2007 7TH Round Pick (#235)Packers Receive:2007 2ND Round Pick (#63)2007 3RD Round Pick (#89)2007 6TH Round Pick (#191)CB DARRELLE REVISJets Receive:2007 1ST Round Pick (#14 Darrelle Revis)2007 6TH Round Pick (#191)Panthers Receive:2007 1ST Round Pick (#25)2007 2ND Round Pick (#59)2007 5TH Round Pick (#164)

C NICK MANGOLDJets Receive:2006 1ST Round Pick (#29 Nick Mangold)Broncos Receive:2006 1ST Round Pick (#15)Falcons Receive:DE John Abraham2006 3RD Round Pick (#93)2007 4TH Round Pick (#121)PLAYERS DRAFTED WITH ORIGINAL PICKS:LG MATT SLAUSONOriginal 2009 Draft Pick (#193 Overall)LT DBRICKASHAW FERGUSON

Original 2006 Draft Pick (#4 Overall)

Starters Acquired through Trades (2)

VETERAN TRADES: Mike Tannenbaum has gained a reputation as a wheeling-and-dealing general manager, but what isnot known is the success of his many trades. In addition to the

draft-day trades Tannenbaum has made, three veteran starterhave joined the Jets through a trade.

CB ANTONIO CROMARTIEJets Receive:CB Antonio CromartieChargers Receive:2011 Conditional 3RD Round Pick

WR BRAYLON EDWARDSJets Receive:WR Braylon EdwardsBrowns Receive:2010 3RD Round Pick (#92)2010 5TH Round Pick (#160)WR Chansi StuckeyLB Jason Trusnik

NT KRIS JENKINS (Placed on IR)

Jets Receive:

NT Kris Jenkins

Panthers Receive:

2008 3RD Round Pick (#67)

2008 5TH Round Pick (#141)

Starters Acquired through Free Agency (8)

UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS (5): Free agency is anothe

key element to constructing a roster and Mike Tannenbaum hasnot overlooked this avenue to improve the team. He has addedkey veterans to strengthen the foundation built through the drafand trades, including some players who had been in Coach RexRyans system before.

S JIM LEONHARDSigned before 2009 season from BLT

FB TONY RICHARDSONSigned before 2008 season from MIN

ILB BART SCOTTSigned before 2009 season from BLT

OLB JASON TAYLORSigned before 2010 season from MIA

RT DAMIEN WOODYSigned before 2008 season from DET

STREET FREE AGENTS (3): When other teams release players, Tannenbaum and his staff are always prepared to land theplayer if they can help the team.

K NICK FOLKSigned after he was released by DAL

S BRODNEY POOLSigned after he was released by CLV

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REX RYANREX RYAN

Like most sons, Rex Ryan always knew he wanted to be inthe family business. For the Ryans, the family business isstifling defense. In 1985, his father, Buddy Ryan, led what

is widely considered to be the best defense in NFL history.Known simply as the 85 Bears, Buddys unit allowed 12.6points a game. For the season, they allowed 20 touchdowns(9 rushing, 10 passing and 1 on a return).

Rex has been a part of some of the NFLs best defenseshimself. In 2000, he served as the defensive line coach fora Baltimore Ravens team that allowed an NFLs best 10.3points a game. In 16 games, the 2000 Ravens allowed 18touchdowns (5 rushing, 11 passing and 2 on returns). Asa defensive coordinator in 2006, Rex matched his fathers1985 feat allowing 12.6 points a game with the Ravens.Rexs 2006 team led the NFL in 11 categories: yards pergame (264.1), yards per play (4.51), rushing yard per game(75.9), rushing yards per play (3.31), interception rate(5.5%), sacks per pass attempt (11.79%), first downs pergame (14.8), third-down conversions allowed (28.9%), redzone pct. (33.3%) and points allowed a game (12.6).

In 2009, Rex returned the family business to the Jets, wherehis father earned his first NFL job. Rex took a defense thatranked 10th in scoring for the 2008 season to the top of theNFL rankings in seven catergories: yards per game (252.3),yards per play (4.24), passing yards a game (153.7), pass-ing yards per play (4.91), first downs allowed (14.8), third-down conversions allowed (31.5%) and points allowed(14.8).

Season Tm Pts/G NFL Rank

2010 Jets 19.0 62009 Jets 14.8 1

2008 Ravens 15.3 32007 Ravens 24.0 11t2006 Ravens 12.6 12005 Ravens 18.7 5

100-YARD RUSHERS VS. REX (20)

Since 2000, defenses that Rex Ryan has worked with haveallowed 20 100-yard rushers.Player Date Tm Att Yds Avg TDDomanick Williams 12/4/2005 Hst 29 155 5.3 0Fred Taylor 10/20/2002 Jax 25 151 6 1Thomas Jones 10/23/2005 Chi 25 139 5.6 0Corey Dillon 12/23/2001 Cin 24 127 5.3 0Deuce McAllister 12/8/2002 NO 32 127 4 3Priest Holmes 10/4/2004 KC 33 125 3.8 2Corey Dillon 11/28/2004 NE 30 123 4.1 1Maurice Jones-Drew 11/15/2009 Jax 24 123 5.1 1Larry Johnson 12/10/2006 KC 23 120 5.2 0Curtis Martin 11/14/2004 NYJ 28 119 4.3 2Jerome Bettis 12/26/2004 Pit 27 117 4.3 0

Rudi Johnson 11/27/2005 Cin 27 114 4.2 2Matt Forte 12/26/2010 CHI 26 113 5.9 1Travis Henry 11/12/2006 Ten 27 107 4 1

Greg Jones 11/13/2005 Jax 25 106 4.2 1LaDainian Tomlinson 9/21/2003 SD 23 105 4.6 1Ricky Williams 11/16/2003 Mia 36 105 2.9 0Amos Zereoue 12/29/2002 Pit 26 104 4 2Corey Dillon 11/10/2002 Cin 21 102 4.9 0Ricky Williams 11/17/2002 Mia 26 102 3.9 2

3.0 OR LESS VS. REX (42)

During that same time span, Rexs defenses have held 42rushers who have carried the ball 15 times or more to a 3.0yards per carry or less in a game.

3.0 OR LESS VS. REX (42)Player Date Tm Opp Att Yds Avg TDCorey Dillon 11/5/2000 Cin Blt 16 23 1.4 0Donald Brown 12/27/2009 Ind NYJ 15 22 1.5 1LaMont Jordan 9/17/2006 Oak Blt 19 35 1.8 0Willie Parker 11/5/2007 Pit Blt 23 42 1.8 0James Allen 9/9/2001 Chi Blt 21 43 2.0 0Ray Rice 9/13/2010 BLT NYJ 21 43 2.0 0Jason Wright 9/24/2006 Clv Blt 15 31 2.1 0Reuben Droughns 1/1/2006 Clv Blt 19 40 2.1 0Rudi Johnson 11/11/2007 Cin Blt 22 46 2.1 0Clinton Portis 10/10/2004 Was Blt 25 53 2.1 0Corey Dillon 10/19/2003 Cin Blt 18 39 2.2 1Chris Perry 9/7/2008 Cin Blt 19 42 2.2 0DeShaun Foster 10/15/2006 Car Blt 26 58 2.2 0Kevin Jones 10/9/2005 Det Blt 26 58 2.2 2Cedric Benson 11/25/2010 CIN NYJ 18 41 2.3 0

Jerome Bettis 12/28/2003 Pit Blt 23 54 2.3 0Samkon Gado 12/16/2007 Mia Blt 18 43 2.4 1Chris Johnson 10/5/2008 Ten Blt 18 44 2.4 0Marshall Faulk 11/9/2003 SL Blt 20 48 2.4 2DeAngelo Williams11/29/2009 CAR NYJ 16 40 2.5 0Edgerrin James 10/13/2002 Ind Blt 17 43 2.5 0Dominic Rhodes 12/2/2001 Ind Blt 16 42 2.6 0Curtis Martin 12/24/2000 NYJ Blt 18 47 2.6 0Jamal Lewis 11/2/2008 Clv Blt 19 49 2.6 0Maurice Morris 12/23/2007 Sea Blt 15 40 2.7 0Ahman Green 10/14/2001 GB Blt 20 54 2.7 1Julius Jones 11/21/2004 Dal Blt 30 81 2.7 0Terrell Fletcher 12/10/2000 SD Blt 16 44 2.8 0Rudi Johnson 9/10/2007 Cin Blt 18 50 2.8 0

William Green 12/22/2002 Clv Blt 20 56 2.8 0Jamal Lewis 9/30/2007 Clv Blt 23 64 2.8 1Thomas Jones 9/16/2007 NYJ Blt 24 67 2.8 0Rudi Johnson 11/30/2006 Cin Blt 16 47 2.9 0Rodney Thomas 10/22/2000 Ten Bal 18 53 2.9 0Tiki Barber 12/12/2004 NYG Bal 19 55 2.9 1Rudi Johnson 12/5/2004 Cin Bal 19 56 2.9 0Lamar Smith 9/17/2000 Mia Bal 22 63 2.9 1Dominic Rhodes 10/12/2008 Ind Bal 25 73 2.9 1Ricky Williams 11/16/2003 Mia Bal 36 105 2.9 0 Jahvid Best 11/7/10 Det NYJ 16 48 3.0 0William Green 9/12/2004 Clv Bal 22 65 3.0 0Corey Dillon 12/1/2002 Cin Bal 23 70 3.0 1Bold = While with Jets

DEFENSE = RYAN

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PETTINE PRIOR

In 2005, Mike Pettine was promoted from CoachingAssistant/Quality Control to Outside Linebackers Coachin Baltimore, the same season that current Jets HeadCoach Rex Ryan was named the Ravens DefensiveCoordinator. Together the two oversaw a defense thatranked in the top five in almost every defensive cat-egory from 2005 to 2008 when both left for the Jets.

Top Five Ranks in Baltimore (2005-08)

1st in First Downs Allowed (999)

2nd in Total Defense (277.8 yards per game)

2nd in Scoring Defense (17.6 point per game allowed)

2nd in Rushing Defense (84.0 yards per game)

2nd in Opponent Third Down Conversion Percentage(33.8%)

2nd in Interceptions and t-2nd in Touchdowns off In-terceptions4th in Turnovers Forced (123)

5th in Passing Defense (193.8 yards per game)

t-5th in Sacks (168)

PERFORMING UNDER PETTINE

Adalius Thomas (BLT 05-06)

Thomas enjoyed his two best seasons in his only twoseasons with Pettine when he notched 9.0 sacks in2005 and 11.0 sacks in 2006.

Calvin Pace (NYJ 09- )In Paces first season with Pettine as Defensive Coordi-nator, he posted a career-high with 8.0 sacks in just 12games played.

Terrell Suggs (BLT 05-08)

In four seasons under Pettine, Suggs posted his fourhighest tackle totals, collected four of his five careerinterceptions and posted three season of at least eightsacks, leading the team in sacks twice.

WONDERFUL WORLD OF WESTHOFF

No team in the league has had more kickoff return touchdowns since Mike Westhoffs tenure with the Jets began

in 2001. Since then, the Jets have scored 14 times on kickoff returns. Perhaps even more remarkable than thefact that the Jets lead the league with 14 scores, is that those scores have come from six different players. LeonWashington (4),Justin Miller (3), Brad Smith (3), Chad Morton (2),Jerricho Cotchery (1) andJonathan Carter(1) have all brought a kick back for a score under Westy.

SCHOOLED BY SCHOTTY

Drew Brees (SD 02-05)

Schottenheimer arrived in San Diego for Brees second

season and quickly became a large part of his development with 2002 marking his first season as a startingquarterback. In four seasons with Schotty, Brees aver-aged over 3,000 yards a season, completing 62.3% ohis passes and compiling an 84.7 passer rating.

Chad Pennington (NYJ 06-07)

Schottenheimers first season with the Jets coincidedwith the return of Chad Pennington from a seasonending injury the year before. Under Schottys direction, Pennington posted a then career-best 3,352 yardspassing, completing 64.5% of his passes for an 82.6passer rating. Pennington also took home ComebackPlayer of the Year honors as he keyed a Jet return tothe postseason.

Thomas Jones (NYJ 07-09)

Jones, was considered a journeyman for the earlier parof his career, after spending his first seven seasons inthe league with three different teams. In that time, heaveraged 769.1 yards and 4.9 touchdowns per season. In 2007, he was acquired by the Jets in an offseason trade and instantly became an integral part oCoach Schottenheimers offense. In three seasons under Schotty, Jones averaged 1,277.7 yards rushing and9.3 rushing touchdowns a season and set career-highsin rushing yards and rushing touchdowns last season.

Mark Sanchez (NYJ 09- )

Sanchez, the Jets 2009 first-round pick, was chosento direct Schottenheimers offense in his rookie season and responded by setting franchise rookie recordsfor completions and passing yards. His rookie seasonwasnt without its low points, but under Schottys tutelage, Sanchez helped lead the Jets to two postseasonvictories, the third rookie quarterback in the AFC to ac-complish that feat since 1970.


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CURTIS MARTIN TEAM MVP

David Harris was selected by his teammates as the CurtisMartin MVP Award winner. Harris leads the team with 119tackles (90 solo) and has recorded three sacks, 14 quarter-back hurries, two passes defensed, one forced fumble andone fumble recovery this season.

BILL HAMPTON AWARD

The Jets equipment staff and past winners of the awardnamed John Conner the Bill Hampton Award recipient.Named for the Jets equipment manager of 37 seasons, theaward is given annually to the rookie who acts like a pro inthe locker room. The winners jersey hangs in the equipmentroom the following year for all players to see.

ED BLOCK COURAGE AWARD

The Ed Block Courage Award, named for the longtime headathletic trainer of the Baltimore Colts who was a pioneer inhis proffession and a respected humanitarian, was given toShaun Ellis. The longest-tenured Jet was honored for hisperseverence and dedication to staying on the field. Recipi-ents of this award embody everything that is positive aboutprofessional athletes as they serve as inspirations in theirlocker rooms and as constructive role models in their com-munities.

DENNIS BYRD AWARD

As voted on by his teammates, LaDainian Tomlinson wasnamed the Dennis Byrd Award winner for Most Inspirationalplayer. Tomlinson inspires his teammates with his approach,preparation and demeanor both on the field and in the lockerroom. Hes just a great teammate, Head Coach Rex Ryansaid about Tomlinson earlier this season. I know one thing,hes lifted not just the offense, but the defense as well. Hesone of those rare players who has that kind of gift.

KYLE CLIFTON GOOD GUY AWARD

Mike DeVito received the Kyle Clifton Good Guy Award, anhonor voted on by the Jets staff. Now in its 14th season,the award recognizes exceptionally consistent willingness,cooperation and professionalism in daily interaction with thevarious departments in the organization.

MARTY LYONS AWARD

Brad Smith earned the earned the Marty Lyons Award forCommunity Service. The Marty Lyons Award, which is se-lected by the Jets community relations staff, is given to theplayer who gives from the heart through charity and com-munity involvement. Smith is the spokesperson for the JetsPlay 60 campaign, focusing on the health and wellness ofyoung fans by encouraging them to be active for at least 60minutes a day.

2010 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

AFC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEKWeek 4 at Buffalo, 10/3/10RB LaDainian TomlinsonTomlinson registered his first 100-yard game as a Jet,rushing for 133 yards and two touchdowns on 19 carries(7.0 average) in a 38-14 win over Buffalo. He ran for 42yards on the Jets opening drive, which was capped off bya 1-yard touchdown run from Tomlinson. He then ran 26yards into the endzone in the third quarter. Tomlinson hasearned 11 career Player of the Week Award and he is thefirst Jets running back to win Offensive Player of the Weeksince Curtis Martin in 2004.

AFC SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEKWeek 5 vs. Minnesota, 11/11/10K Nick Folk

On Monday Night Football, Folk made a career-high fivefield goals in a 29-20 win against Minnesota. Folk connect-ed on a 53-yard field goal in the second quarter, his longestfield goal as a Jet, which also tied his career-long at thetime. He previously won Special Teams Player of the Weekin 2007 when he was a member of the Dallas Cowboys.

AFC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEKWeek 11 vs. Houston, 11/21/10QB Mark SanchezSanchez completed 22-of-38 passes for 315, three touch-downs and one interception for a 100.2 passer rating in theJets 30-27 win over Houston. His three touchdown passestied a career high and it marked the second 300-yard pass-ing game of his career. With the Jets trailing 27-23, San-chez led a five-play, 72-yard game-winning drive that endedwith a six-yard touchdown pass to Santonio Holmes with 10seconds remaining to give the Jets a victory.

AFC SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Week 12 vs. Cincinnati, 11/25/10WR Brad SmithIn the Jets Thanksgiving night game, Smith totaled 200yards (122 kickoff return, 55 rushing, 23 receiving). After aCIN field goal cut the Jets lead to seven in the fourth quarter,Smith took the ensuing kickoff 89 yards for a touchdown.Smith also ran 53 yards for a touchdown to start the sec-ond half, becoming the third player in NFL history to scoreon a rushing play of 50+ yards and on a kickoff return inthe same game. It was Smiths second-career Player of theWeek award, having previously won it in Week 16 of 2009.


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MARK SANCHEZ

QB Mark Sanchez opened Week 16 at CHI completing 9-of-9 passes for 110 yards, with a passer rating of 117.6. Onthe Jets second drive, he led the team on an eight-play, 85-yard touchdown drive, in which he connected on all five ofhis passes for 70 yards. Sanchez finished the first half 13-of-15 for 156 yards, a passer rating of 110.0 in leading theoffense to score the second most points (24) in a quartersince 1995. In the clubs Week 15 win over PIT (12/19),Sanchez became the first Jets quarterback to record a win inthe state of Pennsylvania. Sanchez surpassed 3,000 pass-ing yards when he connected with WR Santonio Holmeson a seven-yard pass in the fourth quarter, making him thesecond-youngest quarterback in Jets history to acheive thisfeat behind Hall-of-Fame QB Joe Namath. From Week Ninethrough Week 11, all Jets wins, Sanchezthrew for 950 yards

on 71-of-121 passing with six touchdowns, three intercep-tions and an 89.9 rating. In those contests, Sanchez hasposted the three highest single-game totals for passing yardsin his career, throwing for a career-high 336 yards in an over-time win at DET (11/7), 299 yards in an overtime win at CLV(11/14) and 315 yards vs. HST (11/21). His 100.2 passerrating vs. HST marked the eighth time in his career that San-chez has posted a passer rating of 100-or-more, while histhree touchdown passes equaled a career-high, achievedtwice previously, most recently at MIA (9/26/10).

100 or GREATER PASSER RATING

QB Mark Sanchez recorded a 100.2 passer rating vs. Hous-

ton (11/21), marking the eighth game in his career that heposted a passer rating of 100.0 or greater. Five of his 100.0or greater passer ratings have come against division foes Mi-ami, New England and Buffalo.Game Att Cmp Yds TD-I Rate

1/9/10 at CIN* 15 12 182 1-0 139.49/19/10 vs. NE 30 21 220 3-0 124.39/26/10 at MIA 28 15 256 3-0 120.510/25/09 at OAK 16 9 143 1-0 107.010/3/10 at BUF 24 14 161 2-0 106.49/20/09 vs. NE 22 14 163 1-0 101.111/1/09 vs. MIA 35 20 265 2-0 100.311/21/10 vs. HST 38 22 315 3-1 100.2

SANCHEZ IN OVERTIME

In consecutive weeks, at DET (11/7) and at CLV (11/14),Sanchez led his team to overtime road victories, becomingthe first team in NFL history to win road games in overtimein consecutive weeks. At CLV (11/14), Sanchez connectedwith WR Santonio Holmes with 16 seconds remaining for a37-yard touchdown to give the Jets the 26-20 win againstthe Browns. The touchdown was the third-latest regular-season touchdown in overtime since the overtime systemwas instituted in 1974. San Diego defeated Kansas City withno time remaining (11/12/78) and Baltimore defeated St.

Louis with 10 seconds remaining (10/27/96).

Sanchezs overtime numbers:

Team Comp ATT Yds TD INTat DET (11/7) 1 2 52 0 0at CLV (11/14) 9 13 117 1 1Totals 10 15 169 1 1

ON THE MARK IN THE WINS

In the Jets 11 victories, QB Mark Sanchez has completed178-of-306 passes for 2,146 yards and 15 touchdownswith five interceptions and a passer rating of 89.4. 1/2 vs. BUF: Started and played for opening series with

out post any completions to recorded his 11th win of thseason.

12/19 at PIT: Acheived 3,000 passing yards on theseason, completing 19-of-29 passes for 170 yards andrushing for a touchdown, his third of the season. San

chez is the first Jets quarterback to lead a team to victoryin Pittsburgh.

11/25 vs CIN: Led the Jets to their ninth win of theseason, completing 16-of-28 passes for 166 yards, atouchdown and an interception.

11/21 vs. HST: In the 25th regular season start of hisNFL career, Sanchez completed 22-of-38 passes for 315yards and three touchdowns with one interception for a100.2 passer rating. Over the last four games, he hasthrown for 1,206 yards and six touchdowns on 87-of159 passing with five interceptions.

11/14 at CLV: QB Mark Sanchez opened the first halcompleting 9-of-13 passes for 83 yards and one touchdown, recording a passer rating of 112.0. He added aone-yard touchdown run to give the Jets a 17-13 halftime lead. It was his second rushing touchdown in asmany weeks. Sanchez led the Jets to the game-winningtouchdown in overtime when he connected with WRSantonio Holmes for a 37-yard touchdown with 16 seconds remaining in the game. Finished the game with hissecond-most passing yards in a game (299) on 27-of-44passing. Also threw two touchdowns and one interception on the day.

11/7 at DET: Sanchez recorded the first 300 yard passing game of his career, completing 22-of-39 passes fo

336 yards with one touchdown and one interception foa passer rating of 82.9 as the Jets staged their secondfourth quarter comeback of the season when they scored10 points in the final 4:26 of regulation to tie the gameat 20. On the last three scoring drives, Sanchez connected on 10-of-12 passes for 144 yards and a passerating of 116.7

10/17 at DEN: Sanchez recorded the first victory of hiscareer in which he led the Jets to the winning points withtwo minutes or less remaining in the game. He threw hisfirst interception of the season to DEN OLB Jason Hunteon his third pass of the game. The interception ended hi


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streak of 184 pass attempts without an interception, thesecond longest in Jets history, trailing only Ken OBrienwho registered 211 pass attempts without an intercep-tion from 1987-88.

10/11 vs MIN: Sanchez spearheaded an offense that

scored points in every possession within the oppo-nents-20 and established a new career-high for pass-ing attempts with 44. His previous high of 35 attemptscame vs. MIA on 11/1/09.

10/3 at BUF: Sanchez connected with WR BraylonEdwards for a 41-yard touchdown pass with 2:32 re-maining in the second quarter. It is the third time thisseason the two have combined for a score. In their 15regular season games together, the pair has completedfour passes of 40 or more yards. Sanchez finished thegame 14-of-24 for 161 yards and two touchdowns witha passer rating of 106.4. It is the seventh time in his

career that he recorded a 100-plus passer rating. Sun-days game at Buffalo marked the eleventh contest is his19 regular-season games that Sanchez has not thrownan interception. The Jets are now 9-3 when Sanchezdoesnt throw an interception.

9/26 at MIA: Sanchez completed 15-of-28 passes for256 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions for a120.5 passer rating. Sanchez matched his career-highwith three touchdown passes that he set the week beforevs. New England.

9/19 vs. NE: Sanchez completed 21-of-30 passes for220 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions for a124.3 passer rating. Sanchez set career-highs with three

touchdown passes (previous high: two set twice, last11/1/09 vs. MIA), completions with 21 (previous high:20 set 11/01/09 vs. MIA), the highest regular-seasonpasser rating of his career with 124.3 (previous high:107.0 set 10/25/09 at OAK), his career-high passer rat-ing of 139.4 came in last season Wild Card game at CIN.Sanchez also posted a 70% completion percentage, thesecond-highest percentage of his career (high: 76.5%set 11/29/09 vs. CAR).

LEADING FOR THREE WEEKS

Sanchez completed 50-of-82 for 637 yards, with eight

touchdowns, no interceptions and a passer rating of 117.8in consecutive games from Week Two through Week Fouragainst NE (9/19), MIA (9/26) and BUF (10/3). His passerrating ranked first in the NFL in that three week span whilehis eight touchdown passes tied with Peyton Manning formost in the NFL.Player Team Att Cmp Yds TD-I RateM. Sanchez NYJ 82 50 637 8-0 117.8P. Manning IND 115 80 932 8-1 113.4M. Vick PHI 72 43 624 5-0 111.1P. Rivers SD 102 66 1030 7-4 104.6A. Rodgers GB 91 65 752 6-3 104.3

124.3 PASSER RATING

QB Mark Sanchez recorded the 11th best passer rating inJets history, when he connected on 21-of-30 passes for 220yards and three touchdowns without an interception againstNE, 9/19/10. It marks the fifth game in his career that heposted a passer rating of 100.0 or greater.Player Game Rating

Ken OBrien 11/2/86 vs. SEA 158.3Ken OBrien 11/17/85 vs. TB 142.6Ken OBrien 11/09/86 vs. ATL 137.6Richard Todd 12/6/82 vs. DET 130.2Vinny Testaverde 10/19/98 vs. NE 128.9Richard Todd 11/8/81 vs. BAL 128.0Boomer Esiason 11/7/93 vs. MIA 126.6Chad Pennington 12/22/02 vs. NE 126.5Ken OBrien 9/21/86 vs. MIA 126.0

Pat Ryan 10/21/84 vs. KC 125.7Mark Sanchez 9/19/10 vs. NE 124.3minimum 30 attempts

THROWS TO MULTIPLE TARGETS

Mark Sanchez has thrown to 12 different targets with fourof them scoring at least two touchdowns in the 16 gamesthis season.

Receiver No Yds Avg Long TD

D.Keller 54 684 12.7 41 5B.Edwards 52 852 16.4 74t 6L.Tomlinson 52 368 7.1 21 0S.Holmes 51 729 14.3 52 5

J.Cotchery 38 401 10.6 49 2S.Greene 16 120 7.5 15 0T.Richardson 5 31 6.2 14 0B.Smith 4 44 11.0 23 0P.Turner 2 26 13.0 21 0J.Conner 2 9 4.5 7 0D.Clowney 1 22 22.0 22 0

J. McKnight 1 5 5.0 5 0Team 278 3,291 6.5 74t 17Italicized- No longer on team

MOST PASSING YARDS

Mark Sanchez led the NFL in passing yards from Week Eightto Week Eleven. The Jets won three-out-of-four includingtwo consecutive overtime victories at Detroit and at Cleve-land, respectively. Sanchez completed 87 passes for 1,206yards, with six touchdowns and five interceptions.

Player ATT CMP YDS RecordSanchez, NYJ 159 87 1,206 3-1Manning, IND 184 115 1,143 2-2Favre, MIN 148 93 1,083 1-3Kitna, DAL 125 84 1,036 2-2Schaub, HST 135 84 1,036 0-4


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FIRST 25 GAMES

In the first 25 regular season starts of his NFL career, QBMark Sanchez is 16-9 during the regular season and has

posted an 18-10 mark, including the postseason. His 16regular season wins are tied for the second-best in Jets his-tory with Chad Pennington. The only quarterback to winmore in his first 25 games is Vinny Testaverde, who won 19.

PROMINENT JETS QBS THROUGH FIRST 25 STARTSWITH TEAM

Name W-L-TVinny Testaverde 19-6Chad Pennington 16-9Mark Sanchez 16-9Ken OBrien 15-10Boomer Esiason 13-12Joe Namath 10-12-3Richard Todd 8-17

Statistics are in starts only.40+ FROM SANCHEZ TO...

During his career, Sanchez has completed 20 passes of 40yards or more with seven resulting in a touchdown. AgainstDetroit, Sanchezs 74-yard pass to Braylon Edwards was hislongest regular-season pass of his career. His longest careerpass, was an 80-yard touchdown pass to Edwards in lastseasons AFC Championship game at IND (1/24/10). Ed-wards has caught all four of Sanchezs longest career passes.Quarterback Receiver Date Opp Lg

M. Sanchez B. Edwards 1/24/10 IND 80t

M. Sanchez B. Edwards 11/8/10 DET 74tM. Sanchez B. Edwards 9/26/10 MIA 67tM. Sanchez B. Edwards 12/20/09 ATL 65tM. Sanchez J. Cotchery 11/1/09 MIA 53M. Sanchez D. Clowney 10/12/09 MIA 53M. Sanchez S. Holmes 11/8/10 DET 52M. Sanchez J. Cotchery 10/31/10 GB 49M. Sanchez J. Cotchery 9/27/09 TEN 46M. Sanchez D. Keller 1/9/10 CIN 45tM. Sanchez J. Cotchery 12/3/09 BUF 45M. Sanchez J. Cotchery 9/20/09 NE 45M. Sanchez S. Holmes 12/12/10 MIA 42M. Sanchez B. Edwards 11/21/10 HST 42M. Sanchez S. Holmes 11/21/10 HST 41t

M. Sanchez D. Keller 10/17/10 DEN 41M. Sanchez B. Edwards 10/3/10 BUF 41tM. Sanchez B. Edwards 11/15/09 JAX 41M. Sanchez D. Keller 10/31/10 GB 40M. Sanchez D. Keller 9/13/09 HST 40

Mark Sanchez is 2-1 in the postseason with road wins at CINand at SD and a road loss at IND, after an 8-7 record in 15

regular season starts. In three games, he has completed 41-of-68 passes (60.3 percent) for 539 yards, four touchdownsand two interceptions, for a 92.7 passer rating.

With the Jets trailing 7-3 entering the fourth quarter atSD, Sanchez led the Jets to two fourth-quarter touch-

downs in the 17-14 victory, registering the first fourth-quarter comeback of his career.

Sanchez finished his postseason debut at CIN with182 passing yards and one touchdown on 12-of-15passing, compiling a passer rating of 139.4. The onetouchdown was a 45-yard scoring pass to TE DustinKeller.

Head Coach Rex Ryan and Sanchez were the secondrookie head coach and quarterback combination since1970 and second in two seasons (John Harbaugh andJoe Flacco in 2008) to advance to a conference championship game.

Sanchez was the fourth rookie QB to advance to a conference championship since 1970: Shaun King (TB,1999), Ben Roethlisberger (PIT, 2004) and Joe Flacco(BAL, 2008).

Sanchez completed his last seven passes at CIN, in-cluding a perfect five-for-five for 78 yards in the sec-ond half.

Sanchezs 80.0 percent completion at CIN is a Jetspostseason record for a single game, surpassing KenOBriens 76.5 percent on 13-of-17 passing, 12/28/85vs. NE.

The 139.4 passer rating is second-best all-time inJets postseason history, topped by Chad Penningtons

142.0 rating (19-for-25, 222 yards, three touch-downs) vs. IND, 1/4/03. The 45-yard scoring pass from Sanchez to Keller was

the sixth-longest pass completion in Jets postseasonhistory, and fourth-longest scoring pass in Jets postsea-son history.

The 45-yard reception was Kellers first postseasontouchdown reception and sixth of his career. Kellerfinished the game with three receptions for 99 yardsand a touchdown. The 99 yards is the second-mostby a Jets tight end in postseason history, behind onlyMickey Shulers 116 receiving yards on six catches vs.BUF, 12/27/81.

In the 2009 regular season, Sanchez completed 196-of-364 passes (53.8 percent) for 2,444 yards, 12touchdowns and 20 interceptions, for a passer ratingof 63.0 in 15 starts. He was inactive at TB (12/13)due to a knee injury.

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POSTSEASON LONG PASSES

In his rookie season, Sanchez had two of the five longestpassing plays in Jets postseason history.

JETS ALL-TIME LONG POSTSEASON PASSESQuarterback Receiver Date Opp LgM. Sanchez B. Edwards 1/24/10 Ind 80t

C. Pennington J. Cotchery 1/7/07 NE 77tC. Pennington R. Anderson 1/4/03 Ind 56tC. Pennington S. Moss 1/8/05 SD 47tB. Smith J. Cotchery 1/24/10 Ind 45M. Sanchez D. Keller 1/9/10 Cin 45t

MOORE SCHOOL

Did you know that Jets G Brandon Moore spent a portion ofhis offseason learning from some of the brightest minds atHarvard? Moore took part in the NFLs Business Manage-

ment and Entrepreneurial Program at the Harvard BusinessSchool. Moore and 70 other NFL players crammed a semes-ters worth of classes into a week-long overview program.The players learned a few fundamentals of the businessworld, while brainstorming entrepreneurial endeavors andlistening to guest speakers. Moore doesnt intend on hangingup his pads quite yet, but he knows many former NFL play-ers struggle after their playing days and wants to be preparedfor the future.

I was asked if going to the Harvard seminar meant I was go-ing to be retiring and opening a restaurant this year, Moorewrote in a blog on NewYorkJets.com. No, no, no. Ive got abit more mileage on me. You get so locked into being a foot-ball player and into thinking football is the only competitivevenue out there. I dont think Ill be getting the thrill I get run-ning out on Sunday against New England. But the programwas good, just to see that there are other options out thereafter leaving the game.

2011 SCHEDULE BREAKDOWN

Home Opp. 2010 Last Time ResultRecord at Jets

Buffalo 4-12 1/2/11 W, 38-7Miami 7-9 12/12/10 L, 6-10New England* 14-2 9/19/10 W, 28-14Kansas City* 10-6 12/26/08 W, 28-24

San Diego 9-7 11/6/05 L, 26-31Jacksonville 8-8 9/25/05 L, 20-26 (OT)Dallas 6-10 9/28/03 L, 6-17New York Giants 10-6 11/2/03 L, 28-31 (OT)Road Opp. 2010 Last Time Result

Record Hosting JetsBuffalo 4-12 10/3/10 W,38-14Miami 7-9 9/26/10 W, 28-24New England 14-2 12/6/10 L, 45-3Denver 4-12 10/17/10 W, 24-20Oakland 8-8 10/25/09 W, 38-0Baltimore 12-4 9/16/07 L, 13-20Philadelphia 10-6 12/26/03 L, 17-24Washington 6-10 9/24/03 L, 13-16* - Qualifed for postseason

LAND OF OPPORTUNITY

The Jets have 17 players on their roster who entered the NFLas an undrafted free agent. Eight of the free agents originallyentered the NFL with the Jets. The remaining 9 undraftedfree agents, including defensive starters: LB Bart Scott andS Jim Leonhard, entered the NFL as undrafted free agentswith other teams.UFAs ON 53-MAN ROSTER ORIGINALLY SIGNED BY THE JETS

POS PLAYER SCHOOL YR SIGNEDTE Jeff Cumberland Illinois 2010DE Mike DeVito Maine 2007S James Ihedigbo Massachusetts 2007DL Matt Kroul Iowa 2009LB Josh Mauga Nevada 2009OL Brandon Moore Illinois 2002CB Isaiah Trufant Eastern Washington 2010OL Robert Turner New Mexico 2007

LB Jamaal Westerman Rutgers 2009OTHER UFAs ON THE 53-MAN ROSTER

POS PLAYER JOINED JETS ENTERED NFLCB Marquice Cole 2009 07/OAKDT Marcus Dixon 2010 08/DALLB Lance Laury 2010 06/SEATE Matthew Mulligan 2009 08/MIALS Tanner Purdum 2010 09/KCFB Tony Richardson 2008 94/DALLB Bart Scott 2009 02/BALP Steve Weatherford 2009 06/NO

JETS YOUTH CAMPS

Did you know that several Jets players hosted their own foot-ball camps this offseason? WR Jerricho Cotchery, CB Anto-nion Cromartie, TE Ben Hartsock, S Jim Leonhard, WRBrad Smith and LB Bryan Thomas all hosted youth footballcamps in their hometowns.

Camp Location

Jerricho Cotchery Skills & Drills Clinic Birmingham, AL

Antonio Cromartie Youth Football Camp Tallahasse, FL

Ben Hartsock Football Camp Chillicothe, OH

Jim Leonhard Football Skills Camp Tony, WI

Brad Smith Youth Football and Cheerleading Camp Youngstown, OH

The BT Youth Football Camp Birmingham, AL


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In 2010, the New York Jets rushing attack finished fourth inthe NFL averaging 4.4 yards per an attempt and averaging148.4 yards a game. In 2009, the club finished the season

leading the NFL in rushing averaging 4.5 yards a carry and172.3 yards a game.

In 2010, the Jets rushing offense:

vs. BUF (1/2/11): Led by rookie RB Joe McKnightsteam season-high 158 yards on 32 carries, the Jets fin-ished with their best rushing output of the season, 276yards on 50 carries (5.5 avg.). WR Brad Smith added60 yards on five carries, while FB John Conner scoredhis first NFL touchdown and finished with a career-high44 yards on eight carries.

at CHI (12/26): Averaged 4.1 yards a rush on 31 car-ries, finishing the game with 124 yards and two touch-

downs. RB Shonn Greene led the team with 70 yardsand a touchdown on 12 carries (5.8 avg.).

at PIT (12/19): Their 106 rushing yards on 27 carriesis the most against the Steelers defense this season. RBLaDainian Tomlinson led the club with 49 yards on 11carries (4.5 avg.).

vs. MIA (12/12): Recorded 87 yards on 31 attempts(2.8 avg.). It was the first time in 15 games the club didnot break the 100-yard mark.

at NE (12/6): Averaged 4.9 yards per rush on 31 car-ries in the Jets 45-3 loss to the Patriots. It extendedthe clubs league-high consecutive-rushing games of100-or-more yards to 14-consecutive games. RB ShonnGreene led the team in rushing for the fourth consecu-tive game with 64 yards on 13 carries.

vs. CIN (11/25): Recorded the clubs third-best rushingoutput of the season, 170 yards on 37 carries (4.6 avg.)in the Jets ninth win, a 26-10 victory. The output hasput the Jets league-high consecutive 100-yard rushinggames to 13. RB Shonn Greene led the team in rushingfor the third-consecutive game with 70 yards on 18 car-ries.

vs. HST (11/21): Finished with 103 rushing yards on31 attempts in the Week 11 30-27 win. The 100-yardperformance pushed the Jets streak of 100-yard con-

tests to 12, the longest current streak in the NFL. Forthe second time this season, RB Shonn Greene led theJets with 42 rushing yards on 15 carries.

at CLV (11/14): Finished with 172 rushing yards andone touchdown on 45 attempts in the Week 10 OTwin. The 100-yard performance pushed the Jets streakof 100-yard contests to 11, the longest current streakin the NFL. For the first time this season, RB ShonnGreene led the Jets with 72 rushing yards on 20 carries.

at DET (11/7): Finished with 110 rushing yards andone touchdown on 30 attempts in the Week Nine vic-tory. The 100-yard performance pushed the Jets streak

of 100-yard contests to 10.

vs. GB (10/31): Allowed the Jets to earn their ninthconsecutive 100-plus yard rushing game (29-119)dating back to 2009. The nine consecutive games isthe second-longest current streak in the NFL to KansasCitys 11-consecutive games.

at DEN (10/17): Led the way for the team to rush fo129 yards on 30 carries. It marked the 20th time in 22games that the Jets have rushed for 100-or-more yardsunder Head Coach Rex Ryan. RB LaDainian Tomlinsonrecorded two rushing touchdowns on 16 carries, including one on a 20-yard run. It marked the 38th game inhis career that he has rushed for at least two touch-downs, the most in the NFL. RB Shonn Greene averaged 4.8 yards a carry and finished with 43 yards on

nine carries. vs. MIN (10/11): Helped the Jets rush for 155 yards on

32 attempts. It marked the first time in 52 games thata team has rushed for more than 150 yards against theVikings. The streak of 51 games was the second-longesstreak in NFL history. RB Shonn Greene registered hisfirst touchdown of the season on a 23-yard run in thefourth quarter, he finished the game with 57 yards on10 carries (5.7). RB LaDainian Tomlinson finished thegame with 94 yards on 20 carries (4.7).

at BUF (10/3): Led the Jets to their first 200-plus rushing game of the season and sixth under Head CoachRex Ryan. Allowed RB LaDainian Tomlinson to rush

for 133 yards and two touchdowns on 19 carries. Imarked Tomlinsons first 100-yard performance sincerecording 105 yards on 19 carries at NO (12/26/08)His 133 rushing yards are the most since he recorded146 yards on 26 carries at TEN (12/24/07). The offensive line also opened holes for RB Shonn Greene to earnhis first 100-yard game of the season, when he collected 117 yards on 22 rushes. Including the playoffs, theperformance marked his fourth-career 100-yard effort.

at MIA (9/26): Helped Jets avg. 5.0 yards a rush on 29carries. Led the way for RB LaDainian Tomlinsons 70yards on 15 c

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