JETS SNATCH DEFEAT FROM THE JAWS OF VICTORY

FALL 38-31 TO BENGALS

New York Jets             

• MANGINI, LEWIS RECALL GOOD 'TIME'

  By MARK CANNIZZARO

  CINCINNATI - Eric Mangini and Bengals coach Marvin Lewis are close, having worked together - with offices across the hall from each other - with the Ravens in Baltimore. "We go way back,"...;more >

• REAL MEN OF 'GENIUS

  ONLY BETTER PLAYERS CAN IMPROVE ERIC'S ANSWERS

  By JAY GREENBERG

  YOU take what the defense gives you, Eric Mangini said three different ways this week, without saying much of anything at all. Asked about the pass-run balance that, thanks to 130 Thomas Jones yards...more >

• GOING HOME ON THE ROAD

  By BART HUBBUCH

  October 20, 2007 -

  Growing up in the same town just 45 miles from Cincinnati, Jets teammates Nick Mangold and Mike Nugent didn't have much choice in the matter when it came to picking a favorite NFL team. "...;more >

• CIN-SATIONAL RECEIVERS

  JETS MUST STOP BENGALS' CHAD, T.J.

  By MARK CANNIZZARO

  October 19, 2007 -

  You hardly expect to hear a sliver of modesty coming from Bengals receiver Chad Johnson. Yet when he was asked about the prolific receiving tandem he and T.J. Houshmandzadeh have become, Johnson...more >

• DESPERATE JETS MUST SAVE FACE

  By MARK CANNIZZARO

  October 18, 2007 -

  The Jets and Bengals, who play each other Sunday in Cincinnati, are mirror images of each other. Both teams entered this season with lofty expectations and rosters full of talent at key positions...more >

• CINCY STAR DANCES AWAY FROM SPOTLIGHT

  By MARK CANNIZZARO

  October 18, 2007 -

  Cincinnati's Chad Johnson was on the other end of a conference call with reporters yesterday at Weeb Ewbank Hall when it was suggested that because of his zest for attention, he should play in...more >

• CRISIS FOR ERIC

  GRUMBLING JETS TEST COACH'S CONTROL

  By MARK CANNIZZARO

  October 17, 2007 -

  ERIC Mangini finds him self at the first serious crossroads of his NFL head-coaching career. His Jets are 1-5. Chances of recovering from this hole and making the playoffs are almost non-existent...more >

• NOW WE'LL FIND OUT: MAN OR MANGENIUS ?

  By GEORGE WILLIS

  October 16, 2007 -

  KELLEN Clemens should be the Jets' starting quarterback Sunday afternoon in Cincinnati. He won't be, which means the honeymoon period Eric Mangini has enjoyed as the Jets' new head coach...more >

• RUN DOWN AT END

  By MARK CANNIZZARO

  October 16, 2007 -

  QUARTERBACKS D Chad Pennington (11-21, 128 yards, 1 INT) wasn't sharp and didn't take advan tage of the improved running game to com plement his performance, though some of his play-...more >

• BACKING CHAD

  MANGINI, 'MATES STAND BY PENNINGTON

  By MARK CANNIZZARO

  October 16, 2007 -

  Much to the certain vexation of understandably anxious Jets fans, Eric Mangini continued to show his resolute support for Chad Pennington, and several Jets players reacted rather strongly in support...more >

• COLES LOST FOCUS ON BIG MISS

  By MARK CANNIZZARO

  October 16, 2007 -

  Laveranues Coles, who was unable to haul in Chad Pennington's potential game-tying touchdown pass in fourth down late in Sunday's 16-9 loss to the Eagles, said yesterday that he hadn't...more >

• NO WAY TO TACKLE THIS PROBLEM

  By MARK CANNIZZARO

  October 15, 2007 -

  All last week in preparation to play the Eagles, a theme to the Jets' practices was improved tackling. The Jets were coming off of a poor tackling performance against the Giants, so Eric...more >