AFC East Will Be Too Tough for Young Jets

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Published: May 7, 2009

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... Tom Brady, a two time Super Bowl MVP for the New England Patriots, went down in a heap with a severe knee injury that knocked him out for the season.

For the New York Jets, it provided an opportunity. They had Brett Favre, Alan Faneca, Kris Jenkins, and Calvin Pace as their major off season additions to help the team improve from a 4-12 disaster in 2007. Surely, the Jets would win the division. But no, the Jets blew that golden opportunity when they lost four of their last five games of the season to finish 9-7. Instead, the Miami Dolphins led by former Jets castaway Chad Pennington captured the AFC East with an 11-5 record, one of the best turnarounds for a team that had gone 1-15 the year before.

Now Brady will be back, and so should the Patriots this season. Add that to the fact that the Buffalo Bills have acquired Terrell Owens and the fact that the Jets are going with a new youth movement on the offensive side of the ball, it obvious that it will be hard ...

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