The kick is up and ...

It's good. Jay Feely hits a 34-yard field goal and the Jets beat the Patriots 34-31.

Good night, everybody.

The all-important coin toss goes to ...

the Jets. That's crucial. If they'd lost the toss, they were done. 

Let's see which Brett Favre shows up in OT. For the Jets sake, hopefully it's not the one that showed up in overtime of the NFC championship game last winter.

On the comeback trail

Suddenly, we have a game on our hands, folks. With Matt Cassel's touchdown pass to Ben Watson and 2-point conversion pass to Jabar Gaffney, the Jets lead is down to 3 at 24-21. The Patriots have scored 15 straight points and Cassel has his first 300-yard passing game. 

Somebody check the temperature in hell.

Paging Randy Moss...

The Patriots scored their first touchdown on a 19-yard pass from Matt Cassel to Jabar Gaffney. The drive covered 68 yards in 1:29 and made the score 24-13 Jets with 15 seconds left in the half. 

Gaffney's catch was a nice one, with Jets cornerback Dwight Lowery's face in Gaffney's chest. Gaffney has 4 catches for 54 yards and the touchdown. Randy Moss, meanwhile, has zero catches for zero yards and has been basically invisible so far. 

Does anyone else sense the Randy Moss-o-meter inching toward "disgruntled"? 

Jets strike back

After a New England field goal pulled the Pats to within four at 10-6, Leon Washington returned the ensuing kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown and a 17-6 Jets lead. 

I knew I should have started the Jets defense/special teams in fantasy. This is why I'm 3-7 in both of my leagues.

Jets take early lead

The Jets drive 62 yards, thanks in part to a successful challenge and going 3-for-3 on third-down conversions, to take a 7-0 lead to start the game.

Is it too late to change my pick in The Daily News Showdown? 

J-E-T-S.

Patriots-Jets

Good evening, Patriots fans (at least those of you that aren't already parked in front of the TV). 

It's a cool, cloudy night at Gillette Stadium, and there's rain in the forecast. But everything is dry and warm up in the press box, which is all I care about right now.

Stay tuned throughout the game as I offer sporadic online commentary about this showdown for first place in the AFC East. 

Enjoy.