FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Ray Mickens was only a few yards away from The Hit That Changed the NFL.
"Man, it was a thump," Mickens recalled Thursday.
The thumper was New York Jets linebacker Mo Lewis, and the thumpee was New England Patriots quarterback Drew Bledsoe. It happened 15 years ago Friday -- Sept. 23, 2001 -- and ... well, you know the deal.