FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- The New York Jets' team plane was flying east in the wee hours on Sept. 10 when the conversation among some coaches turned to the promising season ahead. They had just been embarrassed on "Monday Night Football" in Week 1 -- a 32-19 loss to the San Francisco 49ers -- but their confidence still was 40,000 feet high.
"I remember someone on the plane was saying it over and over again that, 'When we get to 2-1, watch out,'" interim coach Jeff Ulbrich recalled.
The Jets got to 2-1 with wins over the Tennessee Titans and New England Patriots, and then things fell apart.