It was the last period of practice on Thursday afternoon in Florham Park, N.J., when the Jets went to the goal line in full pads and played football about as physically as it can get without all-out tackling.
It wasn’t “One team; One goal” as the T-shirts worn during training camp suggest. This was the first-team offense versus the first-team defense with plenty of pride at stake. Each time the defense held the offense out of the end zone, it celebrated as if it were a fourth-down stop. When the offense scored, the players celebrated as if the Jets had just won the game in overtime.