Graham didn't try to deny the strangeness of his current situation.

"It's quite the turn of events," Graham said Wednesday. "It's the first time in my 18th professional year as a sportsman that I have been released and it's certainly the first time I've been re-signed in a week."

The Jets re-signed him Sunday after newly signed Reggie Hodges, his intended replacement, suffered a hamstring injury.

"Of course it was (awkward)," Graham said with a wan smile. "How would you feel being fired from your job to be re-hired three or four days later? It's awkward, but it's familiar. The guys (teammates) were great. I understand the situation. They're happy to have me back. For how long? I guess, we'll just have to wait and see."

Graham was working on his punting with former Chargers punter Darren Bennett, a fellow Australian, on a high school field in San Diego when he got the call from the Jets. Graham and Bennett studied some film.

"I went back to when I first got off the plane," Graham said of the film study, "and Darren helped me with that because he looked at the film. He looked at what I was doing and he saw things that I was doing that I wasn't doing when I first got here. ... I just want to get back to that natural ability that I have."

Graham, who will be 35 in November, doesn't believe his left leg is tired after many kicks in Australian Rules Football before coming to America.

"No way," he said. "I'd feel it and I'd tell you if I felt it, but I don't at all. My body is in great shape. (I have) no problems with that whatsoever."

--NT Kris Jenkins was back on the practice field two days after injuring his back against the Chargers. He went through stretching and agility drills, but didn't practice.

"I can't go into it," Jenkins said, mindful of coach Eric Mangini's disapproval of players giving injury information, "but I can say it's not something that was a first-time occurrence. It's something that I have dealt with before in the past. It's something I have to work through and I know how to get through it."

When asked if he had been close to returning to the game Monday, he replied, "That is accurate. It was real close. If I would have had to or if I felt like I absolutely needed to get back out there I would have had to sacrifice myself a little bit and deal with the pain. It was a call on the sideline and I had to roll with it."

--QB Brett Favre recalled Kurt Warner, currently the Cardinals' starter, in camp in Green Bay in 1995. Back then, Warner was trying to make the jump from arena football to the NFL. He made the Rams' roster in 1998.

"It was a long time ago," Favre said. "He was just a guy. Obviously, he's a lot different now. The guy has played phenomenal. I've played against him numerous times. I have a lot of respect for him. I didn't know much about him at the time. There are a lot of guys that come and go that just for whatever reason have never panned out. He's one of those guys that when he got the opportunity, he made the most of it. That's an understatement."

He did have one anecdote from that camp about Warner.

"I don't know if Kurt remembers when (Steve) Mariucci was our quarterback coach. He asked him to go in on a particular play. It was camp. (Warner) said, 'No, I'm not going in.' He wasn't ready. In fact, when Steve was here a couple weeks ago, we were doing an interview, laughing about that and how far he has come. He's not afraid to go in now."

BY THE NUMBERS: 2 -- Plays on which the Chargers lost yardage against the Jets. Both of those were kneel-downs by Philip Rivers in the closing seconds. The Jets had no sacks or tackles for loss, underscoring the importance of NT Kris Jenkins, who left the game in the first quarter with a back injury.

QUOTE TO NOTE: "He's a young guy." -- QB Brett Favre, on Arizona counterpart Kurt Warner, who turned 37 in June. Favre will be 39 in October.