"In that situation with 1:09 left and no timeouts they're fighting against two different things," the coach explained. "They're fighting against yardage and they're fighting against time and what you don't want to do is give up yardage and let them get out of bounds. When you play the type of defense that we were playing we were going to be able to protect the sidelines, jam the receivers and really the only open area is short and in the middle of the field where you want them to catch all the balls because that keeps the clock going. It's about 16 seconds per play is what it typically takes.

"If you can make them go the long hard way and eat up that time on the clock," Mangini added, "you put pressure on them two different ways and that is something that we played back when I was with the Jets the first time, in New England, here. It's not something new that was just developed."

--K Jay Feely hasn't been 100 percent sure he would be active for each of the last two games. Regular kicker Mike Nugent, out since opening day with a thigh injury, has returned to practice, and the two kickers have had a kicking contest the last two weeks.

Feely won it both times, and then won the New England game with a 34-yard overtime field goal.

"Mike and I get along great," Feely said afterward, "and you've just got to do your job. You can't worry about what the coaches are going to do (and) if they're going to play you or not. I want to see (Nugent) get healthy. He's a great kicker. ... Yeah, it's been kind of crazy this year and a roller-coaster ride for me, from getting cut by Miami (in preseason) all the way to this point. But I think that builds character in your life when you go through those times and you see how you respond."

--FS Kerry Rhodes made a decisive move for the Jets that was vital to their victory, and it wasn't even during a play.

Rhodes, one of the team captains, called tails for the overtime coin flip. He was correct, and the Jets scored before the Patriots even had a possession.

"Kerry's been doing a tremendous job" on coin tosses, Leon Washington said. "I don't want to jinx him. We've been getting the ball first a lot."