"I kind of swerved off the road a little bit," the Jets center joked.

Mangold is one of seven Jets, the most in franchise history, selected for the Pro Bowl, which will take place in Honolulu on Feb. 8. Also ticketed for Hawaii are kick returner Leon Washington, left guard Alan Faneca, running back Thomas Jones, nose tackle Kris Jenkins, quarterback Brett Favre and cornerback Darrelle Revis.

Faneca, Jones and Jenkins will be starters. The Jets had no players selected for the game last season, when they were 4-12.

--RB Thomas Jones scored only two touchdowns for a 4-12 team last season. In 2008, he has a team-record 15 touchdowns for the 9-5 Jets.

And he believes one has a lot to do with the other.

"I think a lot of the adversity we went through last year," Jones said, "put us in this position this year."

Jones set the record with a 2-yard touchdown run on the Jets' first possession, marking the first time in three games they scored on their opening drive.

"It feels great," he said. "I'm blessed to have the opportunity to score 15 touchdowns. ... It's a great accomplishment, but it's great that we won. Sometimes, if you break a record and lose, it feels like it never happened."

Jones thanked his offensive line and fullback Tony Richardson, calling them the best in the league.

--WR David Clowney, active for the first time this season, had the longest reception of the game for either team, a terrific 26-yarder in the third quarter. He corralled the ball, which was in front of him, with one hand and then caught it with both hands.

"I guess you can say it was a lucky catch," said Clowney, making his NFL debut. "I just tried to make sure I stuck my hand out there."

Clowney was active because wideout Brad Smith (concussion) sat out.

"I definitely got the jitters out," Clowney said. "Hopefully, I'll dress again next week and take it from there."

When asked if he thought he had done enough to play again, he said, "I can't say that. It's all up to the coaches."

--After leaving two days early for each of their first three West Coast games and losing each one, the team investigated perhaps changing its travel plans and leaving for Seattle on Saturday. But coach Eric Mangini said Monday that's not possible.

"The airline took care of that. We can't leave a day" later, Mangini said. "We book ahead. It must be like one of those tickets that I used to buy. ... There's no give on that."