Jets quarterback Joe Namath made an appearance three days before the Super Bowl at the Miami Touchdown Club and brashly guaranteed a victory. His team backed up his words by controlling most of the game.
In November 1981, Gastineau, Klecko, Salaam and Lyons were invited to ring the ceremonial opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange, which served as the inspiration for their nickname.
Although Maynard never led the league in receiving any one season, at the time of his retirement, the four-time AFL All-Star had 633 career catches for 11,834 yards, both pro records at the time. He would later say, "The record I'm the proudest of is being the first guy to get 10,000 yards in receptions. Others may do it but I'm the first and only one guy can be the first."
At the time of his retirement, Gastineau was the NFL's all-time leader in sacks.
On September 23, 2001, with 5:03 remaining in the fourth quarter of the Jets-Patriots game, linebacker Mo Lewis slammed into Patriots quarterback Drew Bledsoe along the right sideline at old Foxboro Stadium. That moment changed the NFL forever. Bledsoe returned for a series, threw one more pass, and then was replaced by unknown backup Tom Brady. Everybody knows the rest of the story.
Six fumbles in one game is a record that just shouldn't happen, but Chad Pennington didn't get the memo. On September 11, 2005, he fumbled a franchise record six times against the Kansas City Chiefs, one fumble shy of the NFL record set by Len Dawson.
Placekicker Pat Leahy played 18 seasons with the Jets, accumulating a franchise record 1,470 points.
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