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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- When the Jets look around their complex -- the locker room, the field house -- they are reminded of their duty. They are reminded to play like a Jet, whatever that even means anymore. Their season-opening four-game stretch, dominated by offensive breakdowns and defensive volatility, has muddled the definition, creating a crisis of identity and personality. ''Right now, we're kind of in flux,'' guard Matt Slauson said. ''We're trying to figure that out.'' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Nick Mangold, the All-Pro center, showed up in the locker room Wednesday with his sprained right ankle in a large, black walking cast. This was good news. Mangold did not need the two crutches propped in his locker. Although he did not practice and is spending most of his time helping his substitute and a newcomer, Colin Baxter, learn the intricacies of a complicated position as quickly as possible, Mangold has not ruled himself out of the Jets' game in Oakland, Calif., against the Raiders. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Rex Ryan walked through the narrow door leading from the Jets' locker room to a crowded interview room Sunday afternoon. He made his way up to the lectern, and for the fifth time in six games, he had to explain a Jets loss. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The music was loud in the Jets' locker room Friday, and the howls of laughter were even louder. In separate corners, the bear-shaped center Nick Mangold grooved to Barry White while cornerback Darrelle Revis shot fadeaway jumpers with balls of tape. And when Revis made one as Brett Favre walked past him, Favre grinned and gave him a hefty slap on the backside. It was a party atmosphere for a team that could soon be facing a wake. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]