Based in the New York metropolitan area -- the Jets are a professional football team which was established in 1960, he started out as part of the American football league Eastern division, a venture which lasted about nine years (1969), from 1970 until today they have played under the American football conference East division where they have had a great deal of accomplishments and successes. Their home stadiums are and have been: the Polo Grounds, Shea Stadium and the Giants Stadium which is also know as the Meadowlands.
Championships and Important Moments:
The New York Jets have been a very successful professional football franchise which ones were generally known as the New York Titans, the team is also known by the general nickname "Gang Green" -- even though the team doesn't have a conference championship they are able to compensate for it with four division championships, they were AFL division champions in two consecutive years 1968 and 1969, they were also AFC East division champions in 1998 and 2002. To complement their great record they can also say that they were the AFL- NFL Super Bowl champions of the 1968 season when they went up against the Baltimore Colts and ultimately defeated them by a score of 16 to seven at the Miami Orange bowl in Miami, Florida.
Quarterbacks in the current Roster:
-- Brett Ratiff
-- Erik Ainge
-- Kellen Clemens
-- Chad Pennington
New York Jets Recent News:
June of 2008 was a significant month for the New York Jets franchise as Jay Cross, the current president of the team resigned his charge in order to accept a position as president of related Hudson yards. The Jets named Mike Tannenbaum as Executive Vice President General manager, Matt Higgins as the executive VP of business operations and Tadd Sheely as the executive VP of stadium development and finance. As you can imagine this changes don't really affect the players but the way the team is organized and marketed but it has always been a given that a change in management tends to alter certain aspects of any franchise, let's hope that this changes work for the greater good of the team.
The 2008 season is expected to be quite excellent for the Jets which is why their tickets will not be available for very long once they hit the market.
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