In 1985, Joe Namath became the first player from the franchise to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. But should he be there? Namath is one of seven modern era quarterbacks in the Hall of Fame with more career interceptions than touchdowns. Namath threw 47 more INT than TD, tied with Bobby Layne for the worst differential among modern era quarterbacks in Canton. His passer rating while a Jet -- 65.8 -- is the worst in franchise history among qualifying quarterbacks, even worse than Mark Sanchez and his 71.7 passer rating.

One of the questions that arose after the Jets drafted Geno Smith regarded his ability to play in cold-weather games. Smith has been the New York Jets primary starting QB for the last two years, starting four games in which the temperature at kickoff was under 40 degrees. His numbers in those games turn out to be on par with his career averages -- a completion percentage under 60 pct, three touchdowns, and five interceptions. The Jets have gone 1-3 in those four games.

The Jets are one of five teams, along with the Patriots, Giants, Broncos and Steelers, to have played in a conference championship in each of the last four decades, doing so in 1982, 1998, 2009, and 2010. Unfortunately for Jets fans, they're one of three teams to play in multiple conference championship games since 1970 and fail to play in the Super Bowl, along with the Jaguars and Browns.

Curtis Martin, the fourth leading rusher in NFL history, was inducted in Canton in 2012. What makes Martin's career perhaps most impressive is the high level at which he continued to play throughout three years with the Patriots and eight years with the Jets. Martin and Barry Sanders are the only players in NFL history to start their careers with 10 straight 1,000-yard rushing seasons. Martin led his team in rushing every season in which he played, missing only eight games in his 11-year career.

In 1973, Hall of Fame coach Weeb Ewbank's last season with the Jets, the team opened its campaign with six straight road games, winning only two. The Jets were forced on the road because the Mets, with whom they shared Shea Stadium, took the A's to seven games in the World Series. The Jets are the only team to play six straight games on the road in the Super Bowl era.

Rex Ryan is one of five coaches since 1970 to reach the conference championship game in each of his first two seasons as a head coach (2009 and 2010). Each of the other four coaches went to the Super Bowl in one of those seasons -- Don McCafferty, George Seifert, Barry Switzer and Jim Harbaugh.

The 2000 NFL Draft is often talked about in reference to Tom Brady, who fell all the way to the sixth round, becoming the seventh quarterback selected that year. The first QB taken in that draft was Chad Pennington, picked 18th overall by the Jets. Pennington went 32-29 as a starter in his eight seasons with New York, starting all 16 games in a season only once (2006). While Brady has left his imprint in the NFL record book, Pennington left a mark of his own, finishing his career with a completion percentage of 66.05 -- second best in NFL History behind only Drew Brees (66.2).

If Rich Eisen loves the Jets and Rich Eisen loves punters, does Rich Eisen love Jets punters? Early in 1969, fresh off their victory in Super Bowl III, the Jets found themselves backed up on their own 1-yard line in a Week 2 matchup with the Broncos in Mile High. Rookie punter Steve O'Neal, who'd made his NFL debut the week prior, was called upon to flip field position for Gang Green. Call it thin air, call it a lucky bounce. What it ended up being was a 98-yard punt, the longest in NFL history. Punters may be people, but O'Neal is a machine.