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Dominated every which way it seemed, the Jets managed to make a 31-21 loss to New England look a bit closer after two late TD receptions by Laveranues Coles, but it was clear that Monday night's broadcast was interesting for one reason only – it was the final Monday Night Football on network television.

The sad Jets host the disappointing Raiders, Sunday at 1 p.m. in East Rutherford. With former Giants QB Kerry Collins struggling, Oakland looks to start the physical Marques Tuiasosopo, who hasn't even taken a snap in game action this season.

Another week, another loss and, for the time being another pair of injured quarterbacks for the Jets (2-8), who were shut out 27-0 in Denver. Now it's just pathetic, and even the most diehard Jets fan will have to come to grips with that in the coming days and weeks ahead.

The image of San Diego's Ladainian Tomlinson burning former All-Pro cornerback Ty Law for a 25-yard touchdown will be a difficult one for any Jets fan to forget. But for a while, that pain almost was forgotten, as Brooks Bollinger replaced a slightly injured and mostly ineffective Vinny Testaverde to rally the Jets (2-6) to turn a would-be laugher into a nail-biter, as the Chargers (5-4) held on for a 31-26 victory Sunday in East Rutherford.

The turnover parade was not the worst part of the game for the Jets as they continued to add players to the injured list. Testaverde left the game after catching his toe in the turf, linebacker Eric Barton tore his triceps and is out for the season, and wide receiver Laveranues Coles is having his elbow checked out. Good thing the Jets have the two weeks off, because Gothamist isn't sure if we want to watch them play next week anyway.

The Jets never seemed able to grab the momentum in their 27-17 loss to Buffalo on Sunday. They scored a touchdown with 34 seconds left in the first half to cut Buffalo’s lead to 14-10, but then gave up a 50-yard field goal as time expired. They drove down to the Buffalo 20 to open the second half only to have Vinny Testaverde throw an interception. Late in the fourth quarter they turned the ball over on their last two drives.

Buffalo is also where Chad Pennington first injured his shoulder in last season's 22-17 loss. The game Sunday is also the first of two they play on the road before heading into a bye week. Curtis Martin, who has struggled thus far, has scored 10 career TDs against the Bills. Despite being a little banged up, Martin should have a big day against the NFL's 2nd worst rushing defense.

Vinny Testaverde will get the headlines, but the game ball should go to the Jets’ defense, which held Tampa Bay to twelve points in the a 14-12 victory Sunday. Four times Tampa Bay advanced deep into Jets’ territory and four times the defense held them to just a field goal.

Jets fans, have no fear, because this weekend marks the return of a 41 year-old Vinny Testaverde. It doesn't matter if you lost two younger and more mobile quarterbacks, because Mike Heimerdinger (what a freaking name) thinks Vinny's quick release will work out for the Jets and their porous offensive line. Testaverde might need to throw immediately after getting the snap against Tampa Bay's top-ranked defense.

On the afternoon, the Jets had 8 first downs, 152 yards on offense and only 28 yards rushing. Bollinger was 14-28 in passing attempts, gaining 149 yards, a beautiful 65.9 pass rating, and was sacked 5 times. With an offense like the one they had against the Ravens, it might be time to move Vinny Testaverde into the starting role.

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Although Vinny Testaverde will not be present, Gothamist can't help but think of the last time these two teams met in East Rutherford on a Monday night.

In Collins's career with the Giants, he started 68 of the 71 games he played in and threw for 1,447 completions, second in team history behind Phil Simms, and for 16,875 yards, third behind Simms and Charlie Conerly. Interestingly, Phil Simms was the last quarterback the Giants drafted in the first round, and while the Giants didn't technically draft Eli Manning, they certainly paid a high price for his rights.