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On Sunday we officially start 2012. But before that, let's end 2011 with a bang, courtesy of zany comments and predictions we received from our AFC East community last season. Here are the "Remember last year" greatest hits of 2011. Enjoy. B...

Bart Scott wants to convert a viral phenomenon into health care funds for a football brother. In an interview with ESPN's Sal Paolantonio after the New York Jets shocked the New England Patriots in the playoffs, Scott barked "Can't wait!" at the i...

In a piece for ESPN Insider subscribers, Football Outsiders senior writer Mike Tanier assembled his list of the 10 most disappointing playoff performances of the past 25 years. Tanier's criteria for inclusion were a great regular season or a roste...

Let's skim the AFC East mailbag to see what's on your minds these days. Neil in Jackson, Miss., weighed in on the recent post about the Miami Dolphins' chances to go from a losing team to the playoffs in 2012. I wrote the Dolphins wouldn't be able...

The topic on "NFL Live" was a playoff team from last year that will struggle in 2011. Studio analyst Darren Woodson pointed to the Kansas City Chiefs. Host Michael Smith thought the Seattle Seahawks were the easiest answer. Woodson's partner, M...

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- The Buffalo Bills haven't been to the playoffs in 11 years. They've had one winning season in that span. "If you keep doing the same thing the same way and keep getting the same results every time," general manager Buddy Nix ...

The NBA admitted it made a mistake by not penalizing Oklahoma City Thunder center Kendrick Perkins for goaltending on the pivotal, go-ahead basket with 65 seconds to play in Sunday's postseason victory over the Denver Nuggets. That's one of the ho...

NEW ORLEANS -- On multiple levels, New York Jets coach Rex Ryan was pleased to see Wes Welker standing on the sideline when the New England Patriots' offense took the field in their second-round playoff game. Patriots coach Bill Belichick punished...

Wes Welker is backpedaling from that clever, foot-dominated news conference before his New England Patriots played the New York Jets in the divisional playoff round. Patriots apologists who insisted Welker's comments were coincidental and didn't a...

"Outside the Lines" examines the 2010 New York Jets and whether a campaign that featured such off-field turmoil yet went deep into the postseason before falling short of the Super Bowl should be viewed as acceptable. There are two three-minute vid...

PITTSBURGH -- The New York Jets' season concluded Sunday night at Heinz Field with a 24-19 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC Championship Game. What it means: For the second straight season, the Jets reached the precipice and failed to ad...

ESPN's "Sunday Conversation" is with former New York Jets defensive end Dennis Byrd, who delivered an emotional speech to his legacy mates the night before the Jets played the New England Patriots in the divisional playoffs. Byrd recounted the cru...

It took a few days, but the New York Jets finally revealed a source of disdain within the Pittsburgh Steelers. Unlike previous games, especially their divisional playoff last week against the New England Patriots, the Jets were lovey-dovey all wee...

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Young players think they know. They truly don't, not until they go through it. Mark Sanchez has been a football fan since he was a child. He has been familiar with the NFL playoff format for a long time, fully aware the wi...

Buffalo Bills Head coach Chan Gailey breaks down all four quarterbacks still alive in the postseason with SI.com scribe Don Banks. The Bills and Dolphins were the only three NFL teams to play all four in the regular season (the Patriots didn't fa...

In the AFC playoffs last weekend, two of the NFL's great rivalries completed in-season trilogies. What emerged is a matchup that looks nothing like a storied rivalry. The New York Jets and Pittsburgh Steelers have met only once in the postseaso...