Ten years after the Butt Fumble, the New York Jets may finally be respectable

The Jets haven't appeared in the playoffs since the 2010 season. But a strong defense and talented young players have transformed the team

The 10th anniversary of the Butt Fumble arrives next Tuesday, but the New York Jets probably won't mark the day because that sad-sack play symbolically planted them on their tushies. The Jets have won 57 of 160 games since, with seven 10-loss seasons and zero playoff appearances.

But look again. Six of those victories have come this year, in just nine games, and the Jets find themselves one-half game out of first place in the AFC East - and tied with the Buffalo Bills, whom the Jets beat in their last game and many consider to be of Super Bowl caliber.