Last Sunday QB Mark Sanchez became only the fourth quarterback in the past 40 years to win his first two starts of a season, and the second in as many years (QB Joe Flacco of Baltimore did it last season). With a win on Sunday against the Tennessee Titans, Sanchez would become the first rookie quarterback to start and win his team’s first three games of a season.
The rookie quarterbacks to win their team’s first two games in a season:
| Year | Player, team | Third game as starter | Overall record as rookie starter |
| 1983 | John Elway, Denver | L 13-10 vs. Philadelphia | 4-6 |
| 1998 | Ryan Leaf, San Diego | L 23-7 at Kansas City | 3-6 |
| 2008 | Joe Flacco, Baltimore | L 23-20 at Pittsburgh (OT) | 11-5 |
| 2009 | Mark Sanchez, New York Jets | ??? | ??? |
The Jets are seeking their second consecutive win against Tennessee, who started 10-0 in 2008 until the Jets earned a 34-13 win at LP Field in Week 12. This meeting will mark just the fifth game since 1970 in which a club that handed a 10-0 or better team its first defeat of a season will face them again in the subsequent season:
| Team, record | Winning team in previous season's matchup | Result in next meeting |
| 1969 Los Angeles Rams, 11-0 | Minnesota | 10/26/1970: Minnesota 13, L.A. Rams 3 |
| 1990 San Francisco, 10-0 | Los Angeles Rams | 11/25/1991: San Francisco 33, L.A. Rams 10 |
| 1990 New York Giants, 10-0 | Philadelphia | 11/04/1991: Philadelphia 30, N.Y. Giants 7 |
| 1991 Washington, 11-0 | Dallas | 09/07/1992: Dallas 23, Washington 10 |
| 2008 Tennessee, 10-0 | New York Jets | 09/27/2009: ??? |
The New York Jets have signed TE Matthew Mulligan to the practice squad. He was released earlier this week from the 53-man roster to make room for CB Marquice Cole.