And on "Late Show With David Letterman," the Jets have replaced the Mets as the national symbol of athletic ineptitude.

It's not as if the Jets have replaced those seven players with better or even equal talent.

Jets and buses have replaced camels (usually), but Kashgar is the nexus of a Central Asian high-tech Silk Road.

On offense, the Jets have replaced Coles with the veteran Curtis Conway and also lost guard Randy Thomas and fullback Richie Anderson.

In addition, the Jets will replace kicker John Hall.

In the wild card playoff game against the Chiefs, the Jets replaced O'Brien with Ryan, and won 35-15.

Not long ago the Jets fired a coach who had lost his last five games and replaced him with one who had lost his last seven.

The Jets released Nagle and replaced him as the backup with Trudeau.

The Jets replaced Edwards by hiring Eric Mangini, a senior assistant-coach with the New England Patriots.

The Jets replaced Jennings on their WABC radio team with the former Jet Marty Lyons, who will work with Bob Wischusen, who succeeds Howard David.