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When the Patriots told Troy Brown he wasn't in the team's plans for 2008, the veteran wideout said that he wasn't interested in signing with a team that had New England on their schedule. That seemed like a good way to ensure a new squad was interested in him as a player and not just in picking his brain. Something must have changed Brown's mind, though, because he's visiting a team that plays the Pats twice this and every season. Making matters worse for Patriot fans, that team is Eric Mangini's Jets.

From a purely football standpoint it's difficult to ascertain what the Jets interest in Brown might be. He only played in one game last year and, at 36, is pretty close to the end of the road. The off-field reasons are obvious, though. It would irk the Pats and their fans and it would also send a message to Laveranues Coles about the kind of player the team would like to have. Brown passed up the chance to make more money to stay with the Patriots more than once while Coles, who skipped today's first workout, has told teammates he'll see them in July, at the earliest, because the Jets won't give him more cash.

Of course, generating interest from the Jets might help Brown land back with the only team he's ever played for. The prospect of losing an iconic player to their division rivals could help prod Bill Belichick to bring Brown back for one more year.