"With all the fanfare you'd expect of the Big Apple – well, the Big Whatever across the Hudson – the last player introduced in puffs of smoke Sunday was the last player added to the starting lineup specifically for the Chargers' visit.

All the salutations LaDainian Tomlinson will receive – and richly deserve – when enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame might not be as as effusive as the praise raining down on LT as he came bounding onto the MetLife Stadium field to face the very team with which he earned his ticket to Canton. Save one second-quarter reception that led to the Jets' first touchdown, however, Tomlinson was not a huge factor in New York's comeback win over the Chargers."