"Derrick Mason has lofty expectations for the Jets' offense this season.

The veteran wide receiver signed with the team earlier this month because he saw the potential of the offense with himself, Santonio Holmes and Plaxico Burress all lining up together. What he's seen in training camp and the preseason has just lifted those expectations.

Mason was asked this week how good this offense can be.

"As good as we allow ourselves to be,'' he said. "If we can go out there and make defenses pay for certain coverages they play and make sure we are all on the same page every play -- not nine out of 10 plays, but on every play -- I think we are just as capable as anyone else at scoring 30 points.''

That echoes Burress' comments from last weekend when he said he thinks the team can score 28-30 points per game. To average 30 points per game, the Jets would have to score 480 points this season -- or 61 points more than their franchise record set in 1968. The Jets have scored over 400 points just three times in franchise history.

History does not faze Mason, though.

"I think with the personnel we have, the coaching we have, we can be one of the top-scoring teams in the NFL,'' he said. "But you can't do it by talking about it. We've got to go out there and execute. We have to figure out: How do we use the talent we have to the best of our ability?''

The Jets will take another step toward answering that question tomorrow night against the Giants. It will be the first time the Jets' starting offense is on the field together after injuries on the line and to Burress, Mason and running back Shonn Greene have given an incomplete picture so far."