The New York Jets are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. They compete in the National Football League as a member of the American Football Conference East division and play at MetLife Stadium, shared with the New York Giants, in East Rutherford, New Jersey, while the team is headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey. The franchise was founded in 1959 as the Titans of New York, a charter member of the American Football League, began play in 1960 at the Polo Grounds, and adopted its current name in 1963. It joined the NFL in the 1970 merger. In Super Bowl III the Jets beat the Baltimore Colts, becoming the first AFL team to defeat an NFL club in the AFL-NFL World Championship Game.
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professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area
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The New York Jets are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area.
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The team was founded in 1959 as the Titans of New York
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professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area
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New York Jets
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primarily with the New York Jets
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traded after the season to the New York Jets
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joined the New York Jets
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for the New York Jets and Washington Redskins
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In 2010, Holmes was traded to the New York Jets
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Triner signed a futures contract with the New York Jets on January 5, 2017, after working out with the team in December 2016.
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