In a quiet corner of the Jets' locker room, Sheldon Richardson and Stephen Bowen sat side by side, grinning ear to ear.
Bowen had spent the past five weeks counting down the games until the Jets' defensive line would be whole again. And now Richardson's 2015 debut finally is here. And the Jets couldn't be happier.
"I was thinking, 'Man, once we're full force," Bowen told Newsday, "it's going to be really scary."
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The Jets, however, are under no illusions about the position the defensive tackle is in.