LONDON — Maybe it was the sleep consultant. Maybe it was the special light-reducing sunglasses. Maybe — and oh, if wishing made it so — it was the imported toilet paper.
Whatever the reason, the Jets arrived at Wembley Stadium here on Sunday afternoon looking crisp and ready while the Miami Dolphins — the team that had actually made this trans-Atlantic trip before — spent most of the game looking as ragged as a dress shirt stuffed at the bottom of a carry-on.
The result was a solid, if not especially beautiful, victory for the Jets, who beat the Dolphins by 27-14 in the latest edition of the N.