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The New York Jets are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area.
They are members of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National
Football League (NFL).
The team plays their home games in East Rutherford, New Jersey at Giants Stadium, which is named after
another NFL team that plays there, the New York Giants. The Jets officially refer to the venue as "The
Meadowlands," a name used on all official NFL and team game notes regarding Jets' home games
Originally known as the New York Titans, the team played home games at the Polo Grounds. Tthe team's
future was in doubt. It was saved from bankruptcy by a group headed by MCA head Sonny Werblin and
Leon Hess. Hess eventually bought out his partners, and retained sole ownership until his death.
His estate then sold the team to Johnson & Johnson heir Robert Wood Johnson IV in 2000.
