Mark Sanchez was in Toms River Tuesday, helping out residents affected by Hurricane Sandy.

The quarterback tweeted that he would travel there to aid the community, which was among many Jersey Shore towns hit hard by the storm last week.

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• On Monday, coach Rex Ryan said that at 3-5 the Jets were “not even sniffing the playoffs.” Tuesday, DE Mike DeVito said that a 6-2 run to end the season and a spot in the playoffs were realistic.

“I definitely feel it’s something we can accomplish,” DeVito said on WFAN radio.

Part of that confidence comes from the atmosphere in the locker room. Unlike 2007, his rookie year when the Jets went 1-8 before their bye week, DeVito recounted that his teammates were waiting to go home.

“The guys in the locker room have not lost confidence,” DeVito said. “We’ve been frustrated, we’ve had some rough losses but the guys have not given up.”

The Jets travel to Seattle to take on the Seahawks on Sunday. Devito said the team must adapt a one-game-at-a-time policy to survive.

“It’s definitely a playoff mentality,” DeVito said. “One week at a time and you have to go in with a playoff mentality. ...You play your best football when you’re in that position.”

• The Jets re-signed WR Jason Hill yesterday and waived rookie S Antonio Allen. Hill had played three games for the Jets, catching a touchdown, before being released Oct. 27.

The Jets also plan to sign G Hayworth Hicks off the Colts’ practice squad pending a physical, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. This person requested anonymity because the signing has not been made official.

The team also tried out wide receivers Tony Logan and Terrence Toliver.

• Ryan was named the most overrated coach in the NFL, according to a poll released Monday by The Sporting News.

Ryan had 35 votes out of the 103 players who participated in the poll, which was more than double the amount of the second-place vote-getter, the Patriots’ Bill Belichick.

This is the second time this season a member of the Jets has landed unfavorably in a similar poll. Sanchez and Tim Tebow were named the two most overrated players in the NFL in an anonymous Sports Illustrated poll.

DeVito supported his coach, disavowing Ryan’s place atop the poll.

“I think Rex has done a great job on this team, especially my first couple of years with this team, and he’s turned it around,” DeVito said.

“I think most guys in the NFL would love to play for Rex Ryan.”

According to one anonymous AFC offensive player surveyed for the poll, this is the reason Ryan came out on top:

“Some of the things he does in front of the cameras are way over the top. You put that with the New York media and he has a pretty big reputation, I guess.

“I don’t even know if you’d call him overrated anymore because it’s going to be a couple of years since he was in the AFC finals. He’s pretty funny, and he’s a pretty good coach. But not THAT good.”

Conor Orr contritbuted to this report