AOL

It's easy to forget there was a Bill Belichick era in New York Jets history.



Sure, he was on Bill Parcells' staff, but when the tenured coach retired in 1999, Belichick was also his successor.

And that era lasted all of one day.

AOL's "2 Point Lead" took a look back at those 24 hours in honor of the Jets-New England Patriots meeting this Sunday, detailing just how much that resignation letter written shorthand on a napkin still stings for fans 15 years later.

[AOL]