THIS is what the Jets envisioned back in September when their bodies were healthy and optimism was high. Ty Law would make interceptions and John Abraham would turn quarterbacks into rag dolls. The defense would create turnovers, the offense would capitalize and the formula would lead them to the playoffs, maybe even a Super Bowl.

Of course, that was before a blizzard of injuries ruined all those plans, leaving the Jets with a skeleton of a team that had lost seven straight before enjoying a taste of what might have been.

Against the feeble Raiders yesterday at the Meadowlands, Law set up the Jets’ second score with an interception, Abraham collected two game-turning sacks and the Jets defense forced four turnovers in a 26-10 triumph that allowed everyone in green to exhale and smile.

Two sacks and two forced fumbles by Abraham on consecutive Raider possessions in the third quarter gave the Jets momentum for good. The first setup a field goal, the other, their lone touchdown of game for a 19-3 lead that was never threatened.

“I got lucky on the second one,” said Abraham, who twice blew past the Raiders offensive line and stripped the ball from quarterback Marques Tuiasosopo. “The first time, I felt like I was going to get it. But the second time, I kind of fell into it.”

After what the Jets and Abraham have been through, they deserved some good fortune. Minutes before game time, Abraham looked up and saw Curtis Martin still in his street clothes and knew his star running back was the latest victim of the Jets’ injury plague that has no remedy. “It’s the first time I’ve seen him on a Sunday not playing,” Abraham said.

If anyone knows how Martin felt yesterday, it is Abraham, who has battled his own injury demons. A sprained knee caused him to miss the final four games of the regular season last year and the playoffs against the Chargers. A groin injury limited him to seven games in 2003.

He had to listen while some called him injury-prone and sometimes worse. Now he sees his teammates suffering through what he went through. Funny, how the guy who couldn’t stay on the field is one of the last Jets standing.

“It’s frustrating to see my teammates go through what I went through the last couple of years because it’s something you can’t control,” he said. “A lot people are like, ‘John Abraham can’t stay healthy.’ I can’t control that. I can control how I play. I can control getting sacks. I can control playing the run. But I can’t control getting hurt.”

Abraham and the Jets were in full control yesterday. They limited the Raiders to 68 yards rushing yards, if you take a way a 27-yard gain on a crazy reverse. They generated six sacks and helped the offense score 19 points off turnovers.

“For me,” Abraham said, “it’s like a field day. It’s time for me to go get my money. So that’s what I did.”

Abraham credited the defense’s performance to a spirited week of practice where the unit rededicated itself after not creating a turnover in the two previous games.

“A team being 2-10, sometimes it’s time for them to separate,” Abraham said. “A lot people start worrying about what they’re doing next year. But nobody’s worrying about the off-season here. Everybody’s worrying about these last three games. We’re trying to win these last three games. We’re not just going out here trying to give people a good show. We’re trying to win.”

Maybe the Jets find some magic over these last three games against the Dolphins, Patriots and Bills. At least, they’ll have yesterday, and a win over the Raiders, to remind them of what might have been.