JET NOTES

There is concern about Tom Tupa’s punting after his performance Sunday in Foxboro, but not enough that any changes are imminent.

Tupa, who before the Jets’ 10-3 win over the Patriots, had been out since last season with a sports hernia and then a sore hip flexor, simply wasn’t himself Sunday, averaging an uncharacteristic 35.4-yard gross and 28.3-yard net on nine punts.

Asked if he knows why the former Pro Bowl punter struggled, Herman Edwards said yesterday: “I don’t know. He hadn’t really punted in six months in a live situation. He was fine all week in practice, fine in warm-ups. He punted well. This [game] didn’t hurt us; we had good coverage. We expect him to bounce back this week.”

Asked if there’s any possibility of bringing the recently-departed Tommy Parks back, Edwards said, “Not at this point, no.”

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Edwards made an interesting point on the crushing blow that LB Mo Lewis delivered on Patriots’ QB Drew Bledsoe, knocking Bledsoe out of the game – reportedly for a couple of weeks.

“It was really smart of Mo, because he really, really could have hit him hard,” Edwards said. “That’s where you get into a gray area with the quarterback running. If Mo would have followed through with that hit he probably would have gotten penalized.”

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SS Victor Green suffered a contusion in his right quadriceps muscle late in the game. Punt and kick returner Chad Morton suffered a right ankle sprain and was to have an MRI on it late yesterday.

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Asked if emotion won the game, Curtis Martin said, “Before I use the word emotion I would say, will. Everyone was determined that we were coming off that field with a win. Our will to win was so strong you can’t believe it.”

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A handful of Jets players, including LBs Marvin Jones and James Darling, QB Chad Pennington and S Chris Hayes, will visit a New York City firehouse for lunch . . . Martin, LB James Farrior and special teamer Jason Glenn (CB Aaron Glenn’s brother)n each received a game ball from Edwards for their play Sunday.