DE Randy Starks saves his best for the Jets. After four tackles, including a sack, in the first meeting, Starks again got the best of Pro Bowl guard Alan Faneca with two key stops on the Jets' final drive -- one a touchdown-saving ankle tackle of quarterback Mark Sanchez, who had an opening toward the end zone from the Jets' 9. He followed that with a 7-yard sack, the fourth straight game he has notched at least half a sack. 1//3/2009

Prosecutors have dropped felony charges against Starks stemming from a May traffic altercation with police. Court records show charges of aggravated battery were reduced Tuesday to the misdemeanor of culpable negligence. The original charge carried a possible prison sentence of five years, but misdemeanors usually do not result in jail time.
07/29/2009