Two of the biggest stories of the 2008 season are the undefeated Tennessee Titans and Brett Favre’s move to the rejuvenated New York Jets. The Titans look to stay perfect and Favre is poised to set a few personal milestones Sunday, when the Jets travel to Nashville to face the streaking Titans in the NFL Matchup of the Week.

The 7-3 Jets have been nearly as unbeatable as Tennessee of late, winning six of their last seven games to storm to the top of the AFC East. After scoring 81 points the last two weeks in victories over St. Louis and New England, the Jets are averaging 28.9 points per game -- the second-highest average in team history. Only the Super Bowl-winning team in 1968, directed by Joe Namath, posted a higher average (29.9).

The Jets’ points-per-game average has jumped by 12.1 points over last season. That’s the sixth-largest increase from one year to the next by a team since the 1970 NFL-AFL merger. The points have been piling up as Favre has thrown 12 TD passes during New York’s 6-1 surge, and his next scoring toss will be the 500th touchdown of his career, regular season and postseason combined.

Favre needs to throw for two touchdowns to reach 20 for the season. If he connects twice against the Titans, he would become the first quarterback in history to throw at least 20 TD passes in 14 seasons. Favre has surpassed Hall of Famer Dan Marino in nearly every passing category, and he would jump ahead of the former Miami quarterback for 20-TD seasons with a pair of scores Sunday.

While generally throwing shorter passes in the Jets’ offensive scheme, Favre has completed 69.8 percent of his pass attempts in 2007, the highest completion percentage of his 18-year career. On Sunday he’ll face a Titans defense that has given up the fewest points in the league.

In particular, Tennessee has excelled defensively against the pass, recording 15 interceptions and 28 sacks, totals that rank second and sixth in the NFL, respectively. The Titans, who have 10 sacks in the last three weeks, have allowed just five passing touchdowns all season.

The Titans defense has allowed more than 17 points in a game only once this season. That was in a 31-21 win over division rival Indianapolis in a Monday night affair on Oct. 27. The Jets have been good for 81 points combined the last two weeks, but Tennessee’s defensive unit could be bolstered this week by the return of two injured starters, DE Kyle Vanden Bosch and CB Nick Harper.

The Jets may prove to be Tennessee’s toughest challenge over the next few weeks, as the Titans will face Detroit, Cleveland and Houston before closing out the season against the Steelers and Colts.

Titans QB Kerry Collins has been consistently productive all season long. He’s thrown just four interceptions and has been sacked only five times. Four of those sacks have been in the last three weeks, but Collins has thrown five TD passes with just one interception in beating Green Bay, Chicago and Jacksonville. This week, he goes up against a Jets defense that ranks third in the league with 34 sacks.

Sunday’s matchup features two veteran quarterbacks enjoying fine seasons, and a pair of defensive units that have been hard on QBs all season long. It may be a preview of a second go-round in January’s AFC playoffs.