What started as a great week eroded very quickly when we learned that Braylon Edwards was arrested for DUI in Manhattan early Tuesday morning. The Jets as a team pulled off what was the most impressive win for the franchise since they beat Tennessee a few years ago. Enough of that it's Friday and in the NFL, you don't get to enjoy the wins too long. Because its back to business on Wednesday morning. Enough on that.
What I don't understand is all the sanctimonious B.S. coming from the fans this week about how #17 should be suspended, traded, released or crucified. These are the same idiots that have been known to be notorious drinkers themselves sitting in the parking lot on Sunday mornings drinking until they are falling over themselves to get into the stadium. Then at halftime you'll find them taunting women to flash them for amusement because the action on the field isn't enough to satify the cro-magnon appitites. Oh and lest we forget the antics at the Gate C ramp and poor stooges who play the game of cat and mouse; trying to grab as much coin as they could before the rain of beer came pouring down. These are the fans who are calling talk radio stations outraged by Mr. Edwards actions and very bad judgement... .16 of bad judgement!
The lynch mob, who are too stoo-pid to realize the organization are limited in what they can do to punish thier players because the league, collective bargaining agreement and the NFLPA have guidlines on how this can be handled. If the Jets suspended the player, the Players Association flies a grievance and wins the case. The league will handle this as a first substance offense and levy a fine. The Jets are in a no win situation. I don't like the way the organization handled this situation, Woody looks like he put his head in the sand, and Rex looks like dean Wormer from fabled Faber College.
The best comment came from WFAN's Joe Beningo, all he cares about is what the Jets do on Sunday afternoon. If Edwards can be part of the reason the team gets to play in the last game in February it's all good. That's what we pay for and that's why we root. If Braylon Edwards catches 2 or 3 touchdown passes this Sunday and the Jets win, fans will be raising a glass to him and all will be forgotten. If Edwards drops one pass, the boo birds will be out early.
The Jets know that they are built to win now! Win at all costs, that's what the fans want; that's what the organization wants, damn the cost and destruction along the way.
If the Jets can get past the distraction of this week and win in South Florida, they could go on a nice little run with Buffalo up next and a shaky Minnesota after that.
BTW... did the Giant fan who tried to upstage Fireman Ed last month really file a lawsuit against the sixth member of the Village People for "simple assult" because he got bumped? Is the Giants defense taking a cue from its fans... I knew it was soft, but I didn't think it was that soft.
Is Westoff still railing Clowney for not making any contact on Special Teams last week... why didn't we bring Coles back?
David Harris is the most underrated linebacker in the league...
Nice to see Vern on the stat sheet two weeks in a row...
Jason Taylor brought the pain to end the Patriot's game. Maybe Tom Brady should provide more bullitin board material...
Has Ted Ginn been seen in Miami this week? Because the fins haven't found thier offense yet...
The Dolphins will force the ball to Brandon Marshall, and Cromartie will be tested for 60 minutes. Let's see which Cro shows up the game one overmatched CB or the I can cover Randy Moss mano-a-mano defender.
Weeb calls for the Jets 17-10.
Friday, September 24, 2010
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Take II
I'm just ending another session with my 'shrink' after witnessing what was possibly the worst performance by the Jets offense, ever. I've seen them shutout and play better than they did this past Monday night. Yes, even under the tutilage of Rich Kotite, I have never seem this team play worse with the ball. It was like watching a ballet... Painful and yes, I fell asleep in the middle of it!
What went wrong? You talked all off season, you talked all preseason. Whenever there was an opportunity for a headline you took it. You painted a huge bullseye on your logo with the swagger and Hard Knocks mini series. Did you think teams don't want to come out and punch you in the face you're mistaken? When T.O. and OchoCinco think you trash talking too much, you know your talking too much... Rex how does your team not come out of the locker room ready to 'ground and pound' on national television and in your 'new' home opener. Matt Slausson looked overmatched by Ngata all night. I'm glad you didn't put in Ducasse, because Sanchez would have been injured.
And let's talk about Sanchez. Fans are starting to talk about body language and the look of fear he had in his eyes before the game. Hey, he had a poor preseason in limited action and did not play at all in the last preseason game. So, realistically he hadn't played in a real game against guys with different color shirts on, who want to get after it in almost two weeks. He needs to use the tools that he has to make plays and win games. The Jets have enough to win. If you are lining up with Keller, Edwards, Cotchery and LT, you got some options to be unpredicable on offense and take pressure off your signal caller. Wake up Schotty and understand what you have to work with. If you are always telling the kid to go through his progressions and check down, he'll never throw the ball downfield out of fear of what happened to him last year. He'll always make the safe throw. You cant wait for Santonio Holmes to arrive to stretch the field. If Sanchez doesn't understand the offense, then do what Dan Henning did with Vinny "The Great" in 1998, draw up the plays and direct him to where the ball should be thrown based on the defensive you see. It's like color by number. Take five steps back, throw the ball to the right flag...
Either way I believe the Jets are still sleepwalking... Pats 35- Jets 13. The Jets give up a touchdown on special teams and Sanchez panics and gives up a pick six trying to make a play that's not there.
Sorry Jets fans... gonna have to dig out of an early hole.
What went wrong? You talked all off season, you talked all preseason. Whenever there was an opportunity for a headline you took it. You painted a huge bullseye on your logo with the swagger and Hard Knocks mini series. Did you think teams don't want to come out and punch you in the face you're mistaken? When T.O. and OchoCinco think you trash talking too much, you know your talking too much... Rex how does your team not come out of the locker room ready to 'ground and pound' on national television and in your 'new' home opener. Matt Slausson looked overmatched by Ngata all night. I'm glad you didn't put in Ducasse, because Sanchez would have been injured.
And let's talk about Sanchez. Fans are starting to talk about body language and the look of fear he had in his eyes before the game. Hey, he had a poor preseason in limited action and did not play at all in the last preseason game. So, realistically he hadn't played in a real game against guys with different color shirts on, who want to get after it in almost two weeks. He needs to use the tools that he has to make plays and win games. The Jets have enough to win. If you are lining up with Keller, Edwards, Cotchery and LT, you got some options to be unpredicable on offense and take pressure off your signal caller. Wake up Schotty and understand what you have to work with. If you are always telling the kid to go through his progressions and check down, he'll never throw the ball downfield out of fear of what happened to him last year. He'll always make the safe throw. You cant wait for Santonio Holmes to arrive to stretch the field. If Sanchez doesn't understand the offense, then do what Dan Henning did with Vinny "The Great" in 1998, draw up the plays and direct him to where the ball should be thrown based on the defensive you see. It's like color by number. Take five steps back, throw the ball to the right flag...
Either way I believe the Jets are still sleepwalking... Pats 35- Jets 13. The Jets give up a touchdown on special teams and Sanchez panics and gives up a pick six trying to make a play that's not there.
Sorry Jets fans... gonna have to dig out of an early hole.
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Hard Knocks and Harder Lessons
10 days away from kick-off on Monday night 9/13 and the Jets have yet to re-sign thier best player, Derrelle Revis! The Jets created this situation, and now they must deal with it... Last season we heard coach Rex, proclaim to the world that his CB was the best defensive player, er the best player in the league. When that messege continues to goes out to the world for 18 weeks, that becomes currency in the land of opportunity. The Jets were successful last season because they had a player that closed half the field off for opponents. That allows Rex to send 6 and sometimes 7, against 5. Without Revis he will not have that luxury. Cromartie is a very capable player, but his San Diego teammates questioned his dedication and willingness to be physical... that's something Rex and his assistants demand. The rookie looks to be quite talented, but he's still a greenhorn. And as we witnessed from the four preseason games, there isn't much depth in the secondary. Mr. T and Woody... if you think you can get to Dallas in February with this team without number 24, you may be waking up sometime in October with an o-fer. There are no gimmes when you paint a target on your back! Rex wants the expectation to be high, well it is. The guys that line up against you get paid too!
Watching the mini-series, "Hard Knocks" Training camp with the New York Jets, I can't help but thinking that this is a weekly info-mercial to buy PSL's and season tickets. On the critical side, it seems like all 'reality' tv over-produced, too scripted and contrived. Oh and if Mr. T and Woody spent as much time working on the Revis negotiations as they have vying for camera time. The kid would have been in camp three weeks ago.
Woody walks around like he's coaching the team and the only guy with more fire than the head coach is special teams coach, Mike Westoff. Funny when he threatened to cut a kid from the team right on the field during practice. Westoff, who by the way, should have been cut on the field during the Miami game when Ted Ginn made the Jets special teams unit seem not special at all, as a matter of fact inept. Hey, who actually went out to get the cheeseburgers that the players were eating during practice.
Some preseason observations:
Watching the mini-series, "Hard Knocks" Training camp with the New York Jets, I can't help but thinking that this is a weekly info-mercial to buy PSL's and season tickets. On the critical side, it seems like all 'reality' tv over-produced, too scripted and contrived. Oh and if Mr. T and Woody spent as much time working on the Revis negotiations as they have vying for camera time. The kid would have been in camp three weeks ago.
Woody walks around like he's coaching the team and the only guy with more fire than the head coach is special teams coach, Mike Westoff. Funny when he threatened to cut a kid from the team right on the field during practice. Westoff, who by the way, should have been cut on the field during the Miami game when Ted Ginn made the Jets special teams unit seem not special at all, as a matter of fact inept. Hey, who actually went out to get the cheeseburgers that the players were eating during practice.
Some preseason observations:
- The Jets drafted the next Blair Thomas in RB McKnight
- Tomlinson and Brunell can still get after it
- Sanchez will take a step back this year
- When Santonio Holmes is on the field with Edwards and Cotchery, it will become very exciting to watch
- Laverneous Coles will be back with the Jets
- The defense will sputter without Pace and Revis
- I'm still not buying Jason Taylor being a factor
- John Conner will make a play to win a game this year
- Braylon Edwards will be a Pro-Bowl player this year
- The Jets finish 9-7...
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