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:

• 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...