The playoffs are a reality for the 2009 New York Jets. Yes, the PLAYOFFS! Forget the retiring and un-retiring of Brett Favre, forget the rookie quarterback and head coach, and yes, doubly forget about Mr Diva himself Tom Brady being 100% healthy. No matter what kind of odds Vegas stacked against them they are in.
Riddle me this bloggers, currently the Jets at 10-7 are moving on to face the equally hot San Diego Chargers in the 2009 Divisional round of the playoffs, while their AFC east rivals (the Patriots) were just knocked out after a thrashing on their home field by the 6th seed wild card Ravens.
This leads to the question are the Jets better off without Brett Favre? Defensive changes, Rex Ryan upgrade, Braylon Edwards, and other things aside, What do you think?
… A few numbers for you
2008 Jets
3516 – total passing yards
2004 – total rushing yards
5520 – Total Yards
2009 Jets
2596 – total passing yards
2756 – total rushing yards
5352 – Total Yards
As part of the new ball-security program installed to help out Mark Sanchez, Rex Ryan invited Joe Girardi to the Jets’ practice at Florham Park to show the rookie quarterback how to slide.
The Jets are pretty adept at sliding. They’ve been doing it since Week 4.
OK that was a gratuitous cheap shot. But having Girardi come over to practice was a pretty good idea because Sanchez needs as much help as he can get down the stretch.
Girardi, who deftly guided the Yankees to a World Series championship this season, also took some time out to address the Jets on being champions. Cornerback Darrelle Revis said he took away something from the pep talk.
“Unity,” he said.
Good. The Jets won’t fall apart as they go hand-in-hand to … nowhere this season.
Girardi’s pep talk and his teaching Sanchez to hook slide are a little too late to help the Jets this season. They aren’t going to the playoffs because they don’t have what it takes to run the table, which is what they have to do to have a chance. Hopefully Sanchez will retain the fundamentals of sliding and won’t get decapitated this year and will be a much better quarterback for it next season.
Click here to read the full article – By Tim Smith of New York Daily News
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