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The Perfect Storm/Trainwreck/Disaster

sasilverandblack — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:20:11 +0000

The Jets are considered by many to be one of the sexy picks to head to the big game this year. And who could blame them? They have an up and coming young quarterback in Mark Sanchez who surprised a lot of people last year in leading his team to the AFC Championship Game. They have a promising running game consisting of the up and comer in Shonn Greene and the old vet in LaDainian Tomlinson who is looking to prove he’s got something left in the tank. They have improved their already solid receiving core of Braylon Edwards and Jerricho Cotchery with the additions of Santonio Holmes and the return of Laveraneus Coles. They have one of the best defenses in the league, if not the best, made up of quality players in Shaun Ellis, Kris Jenkins, and Jason Taylor. So they’re a shoe-in for the Super Bowl right?

In order to be a Super Bowl team, you need all of your guys to buy into a system, cooperate with one another, and possess the necessary communication skills in order to succeed. There’s one problem regarding the Jets, and that is one Sir Darrelle Revis.

Revis wishes to be treated like football royalty. He wants the max contract ever given to any player apparently and the Jets aren’t willing to dole out that kind of money. This guy cracks me up. Not only is he threatening to sit out an entire season, but he is willing to lose potential money he could be making if he had settled on his contract this season. What a joke.

Sanchez still needs to mature a bit. He is still quite raw as evidenced by his whopping 20 interceptions last year. That is one of the main reasons why I believe the Jets making the Super Bowl this year is a bit premature. The Jets will finish second in the AFC East behind the Patriots with a record of 10-6, good enough for a wild card berth.

By Josh Delp of the Sports Fan Blog Network

Jets Are Predicted to Win the AFC East

homerunheyer — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:23:25 +0000

The AFC East will have a new champion this season. The Patriots are no longer the team to beat in the division. Read on to see what team from the AFC East has a good chance of going to the Super Bowl.

1. New York Jets: The Jets may be the best team in all of football this season. The Jets had the best defense in the league last season, led by Darelle Revis, arguably the best cornerback in the game. The only problem is Revis is a holdout this season, not reporting to training camp. The Jets and Revis still haven’t come to terms on a new contract since he outperformed his previous contract. The Jets would be fools to let Revis slip away, they will give him what he wants or the Jets will not be nearly as good as they were last season defensively. On offense the Jets have improved a great deal. Mark Sanchez almost led the Jets to the Super Bowl last season with just one premier receiver in Braylon Edwards. Now the Jets have Laveranues Coles back for the third time after being traded away and Santonio Holmes. Holmes will be suspended for the first four games of the season, but that was alright with the Jets because they know he will help them in a big was once he’s back. To go along with their solid receiver corp. the Jets went out and got Ladanian Tomlinson. Tomlinson was thought to be washed up with the Chargers, but the Jets are taking a chance on him playing like everyone knows he can. If Tomlinson is anything like his younger self this season, the Jets will have by far the best team in the NFL. I think they will go 12-4 this season and wouldn’t be surprised to see them in the Super Bowl.

Click here to read the full article – By Eric Heyer of Sports Fan Blog Network

Taylor to join Jets’ defense

GameSetMatch — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:50:28 +0000

Linebacker Jason Taylor is leaving the Dolphins to play for the Jets, his agent, Gary Wichard, told the Miami Herald.

League sources told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter that Taylor — the NFL’s active sacks leader with 127½ — agreed to a two-year deal that could be worth as much as $3.75 million in the first year.

The Miami Herald reported that Taylor is tentatively scheduled to travel to the New York area on Wednesday to sign the contract.

Because of the Final Eight rules that restrict the Jets from signing Taylor for more in the first year than what Jay Feely received from leaving the Jets to join the Cardinals, Taylor will be on the Jets’ books for $1.75 million in 2010, but he could earn another $1.25 million to $2 million depending upon his performance.

Click here to read the full article – By of ESPNNewyork.com

2009 Jets… Better or Worse without Lord Favre?

boom — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:52:44 +0000

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

Caldwell pulls starters in third with 5-point lead; Jets rally for win

GameSetMatch — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:35:26 +0000

Peyton Manning and the rest of the Colts accepted Jim Caldwell’s plan. The hometown fans didn’t like the imperfect ending one bit.

With Manning and a handful of other key players standing on the sideline hoping to save the Colts (14-1) from yet another second-half deficit Sunday, Caldwell never gave them a chance.

The New York Jets ended the Colts’ pursuit of perfection and their NFL-record 23-game winning streak with a 29-15 victory that had fans serenading Lucas Oil Stadium with boos and Manning, the three-time MVP, offering support for his coach’s decision.

“Until any player in here is the head coach, you follow orders and you follow them with all of your heart,” Manning said. “That’s what we’ve done as players. We follow orders. Our orders were not to give up a turnover, not to give up a kick return for a touchdown. There’s not many games, under any circumstances, that you win when you have turnovers and give up a kick return for a touchdown.”

Click here to read the full article – By Associated Press of ESPN.com

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GameSetMatch — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:51:45 +0000

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Jets’ Sanchez donates hot dogs

GameSetMatch — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:01:35 +0000

New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez is trying to turn Hot Dog-Gate into an opportunity to help the less fortunate in New Jersey.

Sanchez has bought 500 hot dogs and 500 hamburgers, along with buns and rolls, through A&P supermarket, and donated them to the Community Soup Kitchen of Morristown, N.J.

Sanchez was the subject of criticism — and he later issued an apology — when he was caught on camera Sunday eating a hot dog on the sideline during the Jets’ 38-0 victory against the Raiders.

Click here to read the full article – By The Associated Press of ESPN.com

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Sanchez leads opportunistic Jets past Raiders 38-0

GameSetMatch — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:05:41 +0000

The demeanor of the two starting quarterbacks at the end of the game summed it all up.

Mark Sanchez was sneaking a hot dog on the New York Jets’ sideline, while JaMarcus Russell watched solemnly as backup Bruce Gradkowski finished up another blowout loss for the Oakland Raiders on the other.

The Jets achieved their goal of taking pressure off their rookie quarterback, forcing four turnovers and running for 316 yards in a 38-0 victory over the Raiders on Sunday.

“It makes it so easy on the offense when your defense is playing like that,” Sanchez said.

Click here to read the full article – By JOSH DUBOW of The Associated Press

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Jets suffer awful loss to lowly Bills, 16-13 in OT

rsanrel — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:39:09 +0000

They were eager to prove that what occurred six days earlier was an aberration, that it was just a slight hiccup.

The Jets weren’t feeling like big shots coming off that Monday Night Meltdown, but they were confident that they were going to get things turned around Sunday against the Bills, a team that was reeling and had dropped its previous eight contests against AFC East opponents. This was supposed to be their get-well game, with the Bills providing the perfect fodder to pound into submission and cure their ills.

Never happened, though, and now the Jets are the team that’s reeling after a 16-13 overtime loss. The Jets have dropped three straight since their season-opening three-game winning streak.

In a game in which the Jets had several chances to put Buffalo away, they made too many miscues and not enough plays, failing to step on the Bills’ throats despite the countless opportunities.

Ryan Lindell banged a 47-yard field goal through with 2:44 left in overtime – making amends for a 46-yard miss at the end of regulation – to put the finishing touches on a stinging loss that left the Jets searching for answers.

“It’s unfortunate,” linebacker Bart Scott said. “We knew that team was going to come out and play hard. We knew they were a competitive group. We let one get away, but we have to go back and reanalyze ourselves. We’ll find out a lot about ourselves. There will be a lot of things said, and deservedly so. We deserve every negative thing that’s being said about us.”

There’s going to be a lot of negative things said about the Jets’ golden rookie quarterback, who had a stinker of a game. Mark Sanchez was a turnover machine, whipping ill-advised passes around and never getting into any sustained rhythm. He threw five interceptions and finished with a quarterback rating of 8.3, completing 10 of 29 attempts for 119 yards.

Click here to read the full article – By RODERICK BOONE of NewsDay.com

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Jenkins’ injury may be serious

GameSetMatch — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:06:10 +0000

As bad as the loss to the Bills was yesterday, the Jets were dealt a debilitating blow when they lost nose tackle Kris Jenkins to a left knee injury that could be serious, according to coach Rex Ryan.

Jenkins, the heart of the Jets’ defense, went down in the second quarter when teammate Shaun Ellis appeared to fall on the back of his leg in a pile-up at the end of a running play.

Jenkins wasn’t available for comment after the game, but he was seen limping out of the locker room with his left knee heavily bandaged.

Click here to read the full article – By MARK CANNIZZARO of New York Post

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