Jets / Bills Time Change

The New York Jets-Buffalo Bills game at the Meadowlands on Sunday, December 10 will kickoff at 4:15 PM ET on CBS, the NFL announced Monday. Additionally, the League also moved Week 14's New Orleans Saints-Dallas Cowboys start time to 8:15 PM ET and that match-up will be televised on NBC.

The NFL is implementing for the first time this year a "flexible scheduling" element on Sundays in Weeks 10-15 and in Week 17. Flexible scheduling will ensure quality matchups in all NFL Sunday time slots in those weeks and give teams a chance to play their way onto primetime and into the late-afternoon 4:15 PM ET time slot on CBS and FOX.

For each of the flexible scheduling weeks with the exception of Week 17, the NFL will announce the start times of games on Sundays no later than 12 days prior to that weekend. To ensure a Sunday night game and doubleheader games with playoff implications in Week 17, the flexible scheduling decision for that Sunday may be made on six days notice.

Jets Smack Texans

Houston, we have a problem. The Jets just kicked your asses.

In a MUST win game, the Jets did just exactly that. I first have to tip my camp to Mike Nugent who knocked in 4 field goals with the biggest of all being a 54 yarder to extend the small lead at that time. And he didn't just kick the ball. He made a nice tackle on special teams.

Chad was much better after a few off weeks. He was throwing all over the field with some nice deep passes to C&C - Coles and Cotchery - both whom had over 100 yards receiving. We didn't run great but had the yards when we needed to get them. Chad had a clutch 1st down on a 4th an inches in their own territory, a balsy call by Mangini.

The defense was solid picking off Carr and keeping the run game in tact. The defensive player of the game had to be Kerry Rhodes who had a pick and some nice tackles.

But, it was a team effort. How can you complain with 0 interceptions and 0 fumbles on offense and only one penality in the game and that didn't happen until about 4 minutes remaining. Gotta love that.

Well, we are 6-5, who would have believed. Now, the last 5 opponents have losing records so they are winable games. How nice would 11-5 be? It should only happen.

Bears Eat Jets

I didn't see the game as I was in Florida but one blown tackle and a stupid on-sides kick was basically what cost us the game !

Playoffs?

After the Bears game this weekend, the Jets do not face another team with a winning record. Right now we are 5-4. Let's say we lose to the Bears, if we win out against teams we should beat, that gives us 11 wins. Holy Crap !

The Missed Extra Point

Missed Extra Point From 1979 Comes Back To Haunt Jets
November 2, 2006 Onion Sports

CLEVELAND— Jets head coach Eric Mangini blamed "a lack of attention to detail" and the "long shadow of our franchise's historical mistakes" for Sunday's poor showing against the Browns, noting that a long-lamented missed PAT from 1979 had finally had enough of a negative effect to cause a Jets loss. "I remember when Frank Gifford was calling that game, he said that missed extra point would cost us later on," said Mangini, who said an underperforming offense was also a minor factor. "I mean, I was only 8, and the Jets beat the Dolphins 33-17, but I knew it was just a matter of time." Jets quarterback Chad Pennington said he had also felt the 27-year-old miss hanging over his head, particularly during the fourth quarter of the game and the late 1990s.

Jets Beat Pats...Finally !

On Saturday Night, Mangini showed the Jets a tape of Cassius Clay's historic upset over Sonny Liston in 1964.

They said it would be impossible. The Patriots rarely lose at home. They NEVER lose 2 games in a row, uhhh, 57 games to be exact since they lost 21 in a row and that was in 2002 to, yes, our New York Jets ! Everything was favoring another Patriots win. Jets usually suck after a bye week. Jets usually suck in the rain. Jets usually sucks in New England. Jets have lost 7 straight games to the Pats. The Jets defense is ranked #31 out of 32 teams in the league.

And guess what? We came. We saw. We kicked their ass! Well, maybe not an ass kicking but a win is a win is a win.

How about the defense keeping Brady and Company out of the endzone for the first 56 minutes of the game. I loved the defensive strategy. Blitz, blitz,and blitz again. The blitzing forced two turnovers and we registered 4 sacks, a season high. However, the was one situation where we got screwed. Brady was throwing the ball as Hobson squashed him to the ground. We picked off the ball and they called us for a roughing the passer penality. This was around the 3rd questionable call this year on roughing the passer which went against us. How the hell is the linebacker suppossed to know that Brady released the ball. We went from having the ball in great field position to the Pats having the ball in nice field position. This rule needs to be looked at again in the off season. What a joke. Anyway, 14 of our points came off of the turnovers so hats off to the defense. And with Brady driving, they tried the fake spike play that the Jets did not fall for. That would have made me barf if that had happened.

I thought one of the great plays of the game was a pooch punt by Pennington (first of his career) putting the ball deep and not kicking it into the endzone. Loved that call.

The offense looked decent. Leon Washington had some difficulty running in the mud but Barlow stepped up his game and ran for a season high 75 yards including a huge 3rd down run to keep the clock ticking in the 4th. Chad looked decent and completed the balls that he needed to including two floaters to the sideline that were perfect for a nice gain on 1st down. But, the play of the game had to be the ball that Chad lofted into the endzone that Cotchery snagged in the air for a touchdown putting us up by 11.

However, the Defense had a brain fart allowing Brady to walk down the field in 31 seconds for a touchdown as well as a 2 pt conversion to bring them within 3 points. Luckily, we ate up some nice time on the clock even though we had to punt it away. The defense held their own this time with a sack to seal the game !

I loved the Mangini / Belechick handshake after the game as Belechicken couldn't even look Mangini in the face. What a dick.

Bring on DA BEARS !