Crash & Burn

It was a typical Jets loss. The fans were pumped. The team had momentum. It was a divisional matchup. The game was home. The opponent did not have a great record. It was a winable game. We were in a 5 way tie for 2 wildcard spots. The Patriots had lost. Kansas City had lost. And now the Jets were ready to blow a season again.

I don't understand why this team can't naturally pump itself up for a game of this magnitude. For all intensive purposes, this was a playoff game and we played it like it was a preseason game.

How can we let their injured running back torch us for a 59 yard run, puke his brains out on the sideline, and then rack up an additional 70 yards for the game? How can we let some QB that no one ever heard of until this year throw and 80 yard bomb for a TD and then have Chad throw an interception that leads to an TD with both of these events happening in a 1 minute span shortly before half time?

And what drives me bananas is that in the 3rd quarter, we are only 8 points down. It's 4th an 1 on the Bills 38 yard line and instead of going for it, they take a delay of game penality and punt...into the freggin endzone for a net of 18 yards. What happened to Mangini's balls? He said after the game that they were gonna go for it and snap the ball quickly but the officials didn't put the ball down quick enough. Ya know what? Still freggin try it. It's a half of a yard. And if you don't get it, at least you tried but that's surely better than punting the ball in the endzone.

Oh, and a Pennington fumble lead to another touchdown for the Bills. These 5 plays were the difference in the game. Actually, we couldn't stop the run. We didn't get enough pass rush going. Our pass protection sucks. We couldn't run or throw the ball. Our special teams stunk. And the coaching sucked ass.

This was a game we needed to win. Now, it will take a miracle to get in and ya know what? We don't deserve it. Good teams don't lose a game like we lost on Sunday. A good team comes out and squshes a team like the Bills. We played with some heart early having a 10-7 lead but that heart stopped beating.