Looking At The Jets 2009 Schedule

My Schedule Thoughts:

1. Why do the Jets play the Dolphins twice in the 4 games within the 2nd quarter of the season?

2. Yup...another trip to Oakland but that's predetermined. Still sucks.

3. Last 4 games of the season against Non-Divisional opponents. Some of the last games should be against your division.

4. Bye is in the perfect spot for once...right after 8 games.

5. I like having home games on either side of the Bye so basically they are in town from 10/26 (back from Oakland) thru 11/21 (leave for New England).

6. Having two straight home games on the Jewish Holiday weekends with the worst being a 4:15 game a few hours before Yom Kippur.

7. First game of the season is a winable game for once.

8. We play the Bills in Toronto so that is a Dome Game eliminating another cold weather game.

9. Two night games both on the road is fine with me as it's hard to wake up the next day for work when they are home.

Other Notes From The NFL:

A. Beginning in Week 2, the Jets will host the Patriots and Titans, and then travel to New Orleans. Follow that with back-to-back divisional matchups against the Dolphins and Bills, and the Jets will be relieved to see the Raiders in Oakland in Week 7.

B. The Jets won't have to worry about going 0-4 on the West Coast again this season. Their lone date out west is a Week 7 game in Oakland, reducing their travel miles significantly from last season, when they logged nearly 20,000 miles just traveling back and forth from East Coast to West Coast.

C. With the Jets and Giants set to move into a new stadium in 2010, the Jets will play the final regular-season game at Giants Stadium against the ... wait for it ... Cincinnati Bengals in Week 17.

D. The Jets will host a Titans team looking for payback in Week 3. Last season, the Jets went into Tennessee in Week 12 and snapped the Titans' league-high 10-game winning streak.

E. Rex Ryan's defense will get its first look at the Patriots' high-powered offense in Week 2. Eric Mangini may be gone to Cleveland, but there will be no love lost in one of the league's most bitter rivalries.