Close But No Cigar

No one gave the Jets a chance. And, the scary part was that we almost pulled it off. The game started out with us spotting the Colts 7 points on a fumble and you can't spot this team any points. After a pretty pathetic first quarter, the team came alive having a nice drive for a TD to tie up the game. Then, Mangini dropped his pants and let his balls out. To keep the momentum, they called for an on-sides kick. And miraculously, they recovered. What a set of balls it takes to make that call. We then walk down the field again for a TD to take a lead. It figures that we'd give it back to them but being tied with the 3-0 Colts at the half was somewhat satisfying.

The part of the game that pissed me off was that we had the ball 1st and 7 from the 7 and instead of kicking a field goal on 4th down and getting points to extend the lead, they went for it despite having a WEAK running game. Even worse, they called a pass play and Chad made his first huge mistake in 120 tries, he threw a pick in the endzone. OUCH. That hurt. I think Mangini's balls got too big for his pants.

The Colts started to get it together and we had NO pass rush for much of the game. You can't let Manning have as much time as he did. It figures he walks down the field and gets a TD. However, a bull shit call set up the TD when they called pass interference on Justin Miller. What a crap call.

Miller was definitely pissed off. He was so pissed that he took the kick off for 103 yards for a Touchdown to give the Jets a lead. However, he scored too fast as the Colts now had the ball and drove right down the field for a TD leaving the Jets with only 50 seconds on the clock.

Now, another Mangini mistake was giving a Rookie, Leon Washington, the chore of handling the kick off as he believed Miller was too tired. So, Washington muffs the kick and we have to now start with the ball on our own 2 yard line. Huge mistake. After a few passes, there is 8 seconds left and time for one last play. Yup...it was flea flicker time. There were 8 different LEGAL flea flickers on this play and we got as close as the 27 yard line. It would have been insane but we fell short as we did in our home opener. Another heartbreaking loss against a team that people said we didn't belong on the field with.

So, we are now 2-2 and our losses are to the Pats and the Colts, both in the final mintues of the game. Hmmmmm...maybe we aren't as bad as the writers say we are. Maybe we are a stud pash rusher away from being a quality team. When Chad is healthy, the offense can move the ball. So, maybe a little more D and we are right there with these "elite" teams.

Don't get me wrong, I'm still pissed as we had a chance to win. I wish we had broken that sissy boy (Peyton's) legs !