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 !
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