Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Jets: A Poetic Recap Of The 2010 Season
We lost last year to the Colts in the Championship Game,
And in the second half collapse, the defense was to blame,
We kept the staff in tact; there was no canning,
But we needed a person on defense to help stop Manning,
After giving the middle finger in route to a Super Bowl Party,
Rex and Co. went out and signed Cromartie,
The Steelers wanted Santonio Holmes out the door,
Sanchez had surgery on his knee,
And ready for training camp he promised to be,
So for a 5th round pick that’s who we traded for,
Our clutch kicker we released, so I had to say “Really?”
And out the door went our beloved jay Feely,
We signed Jason Taylor who we all did hate,
But now he was in green and a Jets teammate,
Releasing Thomas Jones and Fanaca was odd in an uncapped year,
And this was a move that all Jets fans would fear,
The Chargers dumped L.T. so he was on the move,
And came to the Jets with something to prove,
We drafted Wilson, Ducasse, Conner, and McKnight,
And hoped these new toys would fit in just right,
Rex started in Cortland saying we are ground and pound,
And on the ESPN Bus, he wrote “Super Bowl Bound.”
We had training camp taped for “Hard Knocks” on HBO,
And Tony Dungy didn’t like Rex’s cursing, as we all know,
There was one more thing, and without a doubt,
That there had to be a happy ending to the Revis holdout,
Love the extensions signed by Mangold and D’Brick,
But getting rid of Rhodes and Leon Washington made me feel a bit sick,
Rex said, “Hey, it’s all cool.”
And went out and signed Brodney Pool,
The season drew close, the new stadium did not sell out,
And the PSL’s all fans could live without,
The pre-season was boring but also just fine,
Except for Joe McKnight and puking on the sideline,
The holdout continued, I wished things would be fine,
After a failed attempt to sign Revis, at the Liberty Diner,
And just before the regular season, the holdout did end,
But I still am not sure, which side did bend,
But not in game shape and before you could blink,
A lingering hamstring problem for Revis really did stink,
Santonio Holmes was suspended for the first four,
So we would have to wait a month to see this offense soar,
The New Meadowland Stadium opening on Monday Night,
The battle vs. the Ravens was our first fight,
After the first few plays, I wish I could give you a reason,
But now Kerry Jenkins was done again for the entire season,
This was not what I was expecting on how the season begun,
We lost 10-9, a sad loss by one,
Harassing reporter Ines Sainz in the locker room,
This young season was starting to spell doom,
And now faced the Patriots for a must-win game,
If we got off to a bad start, the Jets could have caved,
But we thrashed the Pats and the season was saved,
Braylon Edwards then had a DWI,
What the hell are you doing you stupid guy,
The Jets then flew down to play the fish,
And Jason Taylor got his big wish,
Jason nailed their quarterback to record a sack,
And the Dolphins fell short of their comeback,
It was almost as if the Jets were doing practice drills,
As we then put the spanking, on the Bills,
With no Jenn Sterger anywhere in sight,
Brett Favre came to the Meadowlands and put up a good fight,
Favre and the Vikings staged a fourth quarter rally,
But Dwight Lowery’s pick for a TD added to our tally,
Men are from Mars, Women from Venus,
Hope Sanchez learned from Favre, not to text his penis,
Then a comeback at Denver staged by you know who,
Throw a ball to Holmes for pass interference at the two,
LT then had a touchdown, a two yard run,
This is a game I’m not sure how we won,
At 5-1, I was hoping we wouldn’t crack,
Until we ran into the Pack,
This loss on Halloween was a complete bore,
With so many dropped balls and could not score,
Then in Detroit, another miracle was in store,
When Sanchez hits Holmes in OT to set up the game winning score,
At the midpoint of the season, the Jets were 6-2,
And there was a lot of work left for this team to do,
The Jets almost blew a game to Cleveland at the end of regulation,
But there would be no Browns standing ovation,
With the game looking like it would be a tie,
Sanchez hits Holmes for the TD on the fly,
The Jets may have found this magical fourth quarter comeback code,
Becoming the first team to ever win back to back OT games on the road,
Against the Texans, the fourth quarter magic continued some more,
After blowing the lead, we won with a really late score,
And since beating the Bengals twice last year,
This victory was a game that we really didn’t fear,
Before the MNF game against the Patriots, we were 9-2,
This game was so big, I didn’t know what to do,
In practice, Jim Leonhard, broke his leg,
It could be the reason why the Jets were about to lay an egg,
The Jets didn’t now what to do as well,
As they were murdered 45-3…what the hell,
You heard me right, I said forty five to three,
One of the worst losses ever in Jets history,
After they got home, they buried the game ball,
A funeral they had, no talking about it at all,
Against the Dolphins, we were hoping for a rebound,
But mistakes led to a loss on our home ground,
We also took another fall,
When Sal Alosi built the “Human Wall,”
We had to go into Pittsburgh to stop the bleeding,
A Brad Smith kickoff return to start the game, and the Jets were leading,
The defense held them on the last drive,
A win against the Steelers, the dream was still alive,
Rex Ryan and wife, in foot fetish video,
All I could say, is “wow, oh no!”,
Then in Chicago, the Jets let this one slip away,
But we did clinch a playoff spot that day,
The finale against the Bills was the best
And still be them bad giving starters some rest,
Rex said it was time to get Manning, started talking smack,
The team talked too and had Rex Ryan’s back,
The good thing about our playoff opponent was that it wouldn’t be windy,
And we were off to the indoors to seek revenge on Indy,
I thought we blew the game with a minute to go,
Until Sanchez came out and put on a show,
With no timeouts, Mark was ready to sail,
This year in Indy we would not fail,
He drove us close for and in came Nick,
Who booted the field goal for the winning kick,
Now off to New England who spanked the Jets bad,
It was personal claimed Rex Ryan,
And there was no way he’d leave Gillette Stadium cryin,
Then Cromartie took it one step further in the Jets/Pats Bowl,
By letting the world know that Brady’s an A-hole,
An inspirational speech by Dennis Byrd,
The Jets took in every single word,
The Jets had the game plan and the Patriots were shocked,
Back to the Championship Game; we just really rocked,
Two wins in the books and one more to go,
A rematch in Pittsburgh was the theme of the show,
Everything was quiet, with minimal trash talk,
This would come down to who could walk the walk,
We were 60 minutes from the Super Bowl,
And before I could get excited, were in a 7-0 hole,
The defense couldn’t tackle, they were flat as could be,
And at the end of the half, it was Twenty Four to three,
The worst half of football, I had ever seen,
That the hell happened to our beloved Gang Green,
The second half they began to play,
The first half they should have played the same way,
We came out of the half and scored on the first drive,
Only down fourteen points, we were now alive,
With Sanchez digging in his nose, a booger he got,
And on Brunell’s jacket, he wiped his snot,
Another long drive, and down to the one,
Three plays later, points we got none,
A safety for two, a touchdown for seven,
Could we stage this comeback and make it to heaven,
Pitt had the ball, we needed a stop,
The Defense had chances, but they really did flop,
Ben took a knee, the dream had died,
Pissed off, frustrated, I nearly cried,
First Manning, then Brady, but failed on Big Ben,
I can’t believe we have to start the journey all over again.
You can’t play just one half to win a game,
So many things; who do you blame,
Despite labor issues and roster spots, the will be back,
For that elusive Super Bowl, please, one more crack,
We lost two AFC Championships in a row but have no fear,
Cause Rex said we are gonna win it all next year.
- Kevin "Bird" Harrison
West Orange, NJ
Monday, January 24, 2011
Jets Flop
Depressed. Disgusted. Disappointed. Those are three D’s I got right now. That’s a lot more D than the Jets had last night in the first half.
Championship Games don’t come around often. There was well over a decade wait between the Mud Bowl and the Debacle in Denver. Then, we had to wait over a decade again for the collapse against the Colts.
So, defying the law of averages, we didn’t have to wait over a decade; the Jets were back in the AFC Championship and for their 3rd AFC Championship Game, they only played thirty minutes of football.
This one was much different. The Jets were winning against the Broncos and the Colts and fell apart in the second half. This time, they didn’t play at all in the first quarter until that last drive to get three points on the board.’
This game as a disaster from the start letting the Steelers run right down the field for an almost 10 minute, 18 play drive, resulting in a touchdown. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. They were running like the Jets didn’t even exist. The running defense has been one of the strong parts of the team and the way we were manhandled was shocking. Things were looking as bad as the Monday Night Massacre in New England a few weeks ago.
One of the big issues I had was deferring and giving the ball to the Steelers. That was basically a message saying that we want the ball to start the second half because we are going to be playing from behind and want the ball later rather than now. Why would you give the opposition the ball first when on the road in a hostile environment? You take the ball Rex.
I’m not going to blame Sanchez on this loss. Yeah, he fumbled the ball on a questionable call to give them more points in the first half but this guy was standing back there to try and make things happen offensively when the defense wasn’t holding up their end of the bargain.
The Eric Smith personal foul for 15 yards was a complete joke on 3rd down. The officials are protecting players way too much. How is Eric Smith supposed to know that the ball wasn’t caught. He was trying to hit a receiver to jolt the ball loose and not looking whether the ball was caught or not. That was a bad call.
I also hate the NFL rule of not being able to touch the punter. We came so close to blocking a punt and grazed their punter’s foot. Come on. That shouldn’t be a penalty. That’s like the same as a turnover. Maybe, if anything, it could be a five yard penalty, but to call a personal foul for a play like that? That needs to be addressed by the league. This is tackle football; not two-hand touch.
Brian Schottenheimer needs to take a lot of credit for this loss. We started the first drive with Santonio Holmes on the bench. Wasn’t this the old Steelers’ Super Bowl MVP who was probably the hungriest person on the Jets and to have him on the sideline is not where you want him.
While staging our comeback at the end of the third quarter and into the fourth, the Jets staged a nice long drive and got to the 1 yard line. First of all, there was no sense of urgency when you need to get the ball back. Second, the play calling from the 1 yard line was terrible. Yeah, I heard that there was microphone issues in the headset of Sanchez but that still doesn’t affect how bad some of the calls were. A rushed bad throw to Keller. A throw that went into the opposition’s chest that should have been intercepted. A run by LT up the middle into a pile. It was a nice long drive that resulted in zero points. I know we got a safety on the next set of downs when they fumbled in the end-zone but they we lost the field position and lost out on 5 points (the difference between a touchdown and a safety.) But, too many running plays and way too long of a drive knowing we need to get the ball back again. Didn’t we know that we needed to speed things up and score fast!
The Defense woke up for the second half until the Steelers final drive. We needed to stop them and gave up two first downs. Game over. With the game on the line and a stop needed to get the ball back for a chance for the miracle comeback, the defense let us down.
Dumb penalties, dropped balls, bad play calling, poor clock management, dropped interceptions, cost us dearly. The only thing that wasn’t dropped on Sunday was the booger that Mark Sanchez smeared on Mark Brunell’s jacket. Besides that, we dropped an opportunity at greatness. We lost another opportunity to make it the Super Bowl. Rex told us we were going to win the Super Bowl. After all of these magical comebacks during the year and the way we won our first two playoff games, I believed him. When Big Ben put his knee down one final time, it was over. The dreams had vanished. Depression, disgust, and disappointment set in.
It’s not easy to win in Pittsburgh. It’s not easy to get to two AFC Championship games in a row. It’s probably even harder to get there three in a row. It all shouldn’t have mattered if the Jets played a full 60 minutes.
Next year, Sanchez enters year three. The team could be quite different. I do feel good that I think we have a quarterback that should help us compete for the next several years. But, I don’t want to just compete. I want to finally see this team win it all. It’s been 42 long years. Maybe after this long, the route to the Super Bowl is not meant to be done via the road. Maybe this team can have another magical regular season; a season that gets us the home game for the AFC Championship because playing this game four times on the road has brought nothing but frustration and second guessing.
Now there will be changes if there is even an NFL season with the looming lockout. We have four players to resign and not enough money to sign all four – Cromartie, Harris, Edwards, and Holmes. LT and Jason Taylor are a year older. You know Vernon Gholston will be gone. Will Kris Jenkins and Jim Leonhard make it back from injury? Will Kyle Wilson make it into the starting lineup? Who knows. It just takes one mistake. It just takes one injury. It just takes one bad play to make a promising season go right down the toilet. Maybe one day this dream will be a reality; however, right now, it’s a nightmare.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Jets Super Bowl: It's In The Numbers
Follow these numbers which show that the JETS will WIN it all this year:
This year's football season is 2010.
The last Jets Super Bowl season was 1968.
The difference is 42 years.
Since inception, there have been 5 games that have been either the Championship Game or the Super Bowl.
42 – 5 = 37
Since moving to the Meadowlands, I used to sit in Row 31.
37 + 31 = 68 which is the year we won the Super Bowl.
We have seats 13, 14, 15, 16, & 17.
Add these up and you get 75. We have 5 seats so 75 less 5 is 70. '70 is the year I was born and still waiting for a Championship.
Now add the 68 with the 70 and you get 138. Remember this number.
I’m now in Row 23 and in my lifetime, we are 0 for 3 in Championship games and Rex thinks we are #1 this year but we aren’t there yet.
So, 138 – 23 – 3 – 1 = 111. III is the Super Bowl we did win.
I now have seats 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5. Add that up and you get 15
So, 138 – 15 = 123. 1/23 is the date of this year’s Championship Game that we are playing in.
The Super Bowl is on February 6th. That is 2 / 6. The 2 is for the number of year's that Sanchez is in the league. That is Sanchez' jersey #.
And, take that same date, of February 6th. 2 X 6 = 12 which is Joe Namath's old number and the only QB to win a Super Bowl for the Jets.
Numbers could be in our favor this year !
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