Jets / Bills Time Change

The New York Jets-Buffalo Bills game at the Meadowlands on Sunday, December 10 will kickoff at 4:15 PM ET on CBS, the NFL announced Monday. Additionally, the League also moved Week 14's New Orleans Saints-Dallas Cowboys start time to 8:15 PM ET and that match-up will be televised on NBC.

The NFL is implementing for the first time this year a "flexible scheduling" element on Sundays in Weeks 10-15 and in Week 17. Flexible scheduling will ensure quality matchups in all NFL Sunday time slots in those weeks and give teams a chance to play their way onto primetime and into the late-afternoon 4:15 PM ET time slot on CBS and FOX.

For each of the flexible scheduling weeks with the exception of Week 17, the NFL will announce the start times of games on Sundays no later than 12 days prior to that weekend. To ensure a Sunday night game and doubleheader games with playoff implications in Week 17, the flexible scheduling decision for that Sunday may be made on six days notice.

Jets Smack Texans

Houston, we have a problem. The Jets just kicked your asses.

In a MUST win game, the Jets did just exactly that. I first have to tip my camp to Mike Nugent who knocked in 4 field goals with the biggest of all being a 54 yarder to extend the small lead at that time. And he didn't just kick the ball. He made a nice tackle on special teams.

Chad was much better after a few off weeks. He was throwing all over the field with some nice deep passes to C&C - Coles and Cotchery - both whom had over 100 yards receiving. We didn't run great but had the yards when we needed to get them. Chad had a clutch 1st down on a 4th an inches in their own territory, a balsy call by Mangini.

The defense was solid picking off Carr and keeping the run game in tact. The defensive player of the game had to be Kerry Rhodes who had a pick and some nice tackles.

But, it was a team effort. How can you complain with 0 interceptions and 0 fumbles on offense and only one penality in the game and that didn't happen until about 4 minutes remaining. Gotta love that.

Well, we are 6-5, who would have believed. Now, the last 5 opponents have losing records so they are winable games. How nice would 11-5 be? It should only happen.

Bears Eat Jets

I didn't see the game as I was in Florida but one blown tackle and a stupid on-sides kick was basically what cost us the game !

Playoffs?

After the Bears game this weekend, the Jets do not face another team with a winning record. Right now we are 5-4. Let's say we lose to the Bears, if we win out against teams we should beat, that gives us 11 wins. Holy Crap !

The Missed Extra Point

Missed Extra Point From 1979 Comes Back To Haunt Jets
November 2, 2006 Onion Sports

CLEVELAND— Jets head coach Eric Mangini blamed "a lack of attention to detail" and the "long shadow of our franchise's historical mistakes" for Sunday's poor showing against the Browns, noting that a long-lamented missed PAT from 1979 had finally had enough of a negative effect to cause a Jets loss. "I remember when Frank Gifford was calling that game, he said that missed extra point would cost us later on," said Mangini, who said an underperforming offense was also a minor factor. "I mean, I was only 8, and the Jets beat the Dolphins 33-17, but I knew it was just a matter of time." Jets quarterback Chad Pennington said he had also felt the 27-year-old miss hanging over his head, particularly during the fourth quarter of the game and the late 1990s.

Jets Beat Pats...Finally !

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 !

Jets Get Hosed !

It was 20 years ago in Cleveland where the infamous judgement call by an official on a Mark Gastineau "late hit" screwed the Jets out of a chance to advance to the Championship Game. Twenty years later, we are back in Cleveland where another judgement call doesn't go out way and turns a potential celebration into something I'd call Cow Feces or Bull Shit.

When Baker goes up to catch the ball, he is jumping up in the endzone. There was NO movement of his body that showed him jumping right, towards the sideline. It was a great catch that would have been a touchdown if he weren't touched. But, he was thrown out of bounds in mid air causing mass confusion by the officials. One official said he was pushed out of bounds while the other official believed he would have landed in bounds for a Touchdown. So, it figures that the guy who believed it was a TD lost the argument when the officials huddled for a discussion. It was another example of the Jets getting hosed.

However, this game should NOT have come down to the last play. It was a typical Jets loss. Have a chance to end the first half of the season with a winning record against a team you SHOULD beat. Teams like this need to be beaten whether at home or on the road. The Jets ALWAYS lose a game like this on their schedule. It's beyond frustrating. Same shit, another year.

Things started off nice. We had a 16 play drive but it ended in only a field goal. You have the ball for so long, you need to come away with 7 points. However, you can't use a trick play with Brad Smith on EVERY 3rd Down. If teams watch tapes, they are gonna realize you are gonna have Brad Smith in the game. Time to come up with something more original. Maybe put him in the game and let him catch some passes or use him as a decoy. He doesn't have to get the ball EVERY time cause it just won't work. Plus, Chad was terrible with his lowest passer rating of his career. I don't fully blame him. They had decent pass rush and receivers were just not getting open. Plus, when you run for 1 or 2 yards on 1st down, it put Chad in way too many 3rd and long situations. I think 3rd and 6 is a number that comes to mind yesterday.

As for the defense, they just can't stop the run even thought they actually looked good in the 4th quarter finally getting some QB pressures and finally stopping the run giving the offense a chance. We actually even got a few sack's which doesn't happen often with this team.

Tough loss going into the bye week but we totally deserved to lose playing down to their talent especially vs a QB I've never heard of and STILL can not remember his name. Three of the Jets 4 loses this year, the outcome was not determined until the final minute. That leaves a sick feeling in my stomach.

The Perfect Wedding Party

Now this guy has an UNDERSTANDING wife !

What's With The Penguins?

I don't quite get what the Penguins and Mangini deal is? Anyone want to let me in on this??

Our New Jets Cheerleaders

Alison, a former figure skating instructor and graduate of Fairfield University currently lives in New York City and works in sales. She is a former New York Islanders Ice Girl.

Gina, is a dance teacher and soon to be a nurse from Kings Park, NY, She attends Suffolk Community College. She is also a New York Dragons Fire Dancer. Gina enjoys vacationing in Hawaii. Her favorite CD is Reina and her favorite TV shows are So You Think You Can Dance and American Idol.

Jennifer, a teacher’s assistant currently attends Dowling College where she is studying elementary education. She received an Associate’s Degree from Suffolk Community College. She is a Syosset Ford Ice Girl as well as a New York Dragons Fire Dancer. Jennifer enjoys dancing and vacationing anywhere with a beach. Her favorite movie is The Notebook and her favorite TV show is Nip/Tuck.

Meredith is a dental assistant from Medford, NY. She attended Farmingdale State University for Dental Hygiene. She is a Syosset Ford Ice Girl as well as a New York Dragons Fire Dancer. Meredith is a fan of Dave Matthews and Madonna, likes to watch Lost and Entourage and her favorite movie is The Notebook. She enjoys vacationing in Nashville, Tennessee.

Miko lives in Corona, NY and graduated from Syracuse University where she majored in Policy Studies. She is a former New York Dragons Fire Dancer. She is currently a special events consultant and is involved in numerous community programs. Miko enjoys aerobics, dancing kickboxing, cheerleading and songwriting.

Monica is a Queens college student from Bayside, NY who also performs as Syosset Ford Ice Girl and as a New York Dragons Fire Dancer. A communications Disorders Major, she is particularly interested in Business Law, Psycholinguistics and Phonetics. She loves to snowboard and figure skate and won the Senior Ladies Double Gold Medal in Competitive Figure Skating and the 2005 Empire State Games Senior Ladies Silver Medal. She’s a fan of Madonna and Bon Jovi, the movies Pretty Woman, The Notebook and Dirty Dancing and has four pets – one dog and three cats.

Vote Leon !

New York Jets rookie running back Leon Washington has been named a finalist for both the FedEx Ground Player of the Week and the Diet Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week. Washington, a 5’8", 202-pound Florida State product, ran for 120 yards and his first two professional touchdowns on 29 attempts in the Green & White’s 31-24 victory over the Detroit Lions.

On Monday, Jets first-year head coach Eric Mangini named Washington the club’s Offensive Player of the Week. His 346 rush yards lead the Jets and he's averaging a healthy 4.9 yards per carry. Washington has also totaled 76 receiving yards on five catches.

Fans can vote Washington the Vote Diet Pepsi!Vote FedEx Ground!

Diet Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week until 5:00 p.m. Thursday and the FedEx Ground Player of the Week until Thursday at 6:00 p.m. The winners will be announced Thursday evening.

See Official Jets Website For Voting.

Knocking On The Door

Knock, knock, knocking on Heaven's door. This team sure doesn't make it easy but we've notched our 2nd straight win and our easy schedule make you believe this team can go on a playoff run. Yes, it's scary but it's true. We already have 4 wins and look at 6 of the 9 remaining teams we play: Look at 1-5 Cleveland, 1-5 Oakland, 2-4 Houston, 1-6 Miami, 2-4 Green Bay and 2-5 Buffalo.

Yesterday, we had another bad team. When two bad teams play, the better of the bad will win and that seems to be the JETS.

The offense moved the ball nicely down the field which Chad hitting McCairins deep for 7. But, the day was all about the running game as we had over 200 yards on the run which set up the pass. Leon Washington is starting to make us not remember that we didn't trade up for Reggie Bush. This guy is looking like the steal of the draft and could be a candidate for Rookie of the Year if he keeps it up. Yesterday this guy had 129 yards on the ground for 2 touchdowns. Can't complain about those numbers especially when he averaged 6.5 yards per carry.

The defense still has issues. We still have NO pass rush and we still let teams walk down the field in the 2nd half to make a potential blowout turn into a nail biter.

But, a win is a win and that's what matters. We are in sole possession of 2nd place in the AFC East with a matchup vs. the Pats in 2 weeks. But for not, bring on the pathetic Browns !

Barely Squishing The Fish

Well, we squeaked by the Fish and in what became a close game because our defense really stinks. Do we have ANY pass rush? Where are our corner backs and safeties? How can you let Joey Harrington walk down the field twice and almost a third time? Embarrassing. The defensive system does not fit our players and the players are not that bad.

As for the offense, it's quite pathetic that we can't score in the first quarter. Maybe because they don't start throwing the ball down the field until the 2nd half. All of these stupid dump off passes and trickery is great but get the ball down field to Coles. Good things happen when you throw the ball down field to this guy. And get Cotchery and McCairins and Dwight more involved. Heck...throw to Baker more and use the tight end like other teams do. We do the same stupid things that we did under the Edwards regime. When it is 3rd down, we don't EVER throw past the 3rd down marker. We throw a pass before that marker and hope we can break a tackle and run for the first down. Ya know what? It AIN'T freggin working. You need 7 yards. Let's try and throw for 8 yards, not 5 yards. It's so aggravating. I love the use of Brad Smith but let's get him more involved. This guy is quick as hell. Heck...give him a series to see what he can do ala Kordell Stewart in his hey day !

And how great is Brad Smith on special teams. It seems like he made EVERY tackle on the KO returner.

Not much really happened yesterday to comment on. It was boring first half following but a fun-sweat-it-out second half. But, in the old days, the game gets tied on a Mare field goal and we lose in OT. Yesterday, he missed. So, maybe the tide is slowly changing.

Murdered !

What we had done to the Colts in the playoffs a few years ago was done right back to us yesterday by the Jaguars. We got murdered 41-0. Ouch.

Right from the start, it was a disaster. First of all, the 3-4 defense is NOT working. The holes were enormous for the Jags to run thru. Their first 2 touchdown runs were up the middle and were not even touched by the defense. This team needs 4 men on the line and needs Vilma to be the middle linebacker to float around and wreak havock like he did last year. I'm not loving the system now by Mr. Mangini. It's not working and it is not like there isn't any talent on the defensive line and the linebacker core. It would be nice to get some pass rush going. Oh wait, we did have some pass rush but we got fucked by the refs twice. The first was when Vilma came rushing in and pounded the QB while releasing the ball and they called roughing. Come on...give me a break. How the hell was he suppossed to know that the QB did not have the ball in his hands. The second time was worse. We sacked the QB for what appeared to be a safety and they called a roughing the passer penality. The QB still had the ball so basically they called a penality for tackling the QB too hard? I've NEVER seen that ever. We were still getting murdered at the time but what the freggin hell !

As for the offense, the running game was a bit better with Leon Washington getting nearly 100 yards. I want this guy to be the starter. This running back by committe idea sucks. You need one guy to get the bulk of the runs so he can get into a groove. Every possession, you can't change the running back. That doesn't work.

Chad was not great yesterday throwing two interceptions but the first one was not all his fault as it was deflected. Part of the problem was that no one was open and our field position was horrendous all day.

I don't know what else to see. The entire game was embarrassing. I had it on but found my self not paying too much attention in the 2nd half. Just think, we probably won't have a game the rest of the season that is worse than this one !

Mr. T

I thought Mr. T stood for Tannenbaum ??? I pity this fool !

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 !

Coles Wins AFC Offensive Player Of Month

New York Jets wide receiver Laveranues Coles has been named AFC Offensive Player of the Month for September. Coles’ 331 yards receiving are the most by a Jets’ receiver through the first three games of a season since Hall of Famer receiver Don Maynard totaled 356 yards in 1968.

Coles, in his seventh-year out of Florida State, leads the NFL with 24 receptions as the Jets have compiled a 2-1 record, good for a first place tie in the AFC East.

Sandler A Jets Fan

Look at The Hoff hangin out w/ Adam Sandler in his Vilma jersey !

They said we had no chance. We couldn't go into Buffalo and win. The Buffalo pass rush would be too much for the young Jets offensive line.

Well, ya know what? We WON. We are 2-0 on the road and 2-1 overall and tied with New England for 1st Place in the division. So, how do you like them apples.

Let's start with the offensive line. They may not be making any holes for the running backs but they sure protected Pennington yesterday. The crew that had 7 sacks the prior week got ZERO vs the Jets line yesterday. I still am concerned with the running game and am NOT a fan of Running Back By Committee. Pick a running back and stay with one. Running backs need to get into a groove and when they are not in every play, they can't get into that groove. There were a few positives. The 4th and 1 QB sneak by Chad gaining about 4 yards on a second effort instead of just the one yard needed. Then, another 3rd down situation and Leon Washington had a great run only to be called back by an illegal man down field penality. Still, it was a nice run.

The throwing game was not as good as it was the past two weeks but Chad lead the team to scores when it was needed. It was very nice to see a Tight End catch a TD as that has been very rare in these parts the last 10 or so years. You have to love the tandem of Cotchery and Coles. They may not have had any long catches but they made the catches that were thrown to them.

As for the defense, yeah, they made us sweat a bit down the stretch when it became a 1 score game but that wouldn't be the Jets not to make you sweat it out a bit. I'm not a fan of the 3-4 as we don't get much pass rush unless we have a CB Blitz and the LBs are so far off the line that the oppossing running back runs for about 6 yards before we can even attempt to tackle him. But, I love the play of Kerry Rhodes. He's turning out to be a great mid-round draft pick with his forced fumbles yesterday. I was a bit disappointed in Vilma not scooping up the ball and running for a TD on a fumble but at least he picked up the ball and was able to change the battle for field position. And how about Victor Hobson getting a defensive TD even though his foot went out of bounds on the 2 yard line. The officials totally missed that one but it's nice to have the ball bounce in our direction once in a while.

So, who would have thought that we'd be 2-1 and a few less mistakes last week and we could have beaten New England Are we a good team? That remains to be seen. But will we be one of the worst teams in the league as many predicted, I believe the answer to that is NO.

Mangini Bowl I

The Rivalry continues. First it was Parcells and the Tuna Bowl. Then, it became Belechick Bowl. Now, what do you call the Mangini / Belechick rivalry with the Jets vs. Patriots? So, much has happened between these two franchises expecially if you throw in the Curtis Martin factor when Parcells stole him from New England. Now, it's a new Era of the Rivalry and as it stood, New Englad has won the last 6 meetings between thesse two teams.

I wasn't expecting much going into the game but the way the Patriots looked last week, maybe we would be able to play a close game and have it come down to the end. It was nice winning the first game of the year so at least there was so optimism knowing we couldn't be 0-2 by the end of the day.

The first half was pretty rough. I liked the fact that the Patriots started with the ball and we were able to hold them to 3 and out on the first drive of the game. However, all of the Jets drives stalled at mid-field. Here are some things that pissed me off during the game:

- Graham's punt that went 9 yards setting up the Patriots for an extra touchdown right before the half.
- The 3 - 4 defense getting NO pass rush except for the Kerry Rhodes Sack / forced fumbled when plowing Brady.
- The offensive line protecting Chad OK but making NO holes for the running game. How can we not get 3 inches on a 4th down on their own 46 resulting in a change of possession and a Patriots TD.
- The running game. We are in serious need of a running back. Do we even have a running game? 51 total rushing yards is an embarrassment. And what is worse is that the Jets had ZERO rushing first downs !
- The use of Time-Outs. There was one play were we were on Defense and there was NO way that Brady was going to get the ball snapped and WE wound up calling the timeout.
- The secondary could NEVER come up big on 3rd downs. Brady would always get the first down and keep those long drives alive.
- Poor play calling on the drive we wound up kicking a field goal. What were they doing having Chad run a QB sneak for 3 yards?

However, there were a few things to be excited about.

- Chad had his 2nd straight 300+ yard game.
- Jets scored 17 unanswered points after falling behind by 24 ponts.
- C&C Factory - Coles & Cotchery, both went over 100 yards receiving and each had an incredible touchdown.
- Nugent made his 41 yard field goal and didn't miss an extra point.
- Love the useage of the hurry up offense. This will get much better once we have a running game.
Well, 1-1 is much better than 0-2 so let's beat the Bills next week and get on the winning end again !