Gastineau Does Chippendales !

This is quite disturbing !

The Sanchez Debut In Case Ya Missed It

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Sanchez Named Starter !

FROM ESPN:

No Jets rookie started the first game of a season since Dick Jamieson started the first game in franchise history in 1960 when the Jets were known as the New York Titans.

The last Jets rookie QB to start a game was Matt Robinson on Nov. 27, 1977 at home against Pittsburgh.

So when Sanchez starts in Week 1, he'll do something even Joe Namath didn't do. Namath made his first start as a rookie in the Jets' third game of the 1965 season.

Rookie pass attempts by Jets QBs drafted in first round:

Year Quarterback Attempts
2009 Mark Sanchez ?
2000 Chad Pennington 5
1983 Ken O'Brien 0
1976 Richard Todd 162
1965 Joe Namath 340
1962 Sandy Stephens 0

The QB Battle

I can see Sanchez locking up the job with a solid performance on Monday Night !

History Of Jets DVD ?

I think the Jets need to update their HISTORY DVD. This is what I think it should include as their current DVD I feel is incomplete. What else is missing???

OFFICIAL JETS NFL TEAM SEASON HIGHLIGHT VIDEOS FOR ALL SEASONS:
- The yearly 30 minute review of the prior season for all season

THE COACHING CAROUSEL: FOOTAGE OF COACHES COACHING:
Weeb Ewbank
Charlie Winner
Ken Shipp
Lou Holtz
Walt Michaels
Joe Walton
Bruce Coslet
Pete Carrol
Rich Kotite - 4 wins in 2 years
Bill Parcells - shops for Groceries & makes team respectable again
Bill Belechick (for 1 day) - quits as HC of the NYJ
Al Groh
Herman Edwards
Eric Mangini
Rex Ryan

INTERVIEWS WITH JETS GMs:
Dick Steinberg
Bill Parcells
Terry Bradway
Mike Tannenbaum

TRADES & FREE AGENT SIGNINGS TO TRY AND BUILD A TEAM - WINNERS & LOSERS (BUSTS):
Ronnie Lott; Leonard Marshall; Art Monk; Dexter Carter; Jeff Graham, Etc...

CLASSIC NEWSPAPER BACK PAGE HEADLINES GALLERY

DRAFT DAY: THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE UGLY:
1. Johnny "Lam" Jones with the #2 overall
2. Blair Thomas with the #2 overall
4. Four 1st Round Picks - Ellis, Becht, Pennington, Abraham
5. Jeff Lagaman
6. Keyshawn Johnson with the #1 overall pick
7. Trading down from the #1 overall pick to draft James Farrior at the #8
8. Browning Nagle (366 Yards In First Start)
9. Roger Vick
10. Mel Kiper Saying The Jets Have No Clue What The Draft Is All About
11. Ken O'Brien over Dan Marino
12. Johnny Mitchell
13. Kyle Brady over Warren Sapp
14. Trading Up For Mark Sanchez

THE DOLPHINS RIVALRY:
1. 1982 Championship Game: The Mud Bowl
2. 51-45 Shootout
3. 2000 - Monday Night Miracle
4. 1990 Beating The Dolphins To Make Playoffs On Raul Alegree's 2 Field Goals
5. 1994 Marino Fake Spike Game

THE PATRIOTS RIVALRY:
1. 1985 Playoff Wildcard Loss
2. The Tuna Bowl Games (Included Ray Lucas MNF Win)
3. 1997 OT Loss in Tuna Bowl I
4. 2000 Comeback 1 point Victory on MNF
5. 2006 Wild Card Playoff Loss
6. 2008 OT Win - 34-31

THE GIANTS RIVALRY:
1. 1988 Denying the Giants A Playoff Spot Beating Them In The Season Finale
2. The Highlight Tape Of Lawrence Taylor Destroying Ken O'Brien
3. 2003 Giants Beat Jets In OT

GREAT VICTORIES:
1. 1994 Home OT Win vs. Broncos
2. 2001 Season Ending 53 Yard FG To Beat Raiders To Get In Playoffs
3. 2002 Season Ending Win Over The Packers To Win AFC East After Patriots Win Over Dolphins Gave Us The Window To Make The Playoffs
4. 2000 Comback vs. the Bucs and Keyshawn Johnson
5. 1998 Win Over Seahawks (Vinny's Mystery TD)
6. 2000 Season Opening Comeback Win Vs. Packers
7. 2008 Victory Over the 10-0 Titans - 34-13.

HEART BREAKING DEFEATS:
a. 1968 - The 1st Monday Night Football Game - Loss To Browns
b. 1968 - The "Heidi Game" - Loss To Raiders
c. 1986 - Five Straight Loses after a 10-1 Start (predicted by Paul McGuire)
d. 1993 Season Ending Loss In Houston To Miss Playoffs
e. 1997 Season Ending Loss in Detroit - The Ray Lucas & Leon Johnson Trick Plays That Backfired
f. 1999 Season Opening Loss to Patriots - Vinny Blows Out Achillies
g. 2000 Season Ending Loss In Baltimore - 524 yards of offense
h. The Eric Allen Interception Game
i. 1991 The Blair Thomas fumble in Chicago on MNF
j. Season Opening Loss to 49ers - Garrison Heart's 96 yard return in OT
k. 1998 1 pt Colts Loss (Aaron Glenn 104 yard missed FG return)
L. 1995 Jets Lose To Panthers Giving Them Their First Win Ever
M. 1992 Season Opening 2 Point Loss To Atlanta "aka the Browning Nagle Game"

EVOLUTION OF THE JETS CHANT:
a. The Days Of Shea Stadium
b. Fireman Ed

CLASSIC JETS BLOOPER REEL:
a. The Helicopter Hit vs. Dolphins
b. The Bubby Brister Flea Flicker
c. A Drunk Namath Telling Suzy Kobler He Wants To Kiss Her

SPECIAL EXTRA FOOTAGE:
a. The "Heidi Game" Missing Footage
b. The Monday Night Miracle Game Of The Week Footage

DOCUMENTARY: HISTORY OF THE NEW YORK JETS:
a. NY Titans @ Polo Grounds
b. League Merger
c. Move To Shea Stadium
b. Owners - Harry Wismer, Sonny Werblin, Leon Hess, Woody Johnson
c. The Waiving Of Namath
c. Move To Giants Stadium 1983
d. Super Bowl III & Namath's Guarantee
e. Evolution Of Jets Uniforms
f. Jets Quarterbacks - Joe Namath, Matt Robinson, Richard Todd, Ken O'Brien, Pat Ryan, Boomer Esiason, Neil O'Donnel, Glen Foley, Browning Nagle, Vinny Testervde, Chad Pennington
g. Playoffs Wins and Loses
1. 1968 Win Super Bowl III vs. Colts
2. 1969 Lose Playoff To Chiefs
3. 1981 Lose Playoff To Bills
4. 1982 Beat Bengals, Beat Raiders, Lose To Dolphins
5. 1985 Loss To Patriots
6. 1986 Beat Chiefs, Lose To Browns (Gastineau Late Hit)
7. 1990 Lose To Oilers
8. 1998 Beat Jaguars, Lose To Broncos (Blew 10 Pt Half Time Lead)
9. 2001 Lose To Raiders
10. 2002 Shut Out Of Colts, Lose To Raiders
11. 2004 Win Over Chargers (The Eric Barton Game), Lose To Steelers (The Doug Brien Game)
12. 2006 Wild Card Playoff Losst To The Patriots
h. The 1982 Strike and 1987 Jets Scab Games
i. The Failed NY City Stadium
j. The Brett Favre Experiment and the Collapse of 2008

HISTORY OF JETS SHOWS ON TV:
a. Jets Journal
b. 24/7 w/ Herman Edwards
c. Jets Nation
d. Generation Jets
e. Gastineau Girls
f. Jets Nation
g. Jets Extra Point
h. Jets Open Mic

JETS PUBLICATION GALLERY:
a. Jets Confidential
b. Sports Illustrated Jets Covers
c. Jets Posters
d. Jets Websites
e. Jets Books Gallery
1. Gang Green: An Irreverent Look Behind The Scenes At 38 (well, 37) Seasons Of NY Jets Football Futility by Ezkenazi
2 Tales From The Jets Sideline by Mark Cannazziro
3. New York Jets Stadium Stories by Randy Lange
4. Unofficial NY Jets Book Of Lists by Dan Leberfeld
5. Just Give Me The Damn Ball: The Fast Times And Hard Knocks Of An NFL Rookie by Keyshawn Johnson & Shelly Smith
6. Final Season: My Last Year As Head Coach In The NFL by Bill Parcells
7. It's the Will, Not the Skill: Principles and Philosophies of Success as Seen Through the Eyes, Mind and Heart of Herman Edwards, Head Coach of the NY Jets by Jim Tunney
8. You Play To Win The Game: Leadership Lessons For Success On And Off The Field by Herman Edwards

THE STORY OF THE NY SACK EXCHANGE

JETS IN MOVIES:
a. Joe Klecko - "Heat", "Cannonball Run", and "Smokey & The Bandit 2"
b. Joe Namath - "Chatanooga Choo Choo", and "Avalanche"

TAILGATING 101: FROM SHEA TO THE SWAMPS

BEHIND THE SCENES:
a. Draft Room
b. Tour Of Hofstra Facility

BIOS OF GREAT JETS:
a. Joe Namath
b. Don Maynard
c. Matt Snell
d. Freeman McNeil
e. Wesley Walker
f. Al Toon - Concussions
g. Joe Klecko
h. Mark Gastineau & The Mid Season Retirement
i. Richard Todd
j. Curtis Martin
k. Dennis Byrd - Paralyzed In 1991
l. John Riggins - and his mohawk
J. Wayne Chrebet - Concussions
K. Keyshawn Johnson

HALL OF FAME INDUCTIONS CEREMONY:
a. Weeb Ewbank
b. Joe Namath
c. Don Maynard

SPECIAL HALFTIME EVENTS:
a. Retirement Of Joe Namath's Jersey
b. Retirement Of Don Maynard's Jersey
c. Dennis Byrd Walking On The Field
d. Super Bowl III Reunion
e. Sack Exchange Reunion
f. Jets MVP Reunion

JETS RECORD BOOK

JETS YEAR BOOK COVER GALLERY

DVD/CD ROM COMPANION FOR STATS & INFORMATION

Sanchez Looks Sharp In Debut

48 yarder on his first NFL Throw. Then, 3-4 for 88 yards on his TD drive. I'd say that's a positive start !

Jets, NJ Team Up On Instand Lottery Game

The Associated Press

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. - The New York Jets and the state of New Jersey teamed up Monday to create an instant lottery game that includes hundreds of cash and Jets-themed prizes.

The "Jets Football Fantasy" game is expected to be available in early September , as the NFL regular season begins , and will offer cash prizes ranging from $5 to $100,000. There will also be more than 400 first-prize winners who will get $300 Jets Shop gift cards.

One second-chance winner will receive lower-bowl season tickets for the team's new stadium for 10 years.

Other prizes include being team owner for a day, in which the winner will fly to a road game on a private jet and enjoy perks such as premium seats and a meet-and-greet with owner Woody Johnson.

Non-cash winning tickets can be submitted to the New Jersey Lottery for second-chance drawings. Former Jets receiver Wayne Chrebet was selected as an "ambassador" for the lottery partnership, and will host some second-chance winners at a Jets home game in a luxury suite.

"Calling New Jersey home and being a member of the Jets family, I think this is a natural fit for me," said Chrebet, who played for New York from 1995-2005.

Matt Higgins, the team's executive vice president of business operations, said the lottery tickets will also be available at the Meadowlands on gamedays.

The team is taking advantage of a new rule approved by NFL owners to allow teams to partner with local lotteries. Cincinnati, Dallas, Green Bay, Houston and Seattle are among the other NFL teams to offer instant lottery games.

Let The Ride Begin...

Ahhhh, fights in training camp. Sanchez is looking more comfortable. There's that first preseason game a week from Friday. Are you ready for some football?

Optimistic !

Well, training camp is open and we are 0-0 currently tied atop the AFC East. You surely can't complain that if asked if you could be in first place at this point in the season, you'd surely take it!

Stadium Construction Update - June 09'

Broadway Sanchez

Eli Manning Awkwardly Excuses Himself After Walking in on His Wife with Mark Sanchez

Eli Manning Awkwardly Excuses Himself After Walking in on His Wife with Mark Sanchez
By Sportspickle.com

New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning excused himself this afternoon upon coming home and finding his wife engaged in sexual relations with Mark Sanchez, the new quarterback of the New York Jets.

“I feel terribly guilty,” said Shelley Manning, Eli’s wife of one year. “I should have been more careful so that he couldn’t witness that. Eli is not mature enough to see such adult behavior. He still closes his eyes when he pees.”

Manning, who was dropped off at his home by his position coach after an afternoon of film study, bounded into his wife’s room to see if she wanted to watch his favorite film, “Cars” – only to receive a shock to his adorably naïve system.

“Miss Shelley ... what- what are you doing?” Manning stammered at the entrance to the bedroom, his Lightning McQueen sippy cup dropping to the floor. “Who is that man on you? Are you ... wrestling?”

“Oh, uhh ... hi, Eli,” said Sanchez, emerging from underneath the sheets. “This is weird. Very cool to meet you, man” he said, emerging naked from bed to shake Manning’s hand, sending a terrified Manning running into the closet. “I’m, umm .... Mark Sanchez? The new Jets quarterback? I was having some sex with Shelley here and, well ... what are you doing here?”

“Eli is my husband, Mark,” said Shelley, covering up before helping Eli out of the closet. “Legally. We’re husband and wife legally. It’s more of an arrangement with his parents. I’m a longtime family friend and I pretty much just keep an eye on him so he doesn’t hurt himself – make sure he brushes his teeth, make sure he doesn’t play video games in the bath tub, that sort of thing.”

Not wanting to cause a conflict, Manning quickly excused himself from the room, telling his wife and Sanchez that he was going to go color in the dining room. An hour later, Shelley Manning and the Jets draftee emerged from the bedroom and Sanchez went on his way.

Shelley Manning said she targeted Sanchez as soon as the Jets drafted him on Saturday.
“I am married to a famous New York quarterback, yes,” she said. “But no one knows what it’s really like, you know? It’s not ... it’s not a regular marriage, let’s just say that. I have needs. Basic human, carnal, sexual needs. And I wanted to know what it’s like to really be with a star New York quarterback in that way. I’m not going to apologize for it. And Mark Sanchez is simply an amazing looking man.”

After seeing Sanchez out, Shelly began her husband’s bedtime routine of a snack, story and prayers. And while he mentioned nothing about what he saw, Shelley knows Eli was upset by it.

“I put him to bed and then went out to the dining room to clean up his crayons,” she said. “He had drawn a picture of a quarterback in a Jets helmet wearing sweatpants and shooting himself in the leg. It was scary. And cute.”

Some Jets Gals

Just some girls to distract you from doing work !

Sanchez On Madden

Can't wait to play this game !

Lookin' Good

In a Jets hat and a Mets Shirt ! NICE !

Jewish Jets Player Clip

Click Link Below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvY98WQ5n9g

My Thoughts On Drafting A QB

Brett Favre played for the Green Bay Packers from 1992 through 2007 which amounts to 16 seasons. (I'm not going to count the one year in Atlanta where he threw four passes all season and didn't complete a single one of them). He then went to the Jets for another season to start all 16 games with them. That's 269 consecutive career starts (and 291 if you include play-offs.)

Over Favre's entire career. The Jets have started 16 different quarterbacks - Brett Favre, Kellen Clemens, Chad Pennington, Brooks Bollinger, Vinny Testaverde, Quincy Carter, Ray Lucas, Rick Mirer, Glenn Foley, Neil O'Donnell, Frank Reich, Boomer Eaiason, Bubby Brister, Jack Trudeau, Browning Nagle, and Ken O'Brien. And that's just quarterbacks that we started. It doesn't include QBs that we drafted OR ones that went into the game after that first snap. I'm sure there are some random names that can be thought of like Jeff Blake, Mark Malone, Chuck Clements, Troy Taylor, Ken Hobart, Tory Woodbury, Todd Husak, Tom Tupa, Brett Ratliff, and Erik Ainge. But, these men weren't the answer either.

Since Joe Namath, the Jets have only drafted three quarterbacks with their first round pick while many years passing over that stud quarterback. Two things come to mind - passing over Dan Marino in 1983 and recently passed over Jay Cutler. Obviously there is a huge different between Marino and Cutler. And, I'm sure there have been other situations where the QB was there and we passed over it. We've drafted Richard Todd in 1976, Ken O'Brien in 1983, and Chad Pennington in 2000. That's been it.

Lately, most teams that win Super Bowls have done it with a Franchise quarterback. Look at Tom Brady, Ben Roethlisberger, Peyton Manning, and Eli manning. While teams are winning the Super Bowl, the Jets go through an ever changing cycle of quarterbacks that frustrate the fan more and more each season.

The Jets were drafting at #17 with only Clemens, Ratfill, and Ainge on the roster and it was obvious that Rex Ryan and Mike Tannenbaum didn't think they could win with what they had so they took a shot and moved up - a complete steal. We gave up our 1st, a 2nd, Abram Elam, Kenyon Coleman, and Brett Rafliff. The three players I could care less about. So, basically, we gave up a 2nd round pick to move up 12 slots to draft the QB of the Future - Mark Sanchez - who many scouts rate even higher than Matt Stafford. And, according to the value chart, we should have had to give up another #2 to make such a move. So we got our man that the Jets seems to be enamored with.

This is the splash we needed to get a face for this franchise. We had a temporary face last year in Favre but we knew that wasn't going to last long. Now, this guy should be that face for the next 10 years (knock on wood) and the answer to this Super Bowl drought that has brought a black cloud of this franchise for my entire life.

I'm truly excited for the season to begin and even though they say there will be competition between Clemens and Sanchez for the starting job, they are going to do everything possible to make Sanchez that person. Troy Aikman and Peyton Manning won only one game when thrown to the wolves. I'll take that one win if it means a Super Bowl around the corner.

The Mets have their Santana and now the Jets have their Sanchez.

I'm ready for kickoff.

JETS DRAFT
5th overall (1st Round) - USC, QB - Mark Sanchez*
65th overall (3rd Round) - Iowa, RB - Shonn Greene**
193rd overall (6th Round) - Nebraska, G - Matt Slauson

* Jets traded their 1st round pick (17th overall), their 2nd round pick, Abram Elam, Kenyon Coleman, and Brett Ratliff for the 5th overall pick.

** Jets traded their 3rd round pick, their 4th round pick, and 7th round pick for the 1st pick in the 3rd round.

Jets Land Sanchez !!!

FOX SPORTS - by John Czarnecki
GRADE: A
If USC's Mark Sanchez turns out to be the franchise quarterback a lot of teams believe he will become, then Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum made the best draft move of the year. Basically, Tannenbaum stole Sanchez on value because he jumped 12 spots in the first round while surrendering only New York's first and second-round picks to the Browns, well below the value chart. The Jets should have been forced to give up another second-round pick next year instead of three reserve players they no longer wanted.

The Jets made another wise trade, moving into Detroit's spot atop the third round for Iowa running back Shonn Greene. Greene was the Big Ten offensive player of the year with 20 TDs and 1,850 yards rushing, a 6.0 average. RB is a definite need with Thomas Jones slowing down. And with the rumors of them possibly pursuing Plaxico Burress, you get the idea that Tannenbaum needed to make a splash in this draft.

ESPN - by Mel Kiper
GRADE: A-
The motto of the Jets' draft was quality over quantity. Mark Sanchez's selection made this team's draft because he's a franchise-maker. New coach Rex Ryan likes his defense, so the organization felt it could focus on the offense in his first draft. The Jets picked up Iowa running back Shonn Greene, who will fit into the rotation with Leon Washington and Thomas Jones. Guard Matthew Slauson was an OK pick in the sixth round, but the key to this draft is up top with Greene and Sanchez.