Here is what I hate/love about the NFL:
The Jets beat Miami,
New England beats the Jets
Miami beats New England.

Say what????

If A+B=C, and C-A=B, then shouldn't C-B=A????

If you know anything about the NFL then you would know this: the NFL knows no math.

As my friend Howard told me, "They still have to play the game".



Okay, so let's figure this out.  New England Patri-RATS have a tough nut ahead of them.  If they beat San Fran, they will still lose to the Chargers and Denver and be 3-3 when they face off in the toilet bowl vs. the Rams.

The Jets will not be so kind when they face New England In week 11.

New England is done!!! 

IT'S OVER JOHNNY!  OVER!  OVER!!!!



Nice work Chad!  ; )

CHEATERS NEVER WIN AND WINNERS NEVER CHEAT!!



Here is something Patri-RATS fans might have to get used to seeing-

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Yes, the simple asterisk.  Because the stupid head coach will never be able to win without cheating.  Take away his competitive advantage and he is reduced to being a big fat jerk who cheats on his wife.

Yup, I said it.  He doesn't obey the rules in football or in marriage.

He is, putting it nicely, a scumbag.  A loser, who can not win without cheating.

Everybody listen up: when you pay the RATS, go for it!  Do mot play conservatively, GO FOR THE GUT.

Their defense is old and overrated.  OLD AND SLOW.

THE ONLY THING THEY ACCOMPLISHED WAS PROVIDING THEIR FANS WITH THE BIGGEST CHOKE IN SUPERBOWL HISTORY!!!

Next Post:  Jets/Chargers preview.

The Jets will catch a break weather wise on Monday.  In their first two games of the season the average field temperature was 98 degrees.  They can expect it to be in the upper 60's come game time Monday night.  Also, with the three hour time differential, it will feel more like a afternoon game than a Monday night game.

The Chargers face two beatable teams next-Oakland and Miami, then have to play New England in San Diego and Buffalo on the road, and then the Saints right before they have their bye week.  If they loose to the Jets on Monday night, I can see them going to 2-6 at the bye.

The Patriots have been upset by the Dolphins in the past, so don't rule out an upset this weekend.

So far the Jets have been slow in getting their defense off the field late in the game, and they have not yet done a good enough job getting it done in the second half.  Penalties have hurt them in each of their two games.  The Jets seem tired mentally and physically.  So you tell me, was it a good idea for  coach Eric Mangini to lighten up on the players in training camp and shorten practices?

Player notes:  Bryan Thomas seems to have gotten the message.  The money we spent on Kris Jenkins was well worth it.  Calvin Pace is as advertised.  The Jets are currently ranked 6th in the NFL in rushing yards allowed.

Jet web site notes: The Jets have brought in another writer (?) to their site whose credentials include playing ultimate Frisbee and snowboarding.  I guess someone in the organization lost a bet because this is a slap in the face to journalism.

Jets flight crew notes: The Jets Flight Crew unveiled their new uniforms last week.  Does it look like they are wearing diapers?  You tell me.

Writers and fans often find a sticking point to a game and focus their attention to it, no matter what else happened during the contest.  They want you to believe that if the team just did one thing differently, the outcome would have been different.
For the Jets-Patriots game, the moment seemed to be when the Jets, on the three consecutive plays from the three yard line, chose to run the ball three consecutive times instead of utilizing Brett Favre to do what he has always done best, which is throwing touchdown passes.   In fact, nobody has done it better.  Does this make sense?
I guess it does if you want to wrap up the entire game in one simple package, but I tend to believe that it is a combination of little things that the Jets didn't do that made the difference on Sunday.
As I pointed out in my previous post, the game was a statistical dead heat.  Total yards were nearly identical, as was rushing yard, passing yards, sacks and time of possession.  The single most glaring statistic that stands out from this game was penalty yards.
Eric Allen, the senior managing editor on the Jets web site nailed it in his post game report.  He wrote: "The New York Jets couldn't overcome a number of critical mistakes today as they suffered a home-opening 19-10 loss to the New England Patriots."
He goes on to explain about the factors that cost the Jets the game.  60 yards worth of penalties, a missed field goal, a costly interception, dropped balls.  The only thing he forgot to mention was a blocking mismatch that created a quarterback sack.
It was not about three plays at the goal line, although I have to wonder why they didn't attempt to pass it at least one to Coles, Cochery, Stucky or Keller.  The game was lost on a lot of other little things that writers for the Post, the News or the Star Ledger overlooked because it is easier to focus on one thing than it is on the big picture.  A focus on the bigger picture reveals a silver lining.  The problems can be fixed.  The team is still learning how to work together.
Will the Jets will fix these things; can they improve and eliminate the errors made last Sunday?
Today, in Florham Park New Jersey, they will get to work on it.
They better, or it is going to be a long season.

Here is what I learned from watching the Jets play the Patriots in their home opener yesterday at Giants stadium:
1.  The Jets have more road ahead of them than behind them.  After two games it is clear that this team is not on the same page on offense-yet.  This is only the second game of a long season, nothing in football is decided in the first four weeks.  In time, our line will work better and our quarterback will be more in tune with his receivers.  He is still holding on to the ball too long, and last night got his bell rung a couple of times including one ugly sack that cost our team about 15 yards.
2.  The defense is better than the offense.  Our front line for the most part was very effective, sacking the quarterback 3 times and for the most part, controlling the running game-holding the Patriots in check until late in the fourth quarter.
3.  The kicking game needs work-on kickoffs Feely shot one through the end zone but missed an easy field goal in the first quarter that would have made the game more competitive.  Ben Grahm was erratic and inconsistent, showing his ability to kick it downfield on some plays, and then shanking a ball under 30 yards on others.
4.  The AFC east is going to be a war zone-with the Patriots, Bills and Jets fighting it out, I am expecting a very competitive season.
5.  Don't write a blog early Monday after a game-the Jets don't have the stats up on their site yet and I can't get to the information that I need.  Come on guys!  What are you doing?  If I can write a blog on a train from Madison to Hoboken, and post if before I get to Newark, whay can't your organization do a better job updating your web site ten hours after the game?
6.  Penalties are killing us.  Statisticly, the game was very close-each team gathered about 260 yards on offense, but the Jets had 6 penalties for a whopping 60 yards, while the Patriots had only 2 penalties for 10 yards.  Each team ran the ball for 104 yards, Coles and Welker each gained 72 yarde on the day.  Weird.  I do not remember any game where the state were so close.
Next week the Jets face an 0-2 San Diego Chargers on Monday Night Football.  The Chargers are a team that is desperate for it's first win of the season.  They will be out for blood and the Jets will be in their crosshairs.How far along will the Jets be when they face off next week?  Will our quarterback improve his chemestry with his recievers?
Phillip Rivers threw for 377 yards and 3 touchdown yesterday against denver and lost by one point.  In the season opener, the lost to Carolina in the last play of the game.
The Jets better be ready.

Before I write my preview pages I check out the injury reports for each team to see how it affects my prediction.
I guess you know where this is going.
Not that it means so much in the whole grand scheme of things, but this time there is an exception.
I am sure that you know where this is going.
The injury report-it's ugly this week for one of the teams.
Yes, I am going there, that place everyone else has gone to, that sweet spot of sports writing, the catastrophic injury that inevitably changes the season for a team. That irresistible headline that has grabbed the sports section of every newspaper, magazine, sports report and blog for the last week.
In case you missed it, here is the big headline: The game this Sunday, at the Meadowlands will be missing an all important, clutch player for one of the teams.
Mike Nugent is out for the Jets.
Normally this would not be a big deal because in the last seven years, the kicking game has been a non factor in deciding an outcome between these biannual contests, but this time, it might come down to an extra point or two, or a missed field goal.
In fact, the spread in this game is so close, the Jets might not pull out the win-at least not according to those who are interested in what Las Vegas has to say about it.
The burning questions for this game are:
1. Will the Jets pass rush get to the still wet behind the ears quarterback and keep him off balance enough for him to feel the pressure and loose his first start as an NFL pro?
2. Can the well-worn, future Hall of Fame iron man of the NFL shake off the rust, get rid off the ball quickly (and accurately) without throwing it to the other team?
3. Can the Jets defense, who held Miami to under 50 yards rushing last week do the same to the Patriots (can they stop Lamont Jordan???)?
4. Can Revis Rhodes and Lowery keep Randy Moss and company from finding the end zone?
If you answered "YES!" to all of these questions then congratulations! You are correct!
Simply put, the Jets are a team on the upswing and the Rats are an aging, older, slower team that can not protect their quarterback and are 15 game away from a major "rebuilding".
Prediction: (against the advice of my train conductor) Jets 24, Patriots 17.
Now let's take a look at Meredith from the Jets Flight Crew at a recent Maxim photo shoot:



Next week: the Flight Crew premier their new uniforms!