Anxiety for Jets fans is running high these days.  I spent half of my time behind the bar last night commiserating with customers hashing out our dire situation.  Dire because history tells us the Jets are going to fold like a totem pole made of cards when the Jets face the Seahawks.  In reality, the Jets are sitting pretty .

The abused puppy syndrome is running rampant throughout our ranks and causing us to lose focus on the real situation. Remember back when Favre first got here and we were all expecting him to get crushed between our patchwork line?  We didn’t know if he’d make it through one game much less the whole season.  The hope was a Wild Card birth:  the Patriots looked untouchable,  Thomas Jones looked suspect.  Would Favre and Coles ever get along?

Now, here we are in December sitting in 1st place with two easy games ahead of us and everyone I talked to last night drank their half full beers and cowered from Chad Pennington’s imminent return next week.  For the record I did not, do not, and will not cower at the mention of Chad Pennington. Neither should you.  The Dolphins have experienced an abundance of good fortune this season and while they somehow dodged the winter conditions in Buffalo, next Sunday the Meadowlands will be what we academics like to call “butt-ass cold.”

But I digress… So we’re in 1st place, we’ve got the skills (7 pro bowlers), and we beat the tar out of the best team in football not so long ago.  In the words of Winston, everybody’s favorite Ghostbuster,”We’ve got the tools, We’ve got the Talent!”  Teams should be afraid of the Jets, not the other way around.  As long as Mangini puts together a good week of practice we should destroy the Seahawks and their roster of back-ups.

Late last night when I got home I turned on Sportscenter and saw a report on the Jets.  Mangini had them practicing in Friday’s snowstorm to prepare for the conditions in Seattle.  Brilliant!  Is the Magenious back?  Is this the same coach that shows the team title fights and blares hip-hop into Favre’s snap count? It just might be.  The team looked loose in that Muhammed Ali kind of way.  While running their plays in the snow the smiles were everywhere and Favre even was targeted for a snow attack by his teammates.  The lowly losses of two weeks ago appear to be gone and I went to bed an optimistic fan.

Things Seattle is known for…

• – Coffee
• – Fish Markets
• – 4:20
• – Grunge rock
• – Patchouli Oil
• – Literacy (highest of all large cities)

Notice-  there is no mention of sports in the above list.  I bet you didn’t know that one of Seattle’s nicknames is “Jet City.” Another is “Emerald City.”  Combine them and it’s like they nicknamed themselves off of an Ellis Jersey- “Emerald Jet City.”  Deep thoughts I know…