After one too many whiffed punts, Mangini has sent Ben Graham packing. The Aussie looked bad Sunday against the Patriots and with the Jets having a terrible time getting their special teams’ act together I’m guessing the last thing Mangini wanted to worry about was crappy punting. I understand where he’s coming from but I never got to see Ben Graham’s individuality utilized on the field.
When the Jets picked him up, Graham was coming off of an incredible career in Aussie Rules Football. It was this experience the Jets hoped to tap into. If Graham’s “drop kick’ style could create an awkward spin on the ball, opposing teams would have difficulty returning it. Actually, we hoped they wouldn’t be able to catch it all. Not so much. I’ve been waiting for teams to fumble the Jet’s punts for years now. I guess the wait is over.
Aussie Rules is a very violent sport. It’s a tough, bruising game and everyone on the field runs the ball and …
So here we go again. OJ Simpson will once more be forced to let a jury decide his fate. This time he’s on trial for kidnapping and armed robbery. Allegedly, Simpson and a group of friends stormed into a hotel room brandishing firearms with the intent of stealing OJ Simpson sports memorabilia. Bizarre huh? Since that eventful evening there have been conspiracy theories, karmic theories, and an audio tape with the break-in recorded on it released to the media. My favorite part of the tape?
“Don’t let nobody out of this room. Motherf#*^@r, You think you can steal my s#*t and sell it?” -OJ Mothf&$#ing Simpson
Somehow, the week long jury selection process produced zero black jurors for this trial. If ever there was a case that required a racially balanced jury, it is this one.
This is just a mistrial waiting to happen. Johnny Cochran would eat this case up for lunch. OJ Simpson is a …
Sunday the Jets once again showed their ineptitude when it comes to field goals and the first quarter.This ineptitude hung over their heads the entire game and every single Jets fan knew that missed field goal was going to come back to bite us in the ass.
The first drive of the game was a thing of beauty. Farve was all over the place making good things happen and the Jets marched right down the field. That’s when Jay Feeley blew a gimme field goal. After that we all knew how this movie was going to end.
Our offensive growing pains were on display for the world to see. We had too many penalties once again. Hopefully these will begin to fade out with each extra week of practice Farve gets with the offense.
Apparently the officials were instructed to protect Matt Cassell because they called the Jets for roughing the passer whenever they could. Late hits …
All week long I’ve watched people slowly warm up to the idea that the Jets are suddenly the favorites to win the AFC East. After last season it sounds ridiculous but it’s true people. I’ve watched the Sportscenter folks hold back on bringing it up after 1 week of play. Then the Vegas betting machine let us know that people secretly are expecting the Jets to win this weekend. That’s right. Expecting. And those people are putting their money where their mouths are. Just look at the line in the paper. After that, it had to be mentioned on ESPN. The Jets are favored to win this weekend. If they beat the Patriots, does that make them the favorites? I know we need to win Game 2 first but………….. Yes!
Without Tom Brady the Patriots no longer seem so unbeatable. With Brett Favre looking like his old self the Jets no longer seem so easily beaten. Buffalo looked good last week too but they don’t cheat nor …
What I expected to see Sunday was Brett Favre struggling to run the Jets offense. I expected the win but I also expected to see some growing pains for Favre. Maybe an interception because of misscommunication, some confusion when calling audibles, some snap count mix-ups- I figured they were inevitable and to be expected.
What I saw was Favre outplaying everybody around him. This was a tough win but only because the Jets left so many points on the field. The Dolphins are known for having a physical defense but Favre looked great carving them up. Did you see that playaction bomb? You knew it was coming. Run. Short pass. Short pass. Run. Run. Run- psyyyyke! Bomb!! Touchdown Jets!!!!! That was the first two drives in a nut shell. Good times that first quarter.
Favre was on target the whole game. It’s too bad the recievers were’nt. Coles dropped a touchdown and a bullet on a quick slant. Cotchery missed a big 30 yard pass he just …
“You’re wearing the wrong Jersey!’
I was tending bar last night and since it was the beginning of the NFL season I was proudly wearing Jerricho Cotchery’s # 89. A gaggle of women were standing in front of me wearing their night-on-the-town outfits and drinking apple martinis.
“You’re wearing the wrong Jersey!!!” Again. More of a shriek than a yell. It didn’t take long for me to figure out who was responsible for hurting my ears. She was on the chubby side and drunk as a skunk. Naturally, I assumed she was from Boston.
“What are you, a Patriots fan?” I said. No way some Bostonion is going to come in my bar and rag on me ten minutes into the new season. I loaded my Patriot Fan cut down cannons and fired away. “Hey, we might have lost ten games last year but none of them hurt as much as that Super Bowl. Karma’s a bitch huh?”
“But I’m a Giants fan! They’re the winners!” Loud. High pitched squeal.
I’m …
The most unbelievable offseason in any Jets fan’s memory is over leaving a mysterious new emotion in its wake. Hope. There’s also a little fear mixed in there. Where once there was a salary spurned patchwork offensive line there is now a veteran yet somehow youthful secret service agency entrenched around our quarterback. That quarterback position, which began the preseason as a question mark with a red shirt on, is now manned by a battle tested field with something to prove. He does not have a rag for an arm. He also has had just about a month to learn a freakishly complicated offense.
It’s hard for Jets fans not to expect the worst. I’m so worried that Favre is going to get smacked around that I’ve almost convinced myself the Dolphins won’t miss Jason Taylor and Zach Thomas. I’ve also somehow become afraid of Ricky Williams for God’s sake. Ridiculous. Irrational. The Dolphins were 1-15 with their defensive superstars. Is Chad Pennington going to step in …
Ten days in South Florida and I’ve learned two things.
1) I hate flying more and more every time I step onto a flying deathtrap- I mean airplane.
2)The Dolphins are psyked to have Chad Pennington lobbing balls about twenty yards or so for their offense. They talk about him like he’s the second coming of Joe Namath (Uh…wait a second here). “His leadership blah blah” or his “blah blah experience as a competitor blah blah.” It’s funny when Dolphins camp and former Jets camp sound exactly the same. I’ve still got my spy on the ground trying to sneak a picture of the brain sucking machine Parcells used to suck the Jets playbook out of Chad’s head.
3) I know I said two but the plane thing isn’t really relevent. Ricky Williams is an important part of their team and I’m starting to believe that he’s going to have a great season. I don’t know if it’s too much sun but …
So I’m here in South Florida on vacation and I can’t help but love everything I’m reading that’s coming out of the Dolphin’s training camp.
I was a big fan of Favre coming to the Jets but the way Pennington landed in Miami left a bad taste in my mouth. I’m a fan of Chad Pennington and I’d love to see him succeed but not in the AFC East and certainly not in Miami. I wouldn’t be surprised if Parcells hooked a brain scanner up to Chad’s brain and downloaded the Jets playbook onto his laptop. I know it sounds crazy but Parcells is one diabolical dude and he likes to win. Come on, it’s not that far off from Belecheat up in New England. Did you know there are not one but two psychics on the Patriots payroll? Ok I made that up but I wouldn’t put it past them. …
Throughout his entire career one word has repeatedly been used to describe Laveranues Coles: Tough. Eric Mangini, Al Groh, Chad Pennington, Bill Parcells, whoever was coaching the Redskins when Coles left Chad in New York for more money in Washington (it was Joe Gibbs)… they’ve all pretty much said the same thing. He’s tough. He’s tough on the field, he’s tough on the coach, and now he’s tough on his teammates. I would like to add that he also seems to be grumpy. If he was a Saturday morning cartoon he’d be Grouchy Smurf (except green). Has anyone considered that maybe the smartest thing for the Jets and Coles is for him to keep his mouth shut? Frankly, I’m impressed that he hasn’t come out and said something really stupid. If he even hinted that he didn’t like Brett Favre ESPN would have a one hour Sports Center Special faster than you can say, “offensive pass interference.” These …
To say I’ve been watching the Olympics would be a lie. It’s more like I’ve been absorbing them. While I’m not in China, I do have two high definition televisions depicting Olympic splendor pretty much 24-7 and two roommates glued to them.
The Games kicked off on Friday night (or thursday depending on how you look at it) and it was an amazing display of technology and man power. There really is no way to describe what the Chinese put together for the opening ceremony. I found the epic scope of the production frightening to be brutally honest. Check out the first ten minutes (this thing lasted hours and it was all fantastic). The ceremony was straight up Cold War propaganda as much as it was a welcoming party… right there on display were thousands of people beating drums, reconstructing the printing press (which China reminds us they invented), even defying gravity. All of it was performed flawlessly and …
Being a Jets fan can be a very painful experience. I’d rather get beat up in some back alley on the Lower East Side than sit through another 4-12 season.
Now that we’ve got Brett Favre, every Jet fan I’ve talked to has pretty much said the same thing: “Do you think he goes down in week 1 or 2?” Personally, I think it will be week two. We’re like abused puppies – so used to senseless beat downs and failures that we can’t help but wince anytime anything good happens. It’s to be expected when any human being is forced to sit and watch that many missed field goals.
Wednesday night, approximately 2:30 am, I went on stubhub.com and bought two tickets to The Jets-Dolphins game in Miami week 1. I wasn’t sober and that’s the best way I could come up with to see Favre on the field in a Jets uniform. I could get tickets to a game …
