Audible: What's the 2006 Jets Record Going to be?
Alright it's been too quiet around here recently, and that's on me. That being said, I will venture down a path I rarely trod… the dreaded seasonal predicitions.
How do you think the Jets will fare this season? What kind of record will they end up with? Vegas is on the books now for 6.5 wins… what do you think?
Here's their schedule if you haven't seen it.
Date Opponent
Sep 10 @Tennessee
Sep 17 New England
Sep 24 @Buffalo
Oct 1 Indianapolis
Oct 8 @Jacksonville
Oct 15 Miami
Oct 22 Detroit
Oct 29 @Cleveland
Week 9 BYE
Nov 12 @New England
Nov 19 Chicago
Nov 26 Houston
Dec 3 @Green Bay
Dec 10 Buffalo
Dec 17 @Minnesota
Dec 25 @Miami
Dec 31 Oakland
9 Responses to Audible: What's the 2006 Jets Record Going to be?
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Anonymous says:
without a doubt, the smart $ is on the over in wins. noone is expecting anything out of this team, which means they'll most likely surprise on the upside.
putting everything else aside, if you just bet against prevailing jet fan sentiment heading into the season you would make big money. backtest this theory and i think you'll agree.
from a fundamental perspective, why do i think the smart $ is on the over? first off, talentwise we are much more solid than people are giving us credit for. but talent isn't as important for the new system. smart and competitive players are most important bc this is a coaching and x's and o's intensive system.
we won 4 games last year with basically no offensive line, a 3rd string QB and RB and a coach headed out the door. the core of this team has a lot of heart and character and the true open comeptition that mangini is fostering alone will double the win total from last year.
get your $ on the over quickly before it goes up! (ps, don't worry about the QB situation – it's just noise at this point). -
I think we could well win more than 6.5 games, but I reckon it's going to take at least 11 to make the playoffs and no way is that happening, even with this schedule.
I can't imagine us winning fewer games than last year unless we have comparable injury problems, although this will probably happen because we're the Jets.
It will be nice just to be competitive in games again. -
I think 6 is very reasonable, but more important I agree with your last point. Competitive football is all I care about this year. I'd rather see relatively boring schemes and plays (with the occasional Brad Smith WR end-around pass, of course) executed properly than a boom-or-bust flashy, but mistake ridden offense.
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5-11 or 6-10 looks about right.
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At best–*IF* the QB situation is solid (either Pennington is healthy or Clemmens is lights out in his rookie year– 9-7. More likely it will be 6-10. We should easily beat Buffalo at least once, Detroit, Houston and Green Bay. I see us having a reasonable chance to beat Tennessee, Minnesota and possibly sweep the Bills. There is also an outside chance of beating Miami at least once, we seem to have their number in the last few seasons (2005 excepted). There is no way even on our best day that we will beat New England, Indy, Jacksonville, or Cleveland. Oakland is beatable especially since they are coming to the Meadowlands, but I wouldn't count on it given our history with them. The only way we can beat Chicago is if our defense scores more points than theirs. I may be a complete idiot and I am usually wrong about these predictions, but that's how I see it right now.
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Sep 10 @Tennessee (W)
Sep 17 New England (L)
Sep 24 @Buffalo (W)
Oct 1 Indianapolis (L)
Oct 8 @Jacksonville (L)
Oct 15 Miami (W)
Oct 22 Detroit (W)
Oct 29 @Cleveland (W)
Week 9 BYE
Nov 12 @New England (L)
Nov 19 Chicago (W)
Nov 26 Houston (W)
Dec 3 @Green Bay (L)
Dec 10 Buffalo (W)
Dec 17 @Minnesota (L)
Dec 25 @Miami (L)
Dec 31 Oakland (W)
9-7
I really don't believe the Jets are going to repeat and finish 4-12. Herm Edwards was a joke last year. -
The Jets are going undefeated this season. 19-0 baby!
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“…but talent isn't as important for the new system. smart and competitive players are most important bc this is a coaching and x's and o's intensive system.”
I agree to an extent – this will certainly be more of a teaching-oriented environment than Herm's camps. But you still have to have a minimum amount of raw talent to be an effective player. Recent NE teams have had guys who were both undervalued from a pure talent persepective as well as being very intelligent. And at this point, it's debatable whether the holdovers on the Jets – as well as picks like Schlegel and E Smith – have enough pure talent to be important cogs on a winning defense. I'm hoping for the best, but we just don't know yet.
Add in the unknowns / health issues at QB, RB, and at least 2 OL slots, and I'm figuring us for about 6-8 wins. The good news is the schedule looks really favorable – I would say we only have 3 games that look almost impossible.
5-11.