Not only that, they may need to after Cincy’s whupping of the “serious super bowl contending” Ravens last night. 5-1 may in all liklihood leave them on the outside looking in.

Every week, the media annoints another team as the main threat to the colts and bears, every week that team loses.

For the record this weeks annointed are the Cowboys and Seahawks in NFC and Patriots(again) in the AFC.

I hope the Jets don’t have similar posting in their locker room, if that’s what you mean!

My idea for this post/series came when I was reading all the national correspondents jumping on the Jets bandwagon after the Pats game. All they talked about was how our final six games were all against sub-.500 opponents.

I guess my point is to highlight the good things (and bad) that these teams do between now and each game, so we keep an even keel when evaluating before kickoff.

I also thought that made sense because this is such an unusual year. Despite 11-5 still being a possibility, the Jets don’t really have their fate in their own hands due to the fact that they don’t play any of the other playoff contenders in the AFC (at least not the ones they don’t currently hold an advantage over) down the stretch.