Comments on: Does This Team Have a Leader?

By: Frank

Frank — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:08:49 +0000

We have a coaching staff who has this team 9-5 and we have won games @TENN and @NE. Stop bitching bout the coaching staff. I’m not a big fan of Sutton but I don’t see how the offense with Schotty is a major problem. Thomas Jones has the most rushing attempts in the NFL and people complain he doesn’t get the ball enough? A younger version of Parcells is not always out there……Mangini has been around this league enough to know what he is doing with this team. Go Jets!

By: ja

ja — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:19:48 +0000

was going to attack CA88FAN but Chris said it all, WE DONT OWE THE JETS CRAP!!!! we are not being paid to be fans you idiot!! All we do is spend out money and our time and they play pathetic football with no effort. We have the right to be pissed off when we are getting robbed. But the bottom line is being a sports fan really is a rip off. What are we doing anyway? we just root for the guys in green becasue thats what we are used to doing since we were kids. We dont care about the players because if they wer traded or are playing poorly we could careless if they are injured. So we just pay money for something to take our minds off the real world, and thats fine. But why should it cost us so much emotionally? lets just all relax take a step back and realize its just football…even if we win the superbowl who cares? Once we do that we just want another one. Im a yankee fan, and in the 90s a world series didnt eve really excite me. In the end one day we will all just realize that its just a let down, we think that a superbowl would satisfy us and everything will be great afterwords? 2 days after the title we wud just be asking “well now what is there?”. So let the jets keep sucking to make that moment last 3 days instead of 2. Sorry to get all philisophical and honest on everyone.

By: Harvlis

Harvlis — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:02:46 +0000

There are three 9-5 teams in our division. Two are getting better and the one with the most talent is falling off the table. That is why some Jet fans are losing their minds and come off negative. I assure you, most Jet fans would love to be celebrating rather than bitching. A blowout of Seattle would have most of us pumped for the Miami game. Go Jets!

By: JustAGreenGuy

JustAGreenGuy — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:36:10 +0000

Agree with saying everyone is negative. It take steh fun out of a good season. Congrats to the Probowlers.

By: SackDance99

SackDance99 — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:23:59 +0000

I like the negative posts here. Jets fans have to be the most negative fans in the NFL. Yes, Shaun Hill and Matt Cassell beat the Jets. Has anyone noticed that Hill is 8th in QB rating? He might’ve been third string, but he is the 49ers best QB and why they didn’t play him from the outset shows how a failed no. 1 pick at QB can hamstring a franchise. As for Cassell, he beat that “great leader” 48-28 on his home field. He’s pretty good and has great complementary weapons to throw to, like Moss, Welker and Faulk. Oh, and the “great leader” has led his team to 7 wins in the last 8 games; Favre has led the Jets to 6 wins in the last 8. Favre engineered victories over the best 2 teams the Jets faced, the Titans and Pats and lost to the third (Broncos)…2-1 against over .500 teams late in the season. The other “great leader” beat Denver, at Denver, which was the only win over an over .500 team during this streak. The only other game with another over .500 team was a 20 point home loss to a division rival.

This Jets team has plenty of leaders, it lost 2 games in a row it should’ve won, won a game it should’ve lost and now has 2 winnable games to win the division. And, if the Jets do win this weekend, that’s 10 wins, which would be an amazing turnaround but for the fact that this is the year of turnarounds: Atlanta, Baltimore and Miami are all on the way to double digit wins from double digit losses last season. This is a good team that has more good things about it than flaws.

By: NY Titan

NY Titan — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:35:21 +0000

Great post Doug. I agree with everything you said- especially, “this team has the most talent we’ve had in years.” It’s the absolute truth! We all watched the Jets win games this year, and we all know how good this team can be when they play to their potential. I will believe that they CAN play like that again until they run out of chances.

By: DJ

DJ — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:19:48 +0000

FAIR WEATHER FANS

By: NY Titan

NY Titan — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:03:57 +0000

Ham IS right! What a terrible relationship some of you have with our beloved NY JETS. I read 10 times more negatively drawn comments here than positives. Granted, not a whole heck of a lot to be positive about, but doesn’t it get downright depressing to constantly hate on your favorite team? I think we should all be happy that we won the game on Sunday, are in first place in our division, and are playing against a 3-11 team this week, but that’s just me- a guy who LIKES to LIKE his team.

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:29:18 +0000

We have leaders ….the team gets excited but it’s this weak ass play calling that just sucks the life out of our team. Last week we were up and moving Favre was excited Jones was killing it then …. I don’t know we had no pass rush and made J.P. Losman look like Jim Kelly. Sutton should work with Rookie Quaterbacks to help develop their confidence by having them play his defense.

By: Doug from Long Valley

Doug from Long Valley — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:08:22 +0000

Chris, That’s quite a resume and commitment to the team, it puts you up there with Ira.

With that said I have a glass half full perspective on our leadership and why I think we have a bright future for our team. Here’s why:

Woody – He’s trying to take us in new direction. He’s giving us the money to spend on players new and resign others (66,97,4, 25, 87…). He built our new facility in NJ, when you go there as I have (because my son lives down the road) you will see this is a world class facility. With that come expectations of excellence. And a new stadium (sorry about the PSL’s, even Rutgers has that now). As the owner he sets the strategic direction for the team, I think he’s done that, he’s not a Jerry Jones.

Mr. T – Not a football guy??? Well I don’t know if he ever took a snap but it is his life work and it has been since he and Eric worked for BB in Cleveland at least. What has he done? Re-work the O and D Lines, made the decision to win from the trenches. He’s had a few good drafts (29, 74, 60, 52, 81…), oh yes and a few misses also, MLB who wrestled wild pigs . Great work in free agency (see players above).

Eric – His team is ready every week, last year at 4-12 the team never quit on him. So he doesn’t throw down his head set on national TV, isn’t that what Brian Cox, Sutton and others are supposed to do. Does he walk on water?? NO! But teams like Pittsburg gave BC 15 years to win one SB and everyone thinks he’s god. I do blame him for not addressing the D-Coordinator this past off season and we’re paying the price for that now, but Romeo will be on the staff next year (I hope).

The team – Is fun to watch (even though you need a defibulator), it has the most talent we’ve had in years, and you can already point to areas that we need improvement in, but that takes time.

I’ll be on the couch Sunday looking for you and Ira in the Stands. We’re all in this together, Let’s Go Jets!!