Besides, the line wasn’t really the whole issue. The primary pass protector (Ferguson) gave up three sacks and overall they were much better than the previous year. Part of it was that they went to so many spread formations, whereas many other teams will max protect.

It is true though, when healthy teams cannot stack the box against Favre like they did in the past, although they did to an extent while his arm was clearly bothering him and he was rarely throwing deep.

Sometimes, when they do stack the box, you can break more long runs. I think this is what happened over the second half where the Jets had more runs stuffed, but broke a few long TDs.

And yes that includes the players, the fans, and the media.

A fish stinks from the head down, and this all starts with Woody Johnson and his PSL’s, thats why he brought in Favre, and in doing so he sacrificed long term stability for short term WOW factor. Now it’s blown up in his face and once again we are a joke in the NFL.

I knew bringing in Favre would create a circus atmosphere, and now no established, big name coach will go near us (Cower, Shannahan, Schottemheimer, Holmgren) they will not want to be mired in the Favre soap opera. Our only option for a coach will be some no name coordinator.

This was not Mangini’s fault, he was put in an impossible situation, Woody Johnson (WJ) knew he had an inexperienced HC, one who was just starting to learn how to be a HC. WJ should have known that by insisting on Favre he was basically hamstringing Mangini. There was no way that Mangini could control Favre, and he could definitely not bench him, he could only just sit by and put up with it all. Maybe a coach like Parcells could have handled this situation, but not Mangini, and shame on WJ for putting financial gain ahead of the plan that Tannenbaum and Mangini had laid out.

If we fans had any brains and cojones we would boycott the Jets and not buy the PSL’s, if nothing else then just to let WJ know that we are not that easily bought.