Link: Salfino Rips Francesa (Thankfully)
I am just apologizing that I didn’t get to this sooner.
Please read Michael Salfino’s utter destruction of Mike Francesa’s recent tirade against the Jets, it’s awesome.
62 Responses to Link: Salfino Rips Francesa (Thankfully)
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neville says:
petition to send this man a singing telegram… speaking of maybe we send fatcessa a singing hot dog.
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BC says:
I have no idea what Francesa says about the Jets because I DON’T LISTEN TO HIS SHOW! I suggest all Jets fans do the same.
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Give Leon The Damn Ball (new name pending) says:
i used to listen to francessa not because i was a fan, but i can listen ANYONE talk about sports. however, the constant jets bashing that went on last season was enough for me never to listen to that turd ever again. that jerkoff was just trying to rain on our parade no matter what the team did or who we beat.
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dan says:
Mike Francesca doesn’t even have a real job. He is a bona fide dumb ass. I hate him. He is fat and stupid. I hope he gets fired from wfan and misfortune befalls him.
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Dan in OK says:
So Woody says they won’t sell individual tickets??? There goes my dream of going to a NE v. Jets home game. I’m sure e-bay will save me.
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I still remember the Monday after the Jets beat the Chargers, instead of actually focusing on the Jets big win, he only says that this is an opportunity for the Jets to make up for week 16. I mean wtf.
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seanmac31 says:
I listen to Francesca all the time and I still haven’t figured out why Jets fans are upset by him. He’s entirely fair about the team and he generally has interesting things to say. But there seems to be a segment of the fan base that is up in arms about the fact that he had the temerity to mention the Colts laying down for the team. I don’t get it, myself.
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Dylan says:
I’m so happy that someone finally took him down a little. I stopped listening to him after the Chargers game. I’m fine with people criticizing the Jets as long as they back up their argument but it got to the point though where Francessa refused to give the Jets ANY credit for anything they did. When they won a game, it was due to luck and the other team playing badly. When they lost a game, it was because they weren’t a good team. He ripped Rex and Sanchez for EVERYTHING they said. He said that every move they made was to sell PSLs. Amazingly, he criticized the Jets who were in the playoffs more than the Giants who had gotten absolutely demolished at the end of the season. It became clear that his entire goal was to piss Jets fans off.
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J-Kay says:
On some less positive news… Darrelle Revis is seeking an average annual salary that exceeds $20 million per year, according to Michael Lombardi of the National Football Post.
http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Sunday-at-the-Post-7875.html
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seanmac31,
Um are you kidding? Here are some of the things he said:
The Jets are an 8-8 team
The Jets are 2nd class organization
Rex is a buffoon
Mark Sanchez is “too Hollywood”
Every move the team makes is to sell PSLs
The Jets got lucky against the Bengals
The Jets got lucky against the Chagers
The Jets don’t have a great defense
Losing Leon and Jenkins isn’t an excuse
“Your defense is pretty good, but your offense is the worst in the league.”
“Peyton Manning would’ve put up 30 points on that Jets defense in the second half.” -
WW85 says:
Fatboy is fair on occasion, but for the most part he bashes the Jets because it’s good for his business. It’s red meat, keeps him controversial & in the news. Most of his fan base are Giant fans who love this or Jet fans who listen to get angry.
I stopped listening a long time ago. At least when Dog was on, it was funny sometimes. Now, it’s just kind of pathetic.
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KimoS69 says:
Can’t stomach this man!! Stopped listening to him at the end of last season. Glad to see that there are some other SMART J-E-T-S fans out that that share my view!
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AKA Jack says:
So Francesa complains non-stop about PSLs and “greedy” Woody Johnson? Hmm ever notice you never see Francesa and Ed(itor) in the same place?
Coincidence?
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tomg says:
WW85,
That’s exactly what fat boy does, to boost his ratings he kills the jets and the mets all the time but his beloved yankees and giants can’t do no wrong. I stopped listening to this jackass after Russo left because I use to enjoy watching those two fight on the air. -
cmonleon says:
i get the feeling hell be talking alot less about the jets this season because there wont be much for him to rip on the jets therefore he will have nothing to say about them. hell have to rip on the mets instead.
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I’m not a green kool aid drinker. It’s fair to criticize the Jets when they deserve it, but yeah fatboy does it for ad revenues. He also has his stable of degenerate Jet fans who he allows to call in on the secret # & say the dumbest things. They make us all look bad & it’s easy to shred those guys.
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JohnR says:
Like BC, I don’t listen. I stopped after the San Diego win. He thinks he is better than everyone else because of the job he has. Reality is his job is less important than just about everyone else’s. It just pays a lot more. He has been getting by on reputation for years. I don’t think he even watches sports (no NBA, no NHL, little baseball) other than some football.
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Mary Jones says:
Francessa’s HATE for the Jets all started after Woody fired him & WFAN to go with the new glitzy and more respected kid in town – ESPN Radio. From that point on, Francessa had nothing but sour grapes.
This was NEVER EVER so clear to me that this A-Wipe NEVER EVER offered ONE WORD of condolence to Mr. Johnson over the loss of his daughter Casey. Never ever even brought it up! As a matter of fact, on the day of her death and for that point on, he just continued to PERSONALLY ATTACK Mr. Johnson’s “greed”. May he never have to bury a child. Mike the FREAK! -
Ben Nevis says:
We started a Worst Pundits in Football list on on another thread, but it seems to belong here in its natural home, on this Mike Francesa thread.
Here’s the most recently updated list, which reflects contributions from The NYC Parking Expert, dakar, majasko & others (sorry if I left anybody out):
__________________________________________THE
W O R S T
P U N D I T S
IN
F O O T B A L L
___________1. FRANCESA
2. FLORIO
3. PETER KING
4. CIMINI
5. GARY MYERS
6. CHRIS CARLIN
7. ADAM SCHEIN
8. PETE PRISCO
___________________HONORABLE MENTION:
__BOB COSTAS
KEITH OLBERNMANN
(These two aren’t really taken seriously as pundits. They’re like the pretty girl reporters on the sidelines, only without the saving grace of being pretty girls.)
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Harvlis says:
As much as I love listening to sports radio, in the car — I can’t stand Francessa. He is abusive to fans. Speaks over everybody. Repeats his thoughts fifteen times. NRQ. I could care less about his opinions of the Jets. If he had an opinion that mattered — it would be his first. Arrogant, nasty, waste of life. The New York sports fan deserves better.
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The Ed(itor) says:
I gave up listening to the FAN when 1050 put Michael Kay up against him. Kay, albeit a Yankee broadcaster, is fair and balanced in my opinion.
As to Woody, all he is about is screwing JETS fans. And I hope he still has 17,000 unsold tickets when the season starts. He deserves all the bad press he gets. -
“seanmac31,
Um are you kidding? Here are some of the things he said:”
OK, what did he say?
“The Jets are an 8-8 team”
That’s essentially true–if you prefer, they’re an 8-7 team with an asterisk. Not particularly disrespectful.
“The Jets are 2nd class organization”
That I haven’t heard him say.
“Rex is a buffoon”
Rex can be a buffoon. That isn’t necessarily a bad thing. In interviews with Ryan, Francesca has been perfectly pleasant and fair. He called Ryan out for his remarks after the Indy game, and while I don’t think it’s a huge deal one way or the other, he certainly had a point.
Mark Sanchez is “too Hollywood”
Francesca has been highly complimentary of Sanchez; if anything, he’s been too complimentary considering the way Sanchez played last year.
“Every move the team makes is to sell PSLs”
That overstates the matter, but there is no question that moving the PSLs has been difficult for the Jets and that they are currently doing all kinds of things to get that done. The Jets are self-generating a lot of hype right now, specifically for next season, and it’s not unfair to note the connection between that and the unsold PSLs.
“The Jets got lucky against the Bengals”
Not remotely what he said.
“The Jets got lucky against the Chagers”
Again, not remotely what he said.
“The Jets don’t have a great defense”
He’s understating things a bit, but I can understand the position. The Jets don’t have a pass rush, and most great defenses do. The Jets were the best defense in a year when there were no great defenses. That’s not a grievous stain on the team’s honor.
“Your defense is pretty good, but your offense is the worst in the league.”
Not terribly far from the truth. In actuality, their defense was best in the league and their passing offense was about the fifth-worst, rather than the worst. You want to get bent out of shape over being 28th instead of 32nd?
“Peyton Manning would’ve put up 30 points on that Jets defense in the second half.”
Which is true.
I’m still not seeing what Francesca is saying that is so egregious. As far as I can tell, the primary issue is that Jets fans want the media to act like this was the ’98 team that went 12-4 in the toughest division in football and lost in the AFC Championship game, rather than a 9-7 team that snuck into the playoffs and had a good run. But it’s not the ’98 team.
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juunit says:
Maybe it’s just because I’m both a Mets and Jets fan, but who actually listens to and likes this guy? Basically everyone I know calls him FATcessa. Just Yankee fans I guess? Psh.
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g. JETson says:
Add Solomon Wolcott, Mike Lombardi and Jim Mora. These 3 kill the Jets every time they can, (though Lombardi has softened a little).
Lombardi counts marshall to Dolphins Draft giving them a B+ but the Jets don’t get credit for Santonio in their draft dropping them to B even though he thinks we got the best corner in the draft.Mora said we go 8-8 after incorrectly saying we went 8- in 08 AND 09! -
seanmac31,
Really man? The guy takes everything Rex says and twists it. He said that Rex “begged them [the Colts] to take their players out last week” when in actuality Rex JOKINGLY said that the Colts should sit Manning. The guy is a total prick. Watch this video if you dont agree. Francesa is a fool.
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I listened to that exchange at the time. I didn’t have a problem with it then and I don’t have a problem with it now. Was Ryan being serious about sitting Manning? No, probably not. But it was ridiculous for Ryan to start hemming and hawing about what might have happened had the Colts kept their players in and for him to somehow equate playing without Kris Jenkins to the Colts yanking Manning and co.
Francesca didn’t rip Ryan or the Jets because they got a gift from Indy. He ripped them because they got a gift from Indy and then opened their mouths and talked about how you never know what might have happened, rather than simply being graceful and enjoying their good fortune quietly. It’s a fair thing to rip them on, particularly seeing as when the Jets defense did have to face Manning for four quarters, he shredded them. Again, I don’t see what people are upset about.
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scottsman says:
Fatcesa is anti jet. It is so obvious that it has to be to just draw attention and it is working. To my fellow jet fans, dont worry about what is said about the jets.We have a new era and a lot to look forward to. Woody is hungry for a SB and we are on our way.Go Jets
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Joe in Orlando says:
He’s mildly abusive to fans of all stripes, but he absolutely antagonizes Jets fans in particular. You could argue people shouldn’t take the bait, but to not acknowledge that he’s doing it is a little silly.
Since I stopped listening this officially marks the first “dust up” between him and Jets fans that I was blissfully unaware of. I’m much happier for it.
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Marvel says:
Hey seanmac31 tell Francesa I said Hi when you see him @ the family reunion .. Also tell him he’s a friggin joke .. Thanx
btw.. If Revis wants 20 mill he can go screw himself .. I’d trade him for a punter before I give him 20 mill .. Are you kidding me .. 20 mill for a CB .. Put the pipe down your not that good .. Learn how to catch then maybe you’ll get 13 .. 20 mill ? GTFO my face Revis ..
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War Machine says:
Um i think SeanMac is a Dollphan lol
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The Real RK says:
He’s called Rex and Woody every name in the book. I’m still waiting for him to the guts to say these things to them on the air in person. Let’s see as the season gets closer and he does his remotes from Cortland or Floram Park, if he has the guts to say to Rex “I think you are a clown and a fool and a joke” All things he’s called him.
seanmac31, he has been unfair. Not with everything. I can understand not loving the bravado of Rex but I’m sorry to say that the ONLY reason the Jets signed LT and Taylor and others is to sell PSL’s is just flat out wrong. Every move the Jets have made the last two years has improved and put the team in a position to contend for a super bowl. They’ve drafted well and traded well and signed free agents etc…and to say at this point that they are now making moves strictly to sell PSL’s at the detriment of the team is beyond ridiculous.
You think anyone in their right mind believes they sat in their offices in NJ and said if we sign LT, on his last legs as a backup, we might sell a lot of PSL’s? Really? And how does signing a guy in Jason Taylor who 99% of Jets fans despise, sell tickets.
The only way to sell PSL’s is to win and make your franchise a top level organization that everyone talks about. So for me as a Jets fan, I couldn’t care less what Woody’s motivation is, as long as the goal is to win. If he wants to win so he can pick up chicks, that’d be fine with me. They are doing everything they can to win and to sustain winning, that’s all that matters. The talking by Rex, you can not be a fan of it, that’s fine but really who cares in the long run? To call them a bunch of clowns and fools considering they are one of the top teams going into the 2010 smells of someone holding a grudge more than anything.
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g. JETson—
I don’t know the work of Solomon Wilcox or Mike Lombardi or Jim Mora, so I’ll have to take your word for it.
Here’s the Updated List, which includes your suggestions:
__________________________________________THE
W O R S T
P U N D I T S
IN
F O O T B A L L
___________1. FRANCESA
2. FLORIO
3. PETER KING
4. CIMINI
5. GARY MYERS
6. CHRIS CARLIN
7. ADAM SCHEIN
8. PETE PRISCO
9. SOLOMON WILCOX
10. JIM MORA
11. MIKE LOMBARDI
___________________HONORABLE MENTION:
__BOB COSTAS
KEITH OLBERNMANN
(These two aren’t really taken seriously as pundits. They’re like the pretty girl reporters on the sidelines, only without the saving grace of being pretty girls.)
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seanmac31,
So what exactly is Rex supposed to say? We got lucky and we had no chance of beating that team? Rex wasn’t “hemming and hawing”. He just wasnt apologizing for winning the game, which is what Francesa wanted him to do. Francesa looked like a fool when the Jets made the playoffs, because all season he said they had no chance to make it. So instead of just admitting that he was wrong, he tried to discredit the Jets anyway he could. He said that the Bengals weren’t trying (even though they had all their starters in for the first half of the game on week 17). He then proceeded to pick the Bengals in the wild card game, and then credited Schotty (and not Rex or Sanchez with the win). He also said that the Bengals played terribly on offense, and it never seemed to occur to him that maybe the Jets defense made them look bad. He then picked the Chargers to win (no surprise) and blamed the FG kicker when they lost. In Francesas eyes, they Jets never won a game all season, the other team just lost. He is a hater, plain and simple.
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seanmac31 You can’t just offer “I didn’t hear it” or “that’s not what he said as a rebuttal”. If you claim “that’s not remotely what he said”, what did he say? He has called the Jets a 2nd class organization and he has been saying it for years.
The definition of a buffoon is :clown or jester. Rex is not a buffoon He is loud, braggadocious, even crass but not a clown or buffoon. Nobody thinks that after he got the Jets to the conference title game.Maybe before the playoffs started or in preseason, but after the playoff run even those that don’t like his approach felt he backed it up.
Sanchez is too “Hollywood”. Says who? You? Where’s the media report on him spending more time in the limelight than at his craft. Funny his teammates say he has a great work ethic. They had a guy they nicknamed Hollywood who actually fit the moniker, so maybe they know what it means to be TOO HOLLYWOOD!
We have the worst offense in the league? “You want to get bent out of shape over being 28th instead of 32nd? ” Dude, we were 17th in scoring Offense not 28th. 20th in total Off yards not 28th. Our passing was 31st but we only passed like a 3rd of the time.
How is it true that peyton would’ve put up 30 in a half? The FACT is in 3 halves he didn’t put up more than 17 points. You can’t claim a speculation to be true when there is fact to dispute it.
You sound like an enabler. Face it, the guy is a Jets hater.
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Ben – I went to NFL Total access the following link is what they said. You can look up Lombardi’s AFC East draft report card at the same site. I saw this live and remember Lombardi saying 6-10. I think they cut it out but can’t be sure I trust my memory.
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-network-total-access/09000d5d817a630d/Challenges-face-Jets-in-2010
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g. JETson—
Yeah, I watched the clip, and you’re right: these three guys belong on the list.
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With 2 minutes left in the second quater the cols were down 17-6 and peyton looked human. He didn’t shredd them for 4 qtrs. He DID shred them for 2 qtrs and 2 minutes. Just as I would say to Fran, Stop the hyperbole and just be fair!
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dtrain says:
http://themikefrancesa.com/index.php
If anyone loves to make fun of him… this website is perfect lol
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“seanmac31 You can’t just offer “I didn’t hear it” or “that’s not what he said as a rebuttal”. If you claim “that’s not remotely what he said”, what did he say?”
Of course I can offer that as a rebuttal. I listened to Francesca the Monday after each of the playoff games, and I don’t see how anyone could listen to those broadcasts and come away with the impression that he said the Jets were lucky to win. It’s flatly untrue. So I don’t have much else to offer beyond, “You heard it wrong.”
“He has called the Jets a 2nd class organization and he has been saying it for years.”
What years are those? The Kotite years?
“Rex is not a buffoon He is loud, braggadocious, even crass but not a clown or buffoon. Nobody thinks that after he got the Jets to the conference title game.Maybe before the playoffs started or in preseason, but after the playoff run even those that don’t like his approach felt he backed it up.”
Barry Switzer won a Super Bowl and he’s still a buffoon. Kissing Suzy Kolber has a new lease on life entirely thanks to Rex. Backing up what you say doesn’t make you any more or less of a buffoon; it simply makes you a more or less competent one. (For what it’s worth, I like Rex’s style fine, and I think his talking is mostly harmless. But that’s me.)
“Sanchez is too “Hollywood”. Says who? You?”
Um, no. Says no one, as far as I can tell, which is why I’m confused about the hysteria over this particular straw man.
“We have the worst offense in the league? “You want to get bent out of shape over being 28th instead of 32nd? ” Dude, we were 17th in scoring Offense not 28th. 20th in total Off yards not 28th. Our passing was 31st but we only passed like a 3rd of the time.”
No, we didn’t pass a third of the time, and when we passed, we did so very badly. Scoring offense is not a particularly good measure of how well an offense plays, seeing as it is heavily influenced by field position. But just so I’m clear, you’re incensed that the Jets offense isn’t being respected as the 20th-best unit in the league, is that correct? OK, fine. Mike was guilty of immensely overstating things. The Jets offense wasn’t the worst in the league, it was the 20th-best offense in the league.
“How is it true that peyton would’ve put up 30 in a half? The FACT is in 3 halves he didn’t put up more than 17 points. You can’t claim a speculation to be true when there is fact to dispute it.”
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/201001240clt.htm
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Jeff says:
Fatcessa still thinks that Eli is a good QB just because his last name is Manning, oy!
It took Eli 5yrs to complete 60% of his passes. He won a SB on a fluke play. Yet he still considers him a great QB.
I hope our team becomes soo good, that he loses is job because he is ignorant.
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And it wasn’t just that clip. Before and during the Playoff run they scoffed and dismissed the Jets.
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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/teams/new-york-jets/?eref=sinav
We were ranked 17th in 0ff not 20th. Scoring is the measuring stick for offensive ranking. Any other ranking list what it is for ie Passing, Rushing, total yards, etc.
not sure why you sent me to the link. It showed what i already knew: that Peyton never put up 30 in a half on the Jets last year.
If you look at scoring drives or just…the GAME you would see what I stated earlier is true.Sorry we didn’t pass 33.3 % of the time. We actually Passed 39.3 % of the time. (393 pass attempts and 607 rushes). I thought “like a third” was in the ballpark, but your right , I should be exact as i want others to not exaggerate.
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OtisMyMan says:
SeanMac, you can’t just gloss over the fact that he was completely wrong about the Jets offense by trying to make it seem like people are whining that they aren’t being respected for being the 20th ranked offense. Calling an average offense the worst in the league is more than misleading, it’s just idiotic. Francessa clearly does not like the Jets and never gives them credit for anything. My only question is why people care so much. He’s a blow-hard who doesn’t like our team; don’t listen to him if you’re going to get so bent out of shape over every time he slights the Jets because it’s going to happen a lot.
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I think Fran is an idiot, but I know he is going to hate on the Jets. I like hearing it it so I can b***h about it and argue with him. Hey I don’t really have anything else to do today so i just wasted an hour and a half, another half hour and I can go watch some B-ball! LOL!
But what really gets me is someone pisses on my back and tries to tell me it’s raining. Fran IS biased against the Jets, saying he isn’t is is ridiculous. -
I also yell at the screen during Bill Maher’s show!
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Scoring might be the measuring stick, but it’s a terrible measuring stick because it is too dependent on other factors. It’s a bad stat. DVOA had the Jets in the neighborhood of 22nd. They were 24th in the league in yards generated per drive. Brian Burke, who uses a slightly different methodology than FO but with similar concepts, had the offense as the 24th most efficient in the league by season’s end. So you’re talking about an argument about whether the Jets had the worst offense or whether they were merely a bad offense. I don’t see why that generates such heat.
Otis,
I’ll disagree with you on Francesa disliking the Jets–he is friends with the general manager, for starters–though I know he got into it with some (pretty embarrassing) Jets fans after the Colts game and it went along until the end of the year. But I absolutely agree with you on wondering why people care one way or the other. If you don’t like what the man has to say, don’t turn him on.
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I don’t disagree that scoring might not be the most accurate way to measure an offense. What I am saying is that when you here the pre game shows, or read the news paper matchups and see or hear them say a team has the #___ ranked Offense, Scoring is the ranking they are using. That being the case our offense was ranked 17 which is avg not the worst. There were 15 teams ranked below us so it is not even close to the worst. A team with the top O-line and top rushing O can’t be the worst offense in the league. It is generating heat because it is being used to show his bias, not because we think we should get respect for being average.
I personally don’t think they were a bad offense. I think they were the best rushing offense in the league and I think the low rankings and numbers were a combination of strategy, ( we knew and stated that we would not be taking much risk with the passing game and would be a ground and pound team due to the rookie QB) and Sanchez’s struggles. I don’t think many rookie QBs have lead top Offenses even when they have top talent around them. -
Our offense was only average b/c it was unbalanced and the strong running game was cancelled out by the weak passing game. Hopefully now that Sanchez has a solid year under his belt and some more weapons, we will be in the top 10 for offense. What worrys me though is will the shakeup on the oline with a raw rookie starting in place of one the games best run blockers and heaven help one major injury to a seasoned vet on the line ,we are in trouble. Sanchez still will need major support from the ground game. If we have a drop off in the run game it will make it that much more difficult for Sanchez and the offense as he is still developing.
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Steiny says: I lost all respect for Francesa when he compared his breakup with “The Mad Dog” to the Beatles breaking up…
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scottsman,
A good running game isn’t canceled out by a bad passing game, it’s overwhelmed by it, because the passing game generates a much larger percentage of the production. You can have the worst rushing attack in the league and be an elite offense, as San Diego demonstrated last year, but it doesn’t work the other way around.
I do agree with you that the offense will be significantly improved this year, even though they won’t run as well.
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Not sure about veracity of statement that JETS home game were never televised as all those games at Shea were sold out.
If Francesa said those things about Ryan, Tannenbaum ad JETS Offense and Defense that he truly is a bitter Giants fan.
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mike says:
i want to say im a die hard jets fan. Now I did disagree with Mike about the playoff thing with the colts. He said their was no shot we win that game if Manning remained in. It was a stupid comment to make because it couldve went either way.
Now on monday anyone who is knocking Mike for what he was saying is clueless. Our owner said he wont sell individual game tickets and will take a blackout in ny before he didnt sell all psl seats. Mike was actually sticking up for us Jets fans. Once mike went on his tirade the Jets with in 40 mins had to release statement saying there would be no blackouts in ny. But the day before if u read the article woody didnt care about blacking out ny because his psl werent sold. Woody has looked very selfish in this whole mess . I went on part time job interview to call people to sell pls like 6 months ago. At that time there was around 20,000 seats left with psl we were told. I never got the job and now hearing 6 months later theres still 12 -15 thousand left i think woody starting to get desperate big time.
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Another thing Mike was killing was for this too.
Proves my point woody very selfish
Politi: Fury over new parking regulations illuminates growing rift between Jets, fans
http://www.nj.com/jets/index.ssf/2010/05/politi_fury_over_new_parking_r.html
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seanmac, it only works that way if you have a Rivers or Manning! Most offenses need a strong running game , ESPECIALLY for an inexperienced qb. I do agree that we will have a more balanced offense , provided that there is no significant drop off on the oline and SG proves to be durable. Also, LT must find a semblance of his old self. All these questions, but thats what makes it interesting!
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Dave says:
Look no further than the Jason Taylor signing to flip this fool’s argument upside-down. The Jets would have went no where near Taylor with his track record with Jets fans if the goal was simply to get fans in seats on name value alone.
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Taylor is a slut for attention and if he can wreak havoc against his old team ,I applaud it ! Maybe there is a method to the maddness!
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Joe C from CT says:
Mike is NOTHING WITHOUT MADD DOGG!! This guy is boring and will Milk The Clock all day with Golf Talk. Where are the Black, Latino or other nationalities? All I see on that so-called show is old people. What a waste of a good time slot. SHAME!
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When callers are not stroking his ego he is negative and a Hater. Where’s Madd Dogg when you need him!!! Shame!
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Pete57 says:
Seanmac, you’ve always been an excellent poster on this site, but you have the Francessa situation all wrong. I’ve listened to him since he started on FAN. He was only good to the Jets during the Parcells years, but before last year he was bearable. After the first Colt game he was merciless the rest of the season. He screames now. He didn’t used too, probably because he left that to mad dog. He screamed that Rex “begged” the Colts to sit Manning. He did this on several different days. Rex never begged. he made a joke about it. Every time Rex would make a confident statement, like the Jets were the best team in the playoffs, he would hammer him. And any Jet fan who called in to defend the Jets, he would shout over and tell them they didn’t know what they were talking about. He even killed IRA from Staten Island, the most mild mannered, even tempered, fair fan I have ever heard. And then hung up, which he would do to any intelligent Jet fan that made a good point.
Here is the point: For a 5 week period last year the Jets were a great story that got better every week. Regardless of wether he thought the Jets were good, he, and every other NY sports personality should have focused on how great this was. A complete cinderella story. Instead he tried as hard as he could to throw cold water on it, and to not let Jet fans enjoy the run. I haven’t listened to him since. -
BubbyBrister/shovelpass says:
Thanks Pete, you have stated the facts accurately as far as I’m concerned. I agree, and haven’t listened to him since then either.
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Thanks Bubby, I hope there are alot more fans like us, and then he will eventually be off the air. By the way, I really Like Brandon Tierney on ESPN radio.
Finally.