Saturday, November 14, 2009

Sunday is a Must



Let's go Coach, you talked a big talk when you came in to take over this franchise. You screamed a lot of bravado and talked about how this wasn't going to be the same old Jets. You lit up the City with a quick start winning your first three games all against what was thought to be more than solid opponents, that's before everyone knew just how bad the Titans season would end up going. Since that time the Jets are 1-4 and their Quarterback has shown a ton of growing pains. Countless bad throws, not taking care of the football. We've seen some flashes from the kid, but we've also seen what you fully need to expect when you have a rookie at Quarterback, mistakes.

The Jets will come into the game on Sunday at 4-4 bunched up in the middle of the pack trying to grasp on to Wild Card hopes. They play the Jaguars who have been quite an enigma, and they also come in with an identical 4-4 record. Other teams in the Wild Card mix are the Ravens (4-4), Texans (5-4) and Dolphins (3-5). I'll put the Dolphins in the mix since they beat the Jets twice. The two teams currently holding down the two Wild Card spots the Steelers (6-2) and the Chargers (5-3), both those teams still have hopes of winning their division. The Steelers come into action tied with the Bengals and have a head to head matchup with them in which the winner will try to put their best hold on the division title. The Chargers will try to chase down the 6-2 Broncos, who have lost their last 2 after a 6-0 start.

I'll give the Jets one break, they have lost two of their best players on each side of the ball. Kris Jenkins and Leon Washington have both suffered season ending injuries, no team would have an easy time with things losing two players of that caliber. Still, this is it for the Jets. Put up or shut up this week against the Jaguars. If they have any hopes at all of fighting for a playoff spot, it starts with defeating Jacksonville on Sunday. Come on Coach, have your guys ready and back up all that talk. Just do it.

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