Can you shut up, please??

Does anyone think Rex Ryan will ever shut his mouth? Most Jet fans love the fact that he is arrogant, obnoxious and confident. I don't! I think it puts a target on every Jet fan's back. Every other team in the NFL hates the Jets because of this guy. I know he has made the Jets relevant again and that is huge. There are way too many times that he brings negative publicity on the team. Giving the finger to Dolphin fans, creating an uncomfortable environment for female reporters, letting his defense eat cheeseburgers on the practice field, and most recently the foot fetish fiasco. Now let's get to the facts on the field. His defense STINKS! He is supposed to be a defensive minded coach and almost every game, it's the defense that is failing the Jets. He has never won a championship as a coach or a coordinator. The 2010 New York Jets are an average team and I, as a realistic Jet fan, am ecstatic that the team made the playoffs. It's another week that I can watch my favorite team. I'm having fun and am enjoying the ride. Why can't you REX???

2011 NFL Playoffs, Wildcard Round: Jets @ Colts

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Wow did not think this match up was going to happen. It was interesting to see Kansas City looking like they were giving up on the game against the Raiders. I guess they didn't want to play the Jets? In any event, now the Jets get to face Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts. Most Jet fans, and yours truly, did not want to see the Colts in the first round. To be honest with you, I was hoping another team would beat them so we did not have to face them. How can I say that being a Jets fan, you ask? Well Manning has Rex Ryan's number. Ryan's defenses are not built to beat Manning. A Rex Ryan defense is meant to confuse the other QB and force him to hold onto the ball to long or make a mistake. YOU CANNOT FOOL MANNING!! Even though he will never admit it, you know Manning is delighted to face the Jets in the first round.

It's all about the

With the Jets having already clinched a playoff spot, the game against the Bills tomorrow means nothing. This gives head coach Rex Ryan and defensive coordinator Mike Pettine, a chance to tweak the defense and get it back on track heading into the playoffs. What's wrong with the defense?? Pettine and Ryan seem to think that the unit has gotten away from the basics. They have gotten so wrapped up in the scheme that they forgot about the basics. A couple of players have stated that they think the defense has become more "read and react" and less attacking. An attacking defense is what Ryan is known for and if the players are not attacking then the scheme will fail.  I think the problem lies with the play calling. Ryan surrendered much of the defensive play calling to Pettine this year and it has become more predictable. Ryan is a head coach and he really should not be calling all of the plays, he needs to concentrate on the game and the situations that arise. The defense is in peril and I think Ryan needs to reclaim the play calling duties and let someone else handle the clock management and challenges(which he is horrible with.) 

On a side note

I won my money fantasy football league. I acquired some serious dough. It was tough and it took a lot more strategy than it has in previous years. I made 2 big trade during the season that I think really helped  me win. The first one was I gave Roddy White/Joseph Addai for Micheal Turner/Steve Smith NYG. Turner ended up being a beast and Smith gave me a few good games before he got hurt. A trade I made halfway through the season was McNabb/Welker for Calvin Johnson. Once I acquired Johnson my team stayed consistent. I want to recommend thehuddle.com for really helping me make pickups and who to start. Also, Micheal Beller from si.com answered every single question I asked him on tweeter. Let's hope I can repeat next year!

The 4th and five play in the 3rd quarter. . .

I am still baffled by this play and wanted to wait a couple of days before I wrote about it. The Jets got the ball to start the 2nd half and were moving fairly well. Then came 4th and five and I thought to myself, well let's punt and pin them within their own 20 and play the field positioning game. The Jets lined up for the punt by Mark Sanchez stayed in. . .DUH!!! Of course the Bears knew he was going to get the ball and throw it. How many times is he in on punts?? Never! Devin Hester immediately recoginized it and tipped off his teammates who were ready when the ball was snapped. Sanchez actually made a perfect throw by Rashied Davis was all over Brad Smith who could not bring in the pass. I'm not sure what the thought process was, the only explanation we can get from  Ryan, Sanchez, Westhoff, or Smith was that they practiced it during the week. WOW awesome, so that means you have to do it?? It was horrible call by Ryan, who is making bad decisions on a weekly basis. That left the Bears well inside Jets territory and don't you know they score on the very next play, and the momentum was shifted from that point forward. So that begs the question. . .

Jets - 34 Bears - 38

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The Jets lost a tough one yesterday at Soldier Field. I was really really impressed with the way the offense performed. Mark Sanchez played extremely well, completing 24 of 37 passes, throwing for 269 yds., 1 TD, and 1 INT with a 84.2 passer rating. His completion percentage was 64.8%, which is outstanding. He should have had 2 TD's but Keller dropped a beautiful pass in the end zone. If you would have told me that the Jets would score 34 points against a very good Chicago defense, I would have taken that in a heartbeat. So what happened?? The defense was atrocious. The defensive unit played pretty good in the first half, with there only hiccup coming on Matt Forte's 22 yd. TD run, which it seemed like no one could tackle him. Jay Cutler went 13/25 for 215 yds., 3 TD's(all in the 3rd quarter), 1 INT(returned for a TD by Lowery), and one rushing TD. The defense held Cutler down in the first half, with the Bears only success on offense coming via the run game. Obviously the Bears made adjustments at halftime, as they came out with a different approach on offense.  They had 3 long TD passes in which one the Jets only had 10 men on the field, another Lowery was caught out of position, and another was set up by Jason Taylor's bad positioning on Matt Forte. If the defense would have played up to it's potential then the Jets would have easily won this game as they were dominating the Bears defense.