I am one of the lucky ones. I never thought I’d say that about my parent’s divorce, but my mom remarried a life long, die hard Jet fan. My step dad Ed was a Jets season ticket holder from when they played in Shea Stadium going back to the 1966/Namath era. What a treat it was to listen to his stories about some of the games he witnessed. His experiences were amazing. He watched players today’s Jetfans only know as names of Jet lore; names like Namath, Maynard, Ewbank, Walker, Klecko, Lott, and McNeil come to mind. What always impressed me though was Ed’s knowledge of East Rutherford. If there was an accident or a traffic snarl, Ed knew how to get around it. If we were running late, Ed knew how to get there fast. He could get us to Rut’s Hut and in our mezzanine seats in less than an hour despite traffic, weather, and/or road conditions. Continue reading
New York Jets Street Cred…
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Back in the preseason Rex hinted that he was going to allow Sanchez “air it out” more often. It was the right thing to say, certainly. With Holmes, Plax, and (then) Derrick Mason all needing catches, we would most definitely need to throw a lot more often than last year. However this was just theory and should have been left at just that. We are a ground-and-pound team and to expect that to change when we’re built for rushing the ball was a huge mistake. Our O-line obviously is more suited for run blocking than pass protection, as evidenced by the 39 sacks they allowed. I think if we never tested out the air-it-out theory and stuck to what we knew, rushing, we would have stood a better chance.