New England Patriots running back Fred Taylor (21) is tackled during the third quarter by New York Jets' Kerry Rhodes (25) and Darrelle Revis (24) in an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009, in East Rutherford, N.J. The Jets won 16-9. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
East Rutherford, NJ (WFAN) -- Kiss the Rings? Nope. None of that on Sunday. No kissing...Just hard hitting! And all the talk was backed up....and by the way, in my opinion talk alllllllllllllllll you want. I LOVE the chatter. What should teams do? Being quiet is so boring....Since I like Bart Scott's opinions on basically everything...lets get his about all this talk...he says that...we...listen. I LOVE this guy.
That is one confident S.O.B......As for the game Sunday, it was a Jets defensive showcase snapping an 8 game home losing streak to the Patriots, 16-9. The Pats were able to move the ball, but could not cross the goal line. For the 2nd straight game the Jets held their opponent without an offensive touchdown. Gee, that ain't bad. Rex Ryan talking the talk..and now his team walking the walk. Everyone wanted to chat with Kerry Rhodes after the game about his comments earlier in the week that he wanted to go out and "embarrass the Patriots" so we hear from Senor Rhodes (who I am also a big fan of because of his "brashness") who is sick of the word he used in the first place :)
So between Ryan, Scott and Rhodes the 2009 Jets have plenty of yappers and so far through 2 games they have put their money where their mouths are. The defense had Tom Brady confused for most of the afternoon. He didn't have his 2nd favorite target in Wes Welker who was inactive with a knee injury. OH - when Coach Belichick was asked after the game why Welker didn't play his response was "because he was on the inactive list." Good times...hahaha! Darrelle Revis had an interception and held Randy Moss to 4 catches for 24 yards. Through 2 games he is your defensive MVP, who I almost injured in the locker room when I stepped back and kicked him :( I'm sorry....I didn't mean to. He is ok...don't fret.
The offense played well enough. Not great, but didn't make the big mistake and scored just enough points to come out on top. Mark Sanchez played well in his 2nd start...he was rattled in his first snap and was nothing special in the 1st half -- 3-5 for 15 yards...but came back strong in the 3rd quarter 7-11 for 119 yards and a touchdown to Dustin Keller. The one TD in the game. Leon Washington rushed for 58 yards and Thomas Jones 54 both with 14 carries and all this was enough to lift the Jets to 2-0.
I love the swagger, I love the re-vamped attitude, I love not having to cover a team coached by Eric Mangini (sorry Jerry Recco...but that must've sucked!!!) I will have more on Monday but now Mia must sleep after working a Saturday overnight then straight to a 1 pm Sunday football game....tired would be an understatement and my brain has now shut down.
Jets 2-0...proved me and many wrong with the shutdown of the New England offense in Week 2!
Great win!! And lets cheer for a coach with the guts and sense to shelve the "prevent" defense. First time in over 40 years I have been confident that we will see an attacking aggressive, well coached JET team.
09/26/2009 12:59AM
tampering charges
what is sanfran doing are they saying that the jets receiving core stinks by charging jets with tampering when we know for sanfran its all about crabtree,,again rex is ssatying that the jets are a good football team,,,
I think the roof might be caving in. It was a nice run to 3-0, but I am afraid that the Jets might have talked themselves into the ground. It's been a free fall over the last 8 weeks as they have lost 5 of 6...
Gulp. Maybe I was wrong...I guess if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, looks like a duck, it must be a duck. Same Old Jets... Coach Ryan has said since he got here that he wants his guys to "Play like a Jet"...
Can they put together a complete game when not playing the Raiders? That is the big question that the Jets are going to try and answer as they open up the 2nd half of the season with the Jaguars...
The Jets are actually 2 plays from being 6-2 and both coming at the hands of the Dolphins. A Ronnie Brown 2 yard TD run with 6 seconds to play in Miami and then Ted Ginn's 2nd kickoff return in the 3rd quarter of the game at the Meadowlands.
I'm still trying to wrap my hands around how the Jets lost to the Dolphins 30-25 on Sunday. Well, I guess when Ted Ginn Jr ran two kickoffs back for touchdowns in the 3rd quarter you had a feeling...
It's time for this "nonsense" again. The nonsense of course being what Calvin Pace called the Dolphins Wildcat schemes back in Week 5. But no one in the Jets locker room was really laughing after Miami...
Now THAT'S how you snap a 3 game losing streak!!! The Raiders tasted the wrath of Rex and "NOT THE SAME OLD JETS" in Week 7. They steam rolled Oakland on the road 38-0 putting an end to any rumors...
The Giants and Jets football teams will have a new home next season. Check out these photographs of taken over the new stadium in the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, NJ by Tom Kaminski in Chopper 880 on Thursday, November 12, 2009.
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