JetsFan89's BLOG THOUGHTS

I myself haven't been alive as to see some of the new york Jets failures. I wasnt alive for some of our draft pick busts or the post-Joe Namath era. All I know is for a long time the jets have been a dysfunctional franchise. Whether its a combination of bad luck, bad draft picks, a bad front office, or just bad players, its safe to say that they've always been bad. They've also been for the past decade inconsistant.

Check out these numbers.

2002: 9-7

2003: 6-10

2004: 10-6

2005: 4-12

2006: 10-6

2007: 4-12

2008: ??-??

Here are the positives for this team as we head into the 2008 season.

Darrelle Revis, David Harris, and Kerry Rhodes look to be part of our organization for a long time.
Ditto for Nick Mangold and Leon Washington.
The Jets will always have a loyal fanbase behind them.

Thats pretty much it. Not very good at all i must admit. Now for the negatives.

The offensive line was horrible.
Thomas Jones wasn't able to have the success we all hoped for, probably cause of that line i was talking about.
Laveranues Coles is once again talking contract and i dont see how he'll be a jet next year. Or at least a happy jet.
Jonathan Vilma, one time defensive rookie of the year and pro bowler, is now asking for a trade which means the end of a promising jets career that came to a bad end simply cause of systems.
Our front office is now viewed as a stingy one that doesnt live up to promises (Pete Kendall, coles)
We have some dead weight on this team.
The QB situation is a mess.

Fans and experts are already counting us out. But based on the numbers above i wouldn't. At least not until the season begins.

Based on 2006 I feel that this front office is competent, I feel that Eric Mangini is still the right coach for us, and I feel that despite hard times, the important players have bought into mangini's ideals. What im worried about is now with the Patriots being the patriots, the Bills on the rise, and miami having the master of rebuilding with bill parcelss, if management doesn't make the right moves, we may be looking at last place this season. Hopefully not.

The State of the Jets-My Thoughts

Of course numbers do not lie, and you have shown that. I to have not been around to see a lot of the Jets failures and I have been a fan since the 80's and I absolutely loved that team, with Kenny O and Al Toon and Mark G, Dennis Bryd and others, but that time has faded and it is not good to look too much into the past. I may be wrong in saying this, but I miss Herm Edwards as the coach. I thought he was a very good coach if you got past the run, run, pass, punt method that he had, but he was a great leader, both mentally and spirtually. Eric Mangini has the goods to be a very good head coach, but he needs to light a fire under his a$$ to get things going. The QB situation is a mess, and I do not see Chad Pennington being with the team much longer, which I hate to see, and I DO NOT think that Kellen Clemens is our man to have back there. We do have a strong base with players like the ones that you mentioned, but we have to build on that more and more. I am still pulling for Jake Long for us in the draft, and I think he would be great to add to the team. I do not think that the experts know what they are talking about counting us out already, and I swear if I have to hear that we are in re-building year I think I will puke. UI hate that saying so much and that is a huge excuse for the team just to stink up the field because we are re-building. We do have loyal fans, but a lot of them are punks, ecspecially when you have to watch a game when a lot of the fans were cheering when Pennington got hurt. That memory will always stick to me as a low point in the fans of the Jets and I was totally disgusted by that. We do have to get things going, and the way that this off season is going with the players being released and the draft and spygate this is the time to strike and strike hard.

Georgeman21 Reputation: 95 Level: Superstar Since: Jan 18, 2007	Posted on: February 24, 2008 11:34 am Score: 89 The State of the Jets-My Thoughts I think what we really need is a big name offensive player either wide receiver or running back. There were 8 games this year that the Jets lost by a touchdown or less. If we had that one big player, we can make up for those touchdowns and we could have had a better shot in winning those games. [ Reply to Comment ]
jetsfan89 Reputation: 99 Level: Superstar Since: Jan 20, 2007	Posted on: February 24, 2008 11:51 am Score: 94 The State of the Jets-My Thoughts georgeman that is more of a luxury then a neccessity. if we have a good offensive line then thomas jones can succeed, kellen can make those throws, and we'll be successful. [ Reply to Comment ]
nynjjets Reputation: 97 Level: Superstar Since: Feb 16, 2007	Posted on: February 26, 2008 1:19 am Score: 91 The State of the Jets-My Thoughts Of course numbers do not lie, and you have shown that. I to have not been around to see a lot of the Jets failures and I have been a fan since the 80's and I absolutely loved that team, with Kenny O and Al Toon and Mark G, Dennis Bryd and others, but that time has faded and it is not good to look too much into the past. I may be wrong in saying this, but I miss Herm Edwards as the coach. I thought he was a very good coach if you got past the run, run, pass, punt method that he had, but he was a great leader, both mentally and spirtually. Eric Mangini has the goods to be a very good head coach, but he needs to light a fire under his a$$ to get things going. The QB situation is a mess, and I do not see Chad Pennington being with the team much longer, which I hate to see, and I DO NOT think that Kellen Clemens is our man to have back there. We do have a strong base with players like the ones that you mentioned, but we have to build on that more and more. I am still pulling for Jake Long for us in the draft, and I think he would be great to add to the team. I do not think that the experts know what they are talking about counting us out already, and I swear if I have to hear that we are in re-building year I think I will puke. UI hate that saying so much and that is a huge excuse for the team just to stink up the field because we are re-building. We do have loyal fans, but a lot of them are punks, ecspecially when you have to watch a game when a lot of the fans were cheering when Pennington got hurt. That memory will always stick to me as a low point in the fans of the Jets and I was totally disgusted by that. We do have to get things going, and the way that this off season is going with the players being released and the draft and spygate this is the time to strike and strike hard. [ Reply to Comment ]

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