Ryan Brothers

OK maybe it's Just me... Maybe my Love of the Jets and Saints is skewing what I am thinking but I will list my reasoning and you can see what you think for yourself. 

I may be one of the few that didn't want the Jets to fire Rex Ryan, and am happy that he seems to be a fixture in the Jets organization. I also loved the OLD REX.  The guy that talked about winning a Superbowl every year. They guy that didn't want to be the "little brother" in New York, and the guy that talked his players  up like they were the greatest things since slice bread. 

Most of you either clicked away or are like "your an idiot".  I could be, but my personal opinion and taste is for a guy that goes for the gold every year and tells you he is doing it and not someone that has no personality, doesn't talk or gives you the organizational answer.  You can call my way "classless" or "loud mouth" or whatever but to me that's what i want to see. 

THE OLD REX was all of that.  Did i get tired of him saying he was going to the Superbowl every year for the first 3 years? NO... he made it to the championship game 2 years in a row and if Victor Cruz didn't make the Jets look silly with a 96 yard catch and run for a TD, who knows what would have happened 2 years ago.  This year was bad but he was also given nothing really on offense to work with to be honest.  If he would have been 8-8 i would have been impressed  6-10 was about right. 

Everyone here in NY says Rex should be a defensive coordinator and not a head coach.  Well his brother is not a bad Def coord. in his own right.  "the apples didn't fall far from the tree"

Rob has done a good job everywhere he has been.  In 2 years he did help the cowboys get back to being a respectable defense and if he didn't get hit with a ton of injured (I know thats part of the game), his def was an upper tier def.  The lack of turnovers is troubling, I will say that.  You need to win the turn over battle to win games and it is hard to do that if you aren't creating any.  But when a def player that seems to be consistently hurt and is getting older (Ware), says you are one of the best coaches he has ever had and that Rob made him think and see the game from his position like he has never seen before, that means a lot (31 sacks in 2 years btw)

Rob is a good 3-4 guy... and that's what the Saints are switching to.   It was reported that he was offered and then fired from the job but I read that he turned it down (making more sense... you don't offer someone a job you know is outspoken like Ryan and then fire him for being outspoken). Read that Ryan thought if he failed in St Louis with the 4-3 (which he is not as comfortable with) he wouldn't get another job as easy.  He also wasn't allowed to hire his own coaches as well. 

The saints played will under Greg Williams (bounty or not), until the end.  They sank (to my surprise) with Spags.  2 different personalities totally. I think the saints need that fiery passionate guy. Someone that will stand up, scream, make promises, and be confident that his def will be the best.  Not a guy that tells you "it's a process".  BTW I like how the Saints were ok with putting Joe Vitt in charge of the entire team this year but has never been mentioned as a coord candidate this time around.
#JustSayin

Ravens win!

Haven't blogged in a while but I haven't really been interested in much. The steroid story is boring to me. Either A-Rod is the biggest joke ever or he's being set up. Either way, I don't really care. This guys at the end of his career and robbing the Yankees of money for the next 4 so unless he says I retire and wants no money at all, it's a non story to me

Lance Armstrong? We are complaining about a guy that lied and cheated for 7 years to help himself screw over the French.... Let's get this into perspective people.

Ray Lewis? Why is it such a big story that he may have had something to do with 2 murders 12 years ago? When Ray Lewis came out in that boa last Super Bowl, I knew he killed those people. No that didn't interest me at all.

Now the end of football for the year, that's something to talk about. We had a lot in this game; domination, comebacks, goal line stances, kick returned for td, safety's, I mean the game was so good, it knocked the lights out (lol I couldn't help it).

In the end, it was a storybook end for Ray. Has to make one last goal line stance to go out a Super Bowl champ and he does. Joe Flacco had to be perfect and he was. Ray Rice had to not fumble but he did (can't get everything). Ed Reed also showed he had a little left in the tank (good for New England or whomever gets him next year).

I congratulate the Ravens who proved that emotions sometimes are greater then skill. I also congratulate the 49ers. In 2 years under Jim Harbaugh, you have gone to a championship game and a Super Bowl. Natural progression would mean Super Bowl next year. There gonna be a force for some years to come

Maybe I'm a jealous Jet fan or a bitter Saints fan but I can't wait for baseball season to start . Pitchers and catchers in 5 days. Let's go yanks!
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Trading Revis!?!

SOOOOOO, the Jets are talking about TRADING REVIS!!!! ARE YOU SERIOUS!!!!

Alright now that I have that out of my system (the fan reaction), lets take a look at this logically.  The reason Woodman mentioned trading Revis is because he has no confidence in his team resigning him.  Revis held out a few years ago and after they gave him a 45 million dollar deal (which after next year, he will collect all of), Revis himself called it "just a band-aid".  What this comes down to is the fact that Woodster has no confidence in the fact he can resign so he wants to get something in return. 

Let me state this. Personally, in any "hold out" in football negotiations, I am siding with the player.  I don't care if they do it every year.  The fact of the matter is, in a league where 99% of contracts are not guarantied and your last play could be the next play. i am all for every player getting as much money as they can as often as they can. 

Now, back to Revis.  Let’s make a list here of what we know:

·    He wants to get Paid

·    He is coming off a big leg injury

·    He needs to prove he can be the player he once was (which I have confidence he will do)

·    He is the best Corner in the League, maybe history of the game (sorry Prime, you didn’t tackle)

·    He's reportedly stated he would LIKE (not want) to stay a Jet his entire career

·    Coming off an injury would put his trade value at an all time low, even for Revis

I have to say it doesn't sound like the dumbest idea in the world but you have to take this into account. First, He is the best CB in the game and maybe one of the best players ever to wear a Jets uniform. Second, what are you getting in return? I mean the Jets don't really have the best Draft Record the past few year. Third, what happens if Revis comes back and is a shell of himself?   Then what? (again, I don’t think this WILL happen but it COULD happen).

In the end we need to wait and see. As a fan I want to see Revis stay in the Green and White for his entire career so I can talk about him forever but we need to understand this is a business (which most of us as fan’s don’t).  If Revis is gonning to walk then you need to get something for him before it happens.  If you think Revis is not going to be “Revis”, then you need to get something now.

#JustSayin

He's Back

Man, did I miss you!!!
WHO DAT!!!!

Te'oing? It's the Craz!

You have heard of Tebowing... there is Kapernicking.. not Te'oing... This whole thing with Manti Te'o is just crazy.  I don't know what to say about it, or think about it.  Either this guy is the biggest idiot imaginable for trusting someone like this (less likely story) or he thinks we are the biggest idiots on the planet for believing the ridiculous lie he is trying to feed us (more likely scenario). 

Before this even happened, I thought the Jets would take him with the 9th pick.  Overrated Def player, that probably won't pan out but has a lot of hype... yep sounds like a Jet pick.  Now after all of this mess... The drama, the crazy stories, the cry for attention, there is no DOUBT in my mind that he will be Jet come draft day. Woddy will love this guy.  He will keep him in the back pages. 

This is just crazy.  Made up girlfriends, car accidents, dieing of leukemia!!!  I don't get it.  But in reality I don't care.  What I care about is if the Jets do draft him, I hope that he does live up to all the hype.  I am seeing major issues (like the fact he was just as invisible as his so called girlfriend in the championship game verse Bama a few weeks ago).  All i car about is tat the jets get rid of dead weight (Calvin pace, Bart Scott), resign the safeties (Bell and Landry) and get a pass rusher. 

The offense is another mess but sometime the best offense is a really good defense, so lets start there.
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p.s. - This is me Te'oing at applebees... she's a looker isn't she?

Hall Of Fraud

It's been about a week now and I still can't get over the fact NO ONE was voted into the baseball hall of fame this year.  The fact that we as fans, let people do this is a horrible injustice.

I'll start with the not so obvious.  Piazza and Biggio deserved to get in. These are 2 guys that we're never accused nor failed a drug test the entire time they played.  Piazza gets the shaft because he had a "Steroid body", "steroid injury" and declining stats after steroid testing started.  That's crazy. Who made us judge, jury and executioner on steroids... and what is a steroid body!???!  Did Melky Cabrera have a steroid body?  Did he hit a lot of homeruns?  When did we start saying steroids would make you go from a .250 hitter to a .350 hitter?  It's a bit of a joke now don't you think? The fact we are being judgmental NOW about something we all assumed (knew) back THEN.

Now the obvious. Let's face facts here people. After the strike, baseball was a dyeing sport.  Every year after the strike, baseball was losing ground to Football, Basketball and yes, even hockey.  It was headed to obscurity because most people couldn't handle what they felt was a slow boring sport.  Then low and behold, we have a homerun chase. Not one but 2 people chase the single season home run record and no one really questions anything. Well they asked McGuire about it. Do you all remember that?  Do you remember what McGuire told us all?  "only Creatine people. No worries". And we all excepted that. Without question. Lol I did too. I started taking creatine.  What a joke. Tasted like chalk. Had to take it with red Gatorade just to get it down and then I couldn't drink red Gatorade for 2 years after without think of eating chalk.

McGuire, Sosa, Bonds, Clemens and countless others saved the game and given passes for a while because of it. We all looked the other way. Fans, writers, announcers, other players, coaches, owners and everyone else. All of us. And now these players, these hero's of the time are paying the price. It's just sad.  What's worse is the judgment that people are throwing not only on them but on everyone in that era.  Hang them all because we're not sure who used and didn't.

What's worse is most of these "voters" said that they will vote for them within the next few years.... ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?!  So your telling me that a few years later, without hitting another homerun, striking out another batter, or getting another hit, these guys deserve to get in... but not this year.  Does Derek Jeter get lumped in with this group? Ken Griffey JR? REALLY? 

I'll leave you with this. How may home runs do you think the "guys of the past" hit after they took a greeny (amphetamines) ?  Legal and perfectly fine back then but banned and considered a performance enhancing drug now.  Let's take a look at this stat from this iconic player. If I told you that an unknown player, played for 12 seasons and these we're his HR totals per year 14, 28, 16, 39, 61, 33, 23, 26, 8, 13, 9, 5.  Could you tell me the one year that looks suspicious?  Would you wonder and question about that one year?  I would... yet it seems no one ever questions if Roger Maris's HR record was legit or not.  Think that theory or conclusion is disrespectful and crazy? Then why is that any crazier then what was just done to Piazza and Biggio?  #justsayin

Send In The Clowns (Not So Fast)

So if you support the New York Jets in any way, shape or form, I'm sure you we're probably as disgusted and embarrassed as I was at the end of this current season and the beginning of this off season.  The answer for this is that there is no easy answer/fix for them BUT there are a few things that can be done in order to salvage next season but it will depend on how creative and good the new GM will be.

Let's start with the Mexican Elephants in the room shall me (no point in delaying the inevitable). Sánchez is being paid a lot of money next year people. No one is taking that contract from us.  He is guaranteed too much money. The only trade I can see possible (maybe) is a trade with Seattle for Matt Flynn. Flynn has more years and money on his contract but has less guaranties money coming to him (meaning the Seahawks can cut him and pay him less then if they trades for Sánchez).  The reason why this might work is a few reasons. First, the Pete Carol connection.  Pete knows how to get the most out of Sánchez and if thrown into the fire because of an injury to Wilson, he may feel more comfortable with Sánchez than Flynn. Second, just the sheer money numbers. Sánchez has less money for less years then Flynn. If a trade can't be agreed upon, this contract (and Santonio Holmes) handcuffs us from going out and getting any other proven qb available.

Let me switch to the defense for a second. Landry and Bell at the safety position this season finaly gave us some stability in the back of the secondary. These guys need to be resigned at all costs. And by all costs, I mean releasing Bart Scott and Calvin Pace to free up the money needed. Drafting a LB (T'eo) is def a way to go as I would also suggest possibly going after Osi to have someone that can teach by example.  After that, getting Revis back (possibly solidifying the best secondary in the game) is huge.  The Jets DeF wasn't the greatest but wasn't the worst. Getting to the QB should be their main focus once locking up the safety's.

Back on the Ranch (better known as the offense), I'm going to go with the reality that we can't deal Sánchez and he will be the QB again.  A few things need to happen. First keeping legit wide receivers. Santonio Holmes, Braylon Edwards, Jeremy Kelley and Steven Hill as the 4th receiver is ok with me. Especially since you can probably keep Edwards cheap. To be honest, I would be happy with an ochocinco signing. He would be super cheap and I think he has something to prove. His persona and attitude would fit right in too.

Here is my wish. I hope that the new GM will be this good,  In order to make Sánchez a workable QB, people have to fear your running game. This is simple right?  It opens up the wide receivers more and keeps def's honest. The Jacksonville Jaguars are in super rebuild mode. They Franchised MJD last year and then MJD did them a solid and basically sat out the year after getting hurt. With a new GM and a new coach, MJD may be up for the most draft picks. Of I we're completely starting over, that's what I would do anyway. The Jets need to give whatever needed to get MJD if they can. This would make people fear the run game and give Sánchez time and open opportunities down field in the passing games.

I know a lot of you are saying I'm crazy, and none of this will happen, but if the new GM wants to prove himself, this is how to do it.  EARN IT!!!  Oh and by the way, I forgot one person. Tim Tebow.  As everyone has him written off, I think someone needs to give this guy an option. Sit down with him and say "Tim, we screwed you last year and we're sorry but reality is, even though you want to be a starting QB, your not and no other team is going to give you shot.  So let's convert you to a fullback/tightend, and get you on the field more to keep you in this league because you are a football player just not a QB. If you think someone will give you a backup job, and you want to go for it let us know and we'll release you today. Your call".  #justsayin