On a big day in the NFL when the initial bounty gate punishments were announced for some of the key suspects, the New York Jets also made some noise by agreeing to a trade with the Denver Broncos for one of the leagues most widely known players, Tim Tebow. Fans can hate him or love him all they want, but the fact is Tim Tebow has done nothing but win football games since he started playing the game. He has been credited as being the anchor that brought the Broncos out of 1-4 hole to a 9-7 playoff team that upset the Steelers in the wildcard round. If the trade to the Jets goes through, it isn’t likely that Tim Tebow will threaten Sanchez’s starting spot after he recently signed an extension with the New York Jets.
However, after it seemed like the trade was a done deal, some information regarding Tim Tebow’s contract and his cap hit surfaced which the New York Jets weren’t originally aware of. The difference the news had on Tewbow’s cap hit over the next three years was approximately $5 million. Although it’s likely that Tebow merchandise would quickly recover that difference, this has put the deal in serious jeopardy.
Mark Sanchez is a decent quarterback who most Jets fans don’t want to have replaced, but Jets fans can’t hide from the fact that if Peyton Mannning was interested in playing for the New York Jets, they wouldn’t even remember who Mark Sanchez was a week after signing Manning. However, some anonymous Jets players (My. Anonymous Holmes?) said Peyton wouldn’t ever want to join the circus that the Jets are. But Tomlinson has expressed his interest in having Manning join the Jets, and his brother, Eli, to be the second Manning quarterback in New York.
As we know, Jets fans want Peyton Manning, some of the players would love to have him, while others don’t think it’s even a possibility, but we don’t know what the Jets owners and managements opinion on the matter is. Do they want to risk loweing Sanchez’s confidence by pursuing a replacement for him, or do they want to give him the security of being the started for the 2012 NFL season? What would you do if you were a member of the Jets management?
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Last season the Jets had no problem letting Braylon Edwards leave to eventually sign for a small contract (by NFL standards) with the 49ers. The Jets thought they had replaced him with a tall, athletic WR who was a threat in the red zone and capable of making amazing catches, that replacement was the failed project of Plaxico Burress. The Jets “stole” Burress away from their city rivals, the Giants, and were ready to claim themselves as the city’s team. Unfortunately, the Burress signing flopped and the Jets have no interest in bringing him back next season, nor does he have any interest in returning to the New York Jets.
But what’s most surprising is that after Edwards had only 15 receptions for 181 yards, it’s being reported that the Jets are interested in bringing him back when Free Agency starts. This will be a very questionable move for the Jets if they decide to go ahead with it, most people would just suggest drafting a WR and letting him develop chemistry with their QB, Mark Sanchez. That is, if they don’t end up with Peyton Manning…
The Jets needed to take out the injury ridden Chiefs at home to stay on track for one of the two wild card spots in the AFC. It did not seem as though it would be much of a tough game for New York and right from the get go it was not. The Jets were able to put up 7 on the first drive of the game as Greene and Sanchez both came out sharp. The defense also came out strong. Not that the Chiefs had much of a threat on offense with Tyler Palko starting at QB. The Chiefs were able to muster up a field goal on their second drive of the game but that was the last score they would put up for quite a while in this one. The Jets offense stalled for a few drives after their first as Wayne Hunter allowed Mark Sanchez to get smacked around quite a bit. There was one scary moment for Jet fans as Sanchez appeared to have injured his shoulder but turned out to be fine. The next offensive drive started with a long screen pass to Greene and then a throw and catch from sanchez to Holmes. It was a beauty of a catch by Santonio. The Jets defense once again stuffed the Chiefs. Calvin Pace was flying around all day, as well as surprisingly, Marcus Dixon getting pressure. But, the story of the day was Shonn Greene. He had one of the best days of his young career. The guy is the key to the Jets season as they go forward in my opinion. He was running with authority today and was even making catches out of the backfield and taking them for big yardage. The first half was all Jets as they took a 28-3 lead into the second. There is not much to talk about from the first half as the Jets really just sat on the ball for the most part. Why Sanchez was dropping back on 4th and 4 with a 35-10 lead is beyond me, he almost got killed. But, he was ok and so are the Jets. With the Titans and Bengals falling the Jets will control their own destiny with a 4 p.m. loss from either Oakland or Denver. This was dominance from the Jets for the first time this season. We have been waiting for a full 60 minutes from this team all year and finally got it. It was refreshing to see Sanchez play well and Greene as well. The charge to the playoffs continues next week in Philadelphia.
Sorry all for the delay in another post. As we know the Jets have dropped two crucial games in the last two weeks. But, there is no need to dwell on what is now history. It is time to look forward and run the table or at worst drop one game (hopefully to an NFC opponent). It all starts tomorrow at home against a team that the Jets have man handled in recent memory. The last three times the Jets and the Bills have met it has been all Jets. After starting off the season quickly at jumping out to a 5-2 record Buffalo has dropped of dramatically. It all started when the Jets went to Buffalo and gave them a nice beating. Since than, the Bills have not even been competitive. Things have gotten ugly and they appear to be the same old Bills. With that said, the same has happened to New York. After going to Buffalo and winning with relative ease they have come crashing down to earth with a loss to New England and an unacceptable, despicable, horrific loss on a Thursday night in Denver. This loss was as bad a regular season loss the Jets have had in a very long time. The offense was once again sub-par and in the end the defense could not hold up their end of the bargain. It appeared as though the defense was going to be able to without much of a problem against the Tim Tebow led Broncos the last drive of the fourth quarter. All of a sudden, it was as if Tebow went into the locker room and put his superman cape on. Tebow capped off the drive with a 22 yard td run with 58 seconds left on the clock. Did anyone on earth think at this point the Jets offense could drive down the field for the win? I sure did not. The game ended in agony with a 17-13 loss and sent the Jets back to New York in need of some serious questions to be answered. To me, the question is not is Sanchez the right man for the job? Obviously he has not played as well as we had all hoped entering the season. It appears as though he is shell shocked. This can happen to a young QB especially with the way he has been hit this season. The offensive line needs to step up as a unit and give this guy some time. We have seen in the past his ability to win games when he gets time. Think of last years Patriots playoff game, probably the best game of his young career. The offensive line was flawless and so was Sanchez. The key to the rest of the season is Sanchez’s performance. This goes hand in hand with the pass protection. If this can get back on track so will the Jets. Without this we might be staring straight at a top 20 draft pick and a lot of changes being made to this team.
It all starts tomorrow. If the Jets are going to make the playoffs there is a chance they are going to have to run the table. This is possible with a weak schedule down the stretch. I am going to be optimistic here with my pick and say the offense bounces back tomorrow and the Jets win easily 28-10.
The Jets traveled up to Buffalo for a critical mid-season match-up this past week. With two straight wins the Jets would take over soul position of first place. Well, they started off on the right foot with their most dominant defensive performance in quite a long time. Every one pitched in on defense with Sione Pouha having one of the best games of his career. The secondary was dominant throughout the afternoon. Obviously Revis was untouched but so were Cro and Kyle Wilson. The most important think I have seen from the defense the last few weeks is the improvement in Wilson. He has been extremely effective covering slot receivers and is one of the best tacklers on the field at all times. The emergence of the former first round pick could be the key to the Jets defense taking the next step to a championship caliber unit this season.
The offense was once again inconsistent and frustrating. In the first half, they should have scored at least two different times. The first drive of the game was as efficient as I have seen the offense this season. But, the drive was stopped by an unacceptable Sanchez interception thrown in the back of the endzone. I am not sure who he was looking at on this play, nor am I sure whether he knows who he was looking at. It was just a terrible throw and in his third year in the league it is inexcusable at this point. It was a disappointing and sloppy first half but they were able to make up for it in the second. Plaxico Burress showed what he can do on Sunday. If Sanchez and Burress can get on the some page week after week this offense has the potential to be one of the best in the league.
I think the Jets showed how good they can be in this last game. We will see if they can keep it up this week at home in what is going to be quite the scene at metlife stadium. The Patriots travel to East Rutherford for a crucial AFC East matchup. The winner takes sole possession of first place. With the Patriots coming into the game reeling, I see New York prevailing 31-20.
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March 21, 2012 10:12 pm | 
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