I know it was only the ...

... Houston Texans we were playing, but man, oh man! We have a quarterback! Never had anything against Chad Pennington, he was a great QB but he was often injured and his lack of arm strength meant defenses didn't have to worry about the Jets going over the top on them. That's definitely not the case with Mark Sanchez, and as much as I can't stand USC, he's the man in NY and I'm happy about it!

J-E-T-S! Jets! Jets! Jets! Jets!

Next week will be start of the true tests. We have the Patsies at home with a healthy Tom Brady throwing to Randy Moss. Hopefully Ryans defensive schemes keep the Patsies on their heels and the Jets can eke out a win. After that, it doesn't get much easier with the Jets playing the team that stole their old name.

Since my college football team ...

... is currently on life support, would it be crass to mention that tonight starts the NFL season?


J-E-T-S! Jets! Jets! Jets! Jets!

Oh, and it's been 4,639 days since the Dallass Cowboys have won a playoff game.

I'm telling you right now ...

... if there is a work stoppage in the NFL in 2011, I'll permanently take my interest/support/fandom/money elsewhere. My team (the Jets) are not good enough for me to even feign interest after they tell me to go kiss my rear end because they're going to hold out for more money. Most of them already make more money in one year than I make in an entire lifetime. I'm supposed to support them for their greedy grab to make more?

The NFL Draft

So the Jets drafted Mark Sanchez in the 1st round (trading away essentially no one of note) and then picked up Shonn Greene in the 3rd round. They're set for at least the next year or so with Thomas Jones at RB*, but I wonder if this means we'll see a two back setup like the one that the Carolina Panthers employ. I also wonder what this means for Leon Washington.


*Of course now I'm reading that he's not exactly happy with his contract situation.


On a side note, Oliver Perez (SP for the NY Mets) sucks. We paid how much for this guy this offseason? I'd like to note that we could have had Derek Lowe for about the same price, and Lowe is currently 2-1 with a 3.10 ERA while Perez is currently 1-1 with a 8.50 ERA. Oh, and Jerry Manuel says the Mets pitching must improve. Yah well, Jerry ... that's like saying a bunch of illiterate individuals better start reading more proficiently. They can't do it better until they start doing it in the first place! Aside from Santana, the Mets have NO. STARTING. PITCHING.