I was at that game. I left right after that play. I knew what was gonna happen. My girlfriend was like "Why are we leaving now?" I told her "Trust me"
Is this a joke? This was a garden-variety jets loss, they give one away like this at least once a season.
Remember we beat Shula to win SB3. As a aside if U go into Shula eatery in S. Miami there is not one relic of that SB3 game mentioned It's if he decided that the SB3 game really never occurred
While I agree that yesterday’s lost doesn’t even crack the top 100 in gut wrenching Jets losses your statement is not exactly correct either. I believe it was 1995 the last time the Jets blew a 14 point 4th qtr lead and lost.
Mud Bowl. That was the best chance the Jets had of winning a Super Bowl. Fuck Don Shula. Fuck him right in the pussy.
Metallica’s And Justice For All losing to Jethro Tull’s Crest of a Knave at the 89 Grammys for the Best Metal performance.... Bullshit then, Bullshit now!
For the record, the Dolphins beat the Jets three times that year. The weather and the field were just fine in the other two games. A number of people mentioned the 1969 loss to the Chiefs. That was not a great Jets team. They had a 10-4 record based on beating up on the weak Eastern Division (no one else in that division had a winning record). The Chiefs and the Raiders defeated them (in Shea) during the regular season. The Jets were still in it against KC in the 4th quarter in the playoffs mainly because Stenerud had missed three field goals in the winds.
But remember that was a strike shortened season - and once the playoffs started, the Jets were on a roll. If that field wasn't a cesspool, the Jets win that game.
The Dolphins were also on a roll, having won five games in a row (one of those against the Jets) and having just beaten the Chargers 34-13, intercepting Fouts five times.
Probably would have won that game had Tupa stayed in the game, instead of putting in Mirer at the start of the 4th quarter.
My personal top 3 (in order): 1) Denver - 23, NY - 10 (January 1999) 2) Pittsburgh - 20, NY -17 (January 2005) 3) Pittsburgh - 24, NY - 19 (January 2011) If I had to include two more: 4) Baltimore - 34, NY - 20 (December 2000) 5) Detroit - 13, NY - 10 (December 1997) I have written this many times on this message board in the past, but no loss by any of the sports teams that I root for compares to the AFC Championship game loss in Denver. The reasons are as follows: A) That Jets team had a magical feel to it. It had the best regular season in franchise history, and IMO, was clearly the best single season Jets team since Super Bowl 3. B) The 3-0 lead at halftime. Namath being on the CBS broadcast at halftime. The blocked punt early in the 3rd quarter. The 10-0 lead. (How many times do you see a team block a punt and lose the game?). It just all felt like it was going to happen. Until it didn't. C) As has been pointed out countless times both by myself as well as other posters on this site, there is no chance that Jets team was ever going to lose to Atlanta in the Super Bowl. No chance. NONE. So, for all intents and purposes, we lost the Super Bowl in Denver on that windy January day.
