There are better parallels to make to the 1986 Giants than the 1986 Jets. Look at the 1986 Giants through 11 games- 9 wins and 2 losses. They opened with a Monday night loss. Then they won five straight. One was a blowout. Then they lost a squeaker. Then they won four straight tight games. Seems somewhat similar to the 2010 Jets through 11 games. The Giants did not start blowing out teams on a consistent basis till December. 1986 Giants 9/8- lost to Cowboys 28-31 9/14- Chargers 20-7 9/21- Raiders 14-9 9/28- Saints 20-17 10/5- Cardinals 13-6 10/12- Eagles 35-3 10/19- lost to Seahawks 12-17 10/27- Redskins 27-20 11/2- Cowboys 17-14 11/9- Eagles 17-14 11/16- Vikings 22-20 11/23- Broncos 19-16 12/1- 49ers 21-17 12/7- Redskins 24-14 12/14- Cardinals 27-7 12/20- Packers 55-24 playoffs 1/4/87- 49ers 49-3 1/11- Redskins 17-0 1/25- Broncos 39-20 I remember in October and November of that year that a lot of people thought the Giants were not as great as their record may have indicated they were due to the fact they were winning close games as opposed to blowing teams out.
Incidentally I'm so glad Maguire no longer has an annoucing job. Can you imagine how bad Dierdouche Millen and Maguire would be in one booth?
Very interesting and if you listen to what Rex is selling he's selling the team is built to excel in December and January. Not peak in October and fade away. If this is the case we will be right there in the fight come playoff time. Maybe I read too much into it but the Giants had a huge game on Monday night against San Francisco following their Thanksgiving Weekend Game.
I'd sooner forget the 1986 season. After going 10-1 the Jets promptly lost their final five games of the season and limped their way into the post season. After a 35-15 thrashing of the Chiefs the Jets suffered one of the most devistating, heart wrenching defeats in their history. I will never forget the image of Gastineau hurling through space to knock Bernie Kossar senseless notching a 15 yard penalty and resurecting the Frankenstein Cleveland monster. Our 20-10 lead evaporated and we ultimately lost in double overtime to the Browns. In 2010 I would like to continue our pattern of winning clutch games and leaving our opponents writhing in disgrace. I cannot wait to crush Brady in 9 days. I hope our defense throttles the Patriots, Sanchez finds Holmes in the End Zone and the Jets become the Juggernaut of NFL.
1986 anyone??? Those old enough to remember may see some similarity. We have some tough games ahead. This could get ugly. (1986????)
no this is not the 1986 Jest, probably the worst year for any Jets fan, start 10-1 and then watch the Giants win the super-bowl, horrific year
not only that - 10-1 in Miami on Monday night - lose 45-3...lose out the season and sneak into the playoffs. Problem is they still need to win a game to get in this year.
Not necessarily. The 2nd place teams in the South and West may not get to 9 wins. If they do, the Jets still might win out due to tie-breakers.
someone started a post this week-end entitled 0-5 He was taken to task He must be laughing now '86 Miami game 45-3 ...similar to this game The way the team played in the 2nd half...no tackling... very upsetting. can we possibly be looking at 9-7?
Yes, it is possible. The Jets are 9-3. They have four games remaining. If you do some simple math, they could finish 9-7. Will they finish 9-7? Nope.
same fucking week....... same fucking score......different fucking divisional opponent. hopefully not the same fucking ending to the season!! at least I wasn't sitting in the cheap seats at the top of the Orange Bowl endzone this time.... :shit:
that's really nitpicking because there were no bye weeks back then it was still the 12th game of the Jets season
Ironic that the Jets loss that started their five game losing skid in '86 was a MNF 45-3 loss, just like tonite. This franchise has bad karma written all over it.
It didn't help that you were always picking your nose. The pages of the playbook were probably all stuck together from your boogers!
