I think i'm getting tickets to it. I hope the person comes thru. I cannot wait to be able to give him the correct send off.
He was a gutty player ,buts lets not go over board.Theres a long list of guys that should have there #`s retired before Chrebet! McNeil,Walker,Toon,Leahy,Lyons,Gastineau,Fields,Shuler,Grantham,Hill,Biggs,Philbin,Turner and thats off the top of my head. Now i know alot of you young guys and girls are enamored with Chrebet and thats fine, i liked him alot also and god knows we haven`t had alot of superstars on our team. The ceremony and fan reaction is what he deserves for his accomplishments on the football field. Just don`t put him with the all time greats,because he`s not on there level!
None of those players should have their numbers retired. That honor should only go to Pro Football Hall of Famers, those for whom a serious case can be made (Joe Klecko), and players who died or suffered a serious injury (Dennis Byrd would be the only such Jets player; other teams have retired the #s of players who died while active- Ernie Davis, Stone Johnson, Jerome Brown, Chuck Hughes, Mack Lee Hill, etc.). I like what Oakland and Dallas do. They don't retire numbers. Pittsburgh has only retired one number (70- Ernie Stautner).
Unfortunately that was like a microcosim of his career..he did everything to help out the team but it was a losing effort. Chrebet is the man, always will be in my book.
I feel bad. This is the only game I won't be attending this season. I cannot change my plans. This sucks. But this is an honor that is well deserved. It's a good day to honor our every man, #80, WAYNE CHREBET
This was the topic at a family picnic not to long ago. My Dad said even though they don't offically retire numbers any more, some numbers just aren't used. He said it was called "unoffically retired numbers" I thought he was pulling my leg but he was right. "Unofficially" retired numbers The Steelers no longer officially retire uniform numbers; however, the following numbers are out of circulation and understood to be unofficially retired:[22] 12 Terry Bradshaw 32 Franco Harris 36 Jerome Bettis 47 Mel Blount - Last issued to Linebacker Ronald Stanley after he was signed to the active roster on November 11, 2006. 52 Mike Webster 58 Jack Lambert 59 Jack Ham - Used once in 1984 by Todd Seabaugh, who played one season with the team. According to legend, the equipment manager?who assigns jersey numbers to new players?later stripped Seabaugh of the number because he "wasn't Jack Ham". The number has not been used since. 63 Dermontti Dawson 75 "Mean" Joe Greene :steelers:
Yeah, I've discussed this on another board. A poster thought 88 (Lynn Swann's #) had also been unofficially retired. That is not true because Andre Hastings wore it in the 1990s. The Jets could unofficially retire Chrebet's number for some time. Just don't give it out unless a special player wants it.
correct. He`s not at the top of the list, but his heart bled green even though he grew up liking the Asshole Giants. He still was one of the best Jets players ever. Unfortunately the Jets(and the Giants), will never have any sort of Ring Of Fame in the new stadium. Well maybe the Giants will because Woody would probably let them do it for a few bucks. I just don`t see how either teams fans would appreciate having to see a ROF in the new stadium. I understand they will be making some sort of Jets HOF and Giants HOF type of rooms in the new place. I still think Chrebets # should be retired. He basically was KIA(Killed In Action)on the field giving it 100%+ for the Jets. His career was cut short on the field of play as was #90 Dennis Byrd. I think both those #`s should be retired simply for their efforts alone and not any sort of statistical crap. #88 Toon could be another consideration. #99 should not due to his conduct off the field and especially for quitting on the Jets like he did. He could have easily taken a leave of absence from the team and it would have been a better judgement call by him and the fans wouldn`t be so disgusted with him. #5 Leahy should also be retired solely on his accomplishments with the Jets. It`s well deserved. The others like McNiel, Lyons, etc.. should not be considered. They played well and played hard, but not deserving of having the # retired.
My favorite Jet of all time, and should have his jersey retired. Im so sad i wont be there to scream out "you fuckin rule wayne"
No, my point was he DOES rank near the top in many Jet records. 2nd in receptions, 3rd in recieving yards, and 5th in total yards from scrimmage. IMO he just doesn't deserve it on heart alone, the guy has flatout produced during his short career.
Chrebet 'Blessed' to Have a Day in His Honor Published: 09-19-07 By Randy Lange Editor-in-Chief Say Wayne Chrebet's name and it all comes flooding back. The receptions, the relentlessness. The recollections. The first stories were classic. About how Harry the Guard almost chased him away from Weeb Ewbank Hall on his first day of training camp. About how the undrafted free agent from Hofstra slept on his friend's couch through camp and into the start of his rookie season because at any moment the dream could end, the Turk would knock on his door and tell him to see the head coach and, oh, by the way, Chrebet, bring your playbook. Who would have thought a dozen years later, Jets fans would celebrate a multitude of memories of No. 80 during a Jets game at the Meadowlands? "It's huge," Chrebet said of the concept. "People say it all the time, but it's truly, truly, truly an honor. It's not something I expected at any point in my career, that they'd have a Wayne Chrebet Day. I'm just looking forward to getting back on the field one more time." Chrebet will do that Sunday at the Jets' game against the Miami Dolphins during a halftime ceremony commemorating his 11-year career in green and white. And the heartwarming part of these festivities is that Chrebet can fully enjoy them. "I'm out of the clouds now," he said, "looking to make a comeback." Besides all his catches, Chrebet will also be associated with the concussions that ended his career midway through the 2005 season. More than a year later, in February he told me he was still struggling with postconcussion problems, calling them "puzzling" and saying he was "more concerned" than he used to be. But since then, he's made a remarkable comeback. "I'm perfectly fine." he said in the past several days. "All I know is I lost at least six months of my life where I don't know what happened, I don't know where I was. I just remember the last concussion happening, then I just kind of remember waking up one day way down the road and feeling I was back into it. I'm good now." That's one of many reasons to offer another round of applause for Chrebet. The cheers could also be for any of his 580 receptions (plus 19 more in the playoffs), or his 41 touchdowns, or for the way he fought for every inch of those 7,365 receiving yards. It could be for his love of the game that was on display every time he and his Jets took on Miami. "There was nothing like putting on the pads and playing the Patriots or the Dolphins. I think a lot of people would agree about that," he said. "Some of those big games we had with the Dolphins on Monday Night Football, them coming up here or us going down there ? there's a lot of great memories of those games, a lot of great battles." Chrebet recalled his first regular-season game as an NFL player, the 1995 season opener at Miami, and his first pro reception, a 27-yarder from Boomer Esiason in the second quarter. "That first game was a test to see if I belonged or not ? it meant a lot to me," he said. "And my first catch was probably the toughest one of my career. I caught the back end of the ball from Boomer. I saw this pass go up and I was thinking, 'I really don't think I'm going to get it.' "If that pass goes through my fingers, who knows where it goes from there? That's a weird way to look at it, but my career could've gone one way or another." Ever the nervous rookie. But Chrebet proceeded to cement his spot in Jets lore with many more tough catches and big games. Another Miami meeting still looms large in Wayne's world: the 2000 Monday Night Miracle. Then a sixth-year pro, he caught two touchdown passes from his good friend, Vinny Testaverde, the second tying the game for the first time at 30-30. The Jets, lest you forgot, prevailed, 40-37, in overtime after trailing by 30-7. "That was the sickest game to be involved in," he said. "You're so down on yourselves. Then we make a play, we make two plays, then we start looking at each other and saying, 'I don't know if they can stop us.' That was a butt-whipping at a certain point, and it became the best story of the year if not the decade for the Jets." Chrebet never did reach his holy grail, the Super Bowl, coming as close as the Jets' 10-0 lead at Denver in the Broncos' 23-10 win in the 1998 AFC Championship Game. "I feel now exactly how I felt on the plane ride home. You know you're 30 minutes away from the ultimate goal but it's just not working out for you," he said darkly. "And then never getting close again ... that was tough to swallow. It still is." Chrebet also didn't reach another milestone, the franchise career record of 627 receptions set by Don Maynard from 1960-72. But he's not unhappy that he came up 48 catches short of the mark. "I have so much admiration for Mr. Maynard. What he came from, he deserves to keep that record," he said. "For most of my career I was going catch by catch. Then you start passing people you admired and you grew up watching. Once I had 500, it was just a matter of staying healthy and being consistent. And obviously, my health took a turn for the worse." But now he says he's "looking for another dare-to-be-great situation." He owns his "horse of a lifetime," 3-year-old filly pacer Southwind Tempo who's been racing in Ohio and Canada. He says his restaurant, Chrebet's, across Hempstead Turnpike from the Jets' upper grass practice field, is doing well. His family is well and so is his health. "I'm truly blessed," he said. "Things are back where they should be." And Sunday he'll be back where he used to be, in his home office from 1995-2005, again in front of a crowd of Jets fans, many of whom will be wearing their No. 80 jerseys one more time.
Gotta disagree here. Sorry But all these players were good. But none better than Chrebett. If your gonna name these guys then what about BOOZER AND SAUER AND Marty Lyons Lance Mehl...All good but for me Chrebett was better. Gave it that extra effort. ..And WTF Mark friggin Gastineau...Loved him when he played. His last year he gets 6 sacks in his first 3 games and then quits for a friggin lunatic Bitch...Nope Hall of Shame for him
