Definitely the peak of being a Jets fan so far in the 10 or so years I've been following. There's a lot of football fans here in Perth but not many Jets ones. Lots of Pats and an assortment of other teams. So many messages came flooding my way that whole game. Most intense feeling of joy, just shaking as I texted back nonsensical things about how happy I was and what a knob Brady is. Of course then the next week happened, all I remember about that game is that third down conversion and running off and punching the floor. So rough. I really thought 2011 we'd get it done as well, that collapse was brutal to watch. I still do the Jet celebration anytime I score in any game I play with friends. Here's hoping for another GPC this year, that'd be sweet.
I always hear that but have never had a source. I know for a fact they played a ton of bump and run/man that day, Ryan Clark touched on it in an interview recently about how to beat Brady. He said RR/Pettine laid a blueprint on how to stop that offense that day that other teams have since emulated.
Sanchez's pass to Cotchery was the play of the game, there were a ton of great plays like stopping the fake punt, but the Cotchery play was the key. The Patriots had just cut the lead to 14-11 and the 4th quarter was underway and the Jets were at a 2nd and 6 and at that point needed a touchdown because a FG wouldnt do it. Holmes catch was spectacular but this play was greater and was always overlooked in the highlights. The play not only flipped the field but it sent a message to the Patriots and it sucked the life out of the crowd and all of the momentum. Foxborough was rocking after the touchdown and 2 pt conversion.
I posted something similar to, if you actually rewatched the 45-3 game you would realize it was just a couple bad decision and the game was out of hand. Pats opened with a FG and got to 3-0, the Jets next drive FAIL to convert on 4th and 1 and give the Pats short field. The secondary has a breakdown and its 10-0. Then the next drive I believe we got pinned and then Weatherford had like a 17 yard FG putting the Pats on like the 33 yard line. Couple plays later its 17-0 and after that I didnt make much of what happenned because the Jets had to change the gameplan that they never got to implement because the game got out of control. Heres a topic/poll I posted 2 days after the 45-3 loss asking this forum if they wanted a rematch in the playoffs: http://forums.theganggreen.com/showthread.php?t=62077&highlight=patriots This board was quite confident at the time.
This was definitely the peak of my fandom (born in 1987, so yeah). I remember yelling after Harris picked Brady. I looked up the clip of Rocky cutting Drago in Rocky IV and showing that the Soviet was not a machine, he was a man. Going into the game, I said that if the Jets could pick Brady, who was completely in the zone at the end of the season and looked unbeatable, it'd completely mess up his and the Pats' psyche. So when it actually happened, I went nuts.
I can't say I expected to beat NE but I expected we'd have a chance to win. We tailgated w/ some great Pats fans before the game and all thought the game would be a cakewalk so it was fun leaving that stadium w/ everyone in shock. In Pitt I thought we'd also have a great chance but for some reason they came out flat. I noticed watching them warm up and then coming out for the game. They didn't have the same body language as the week before- that is when I first got nervous and of course they dominated us that first half. I believe it was a pass too but I'm not sure much changes. if they call it a pass we have to put from deep in our end and Pitt gets great FP w/ plenty of time to score. let's assume they kick a FG, we trail 20-0 at half instead of 24-3. The FG after the TD actually got us a little momentum and then we scored right away to cut it to 24-10 in the 3rd and were back in it. That play was huge w/o a doubt but I think the play that got us going and was ultimately the biggest was the deep pass to Braylon in the 2nd qtr down 3-0. That was a 3rd and 6 or 7 and Sanchez scrambled, redirected Braylo and threw a perfect pass down the sideline that set up our first TD. from that moment on we really dominated the game. but the Cotch play was huge.
Braylon dragging McCourty and Meriweather into the endzone at the end of the second was huge also. 14-3 is so much better than 10-3.
With the much time on the clock we should have ran the ball to kill the clock and go into the 2nd half without any more damage. I put that 100% on Schotty.
Oh man, I know what your talking about. I wasnt at the game but when the Bears game ended I felt really confident, I turned to CBS, they played the promo, and then they went to Heinz Field and EVERYTHING changed. Pittsburgh was rocking and the Jets just looked "cold", things just didnt seem right. The opening drive was like having my heart torn out because I knew it was going to be a low scoring game and to give up 7 points was just brutal. We almost had a 3 and out but Cromartie got flagged on the 3rd down. Yeah that was another play but at that point I didnt feel intimidated by New England, like I still felt the Jets had the game under control. When the Patriots scored the TD and hit the 2 pt and the crowd awoke I felt a momentum shift. The play came out of nowhere, I remember just thinking like "alright here we go, 4th quarter...." and then bam, Cotchery has the first down, and hes running, running, still running, leaps the defender, and then all the way down to the 15 yard line. We were back in business just mere minutes after New England had cut the lead.
All 3 of our receivers made huge plays in that game. Holmes didn't have a huge game from a statistical standpoint, but his TD catch is one of the best in Jets history. Edwards didn't either but he made both of his catches stick. That was a complete game all around. We did everything right. Defense and Offense were spot on. Sanchez played excellent and mistake free football. Every time New England started to gain a little momentum we answered. The terrible fake punt by New England followed by the Braylon Edwards TD where he dragged McCourtey and Merrieweather into the endzone before the half was the turning point in my opinion. But I can think of numerous other big plays in that game as well. We should have beat Pitt the next week. That first half was a nightmare. Another big factor was that our D-Line was so worn down going into that game. They had to activate Martin Tevaseu for that game. Then that next off season they began rebuilding the D-Line by drafting Wilk and Kenrick Ellis.
3 years ago today we had our best chance to reach a SB in my lifetime and blew it. [YOUTUBE]LtzkJiVD3g4[/YOUTUBE]
I wish I was a bit younger but this was the closest we came to actually win an AFC Championship Game. 1982 got shut out. didn't have a chance late 1998 lost 23-10, never had a chance late 2009 lost 30-17, didn't have a chance late 2010 lost 24-19, had a great chance late. D couldn't get a stop. Only AFC Championship game that was a one score game.
Nah U blew it again the best year was the 69 POs when we lost to KC @ Shea in the made up game of #1 in the east vs #2 in the west. Actually KC wound up winning it all & the AFL VS NFL was over after that SB :sad:
It was 17-13 at the half. I said AFC Championship Game, that was an AFL divisional playoff and also not in my lifetime. Please read what is being posted before commenting.
missed that pass by an inch, great throw. One of the few times Peyton has looked like reg season peyton in postseason.
Who cares of your lifetime it is NYJ history U R talking about & that year would have been easiest year for us to return to the SB IMHO :sad:
I will respond to your ramblings. they scored 6 pts, how many playoff games have been won when a team scores 6 pts? and unlike 1968 we would have had to win another game to get to the SB and it would have been at Oakland. The Jets lost by 13 at HOME against Oakland so please explain how we were closer to a SB in 1969 than 1982, 1998, 2009 or 2010?
