Problem is..I don't see this as a response by the Giants, its more like it dropped out of the sky into their laps
It's seriously running through my mind, it's pretty unbearable now but just wait until next weekend when San Francisco forgets how to hit open WR's and make catches like the Packers did today. One thing the 9ers have in their favor is Frank Gore is not Ryan Grant and their defense is much better then Green Bay although they certainly are at a huge disadvantage in the QB dept. The Holier then though fanbase is what pisses me off the most, Bradshaw served time in jail, Plax was a member of the Giants when he went to jail, Jacobs threw his helmet into the stands yet we hear insecure Giant fans talk about how classless the Jets are. I know the Pats are going to crush the Ravens so I'm already wanting to vomit there but I am holding out hope that San Francisco gets the game of his career from Alex Smith and Frank Gore rushes for 200 yards. As for the OP, the Jets shouldn't respond to what these assholes are doing, we're not in competition with them on the field, we should respond to what the Pats are doing as they are the team we need to beat for the division. Now as a fan I want to respond by sucker punching all the Giant fans I know and will root for a meteor to hit Indianapolis if my worst fear comes true (again)
Well covering up their superbowl murals and running mouths about being the kings of new york and all that...
Giants are probably winning the superbowl. I can't see any situation where it's not happening. As a Jets fan you just gotta hope that Rex finally sees how important having a passrush is to a team and how important drafting right is.
Nobody turns down good pass rushers in the draft. The Giants don't blitz & still generate pass rush & if they'd still grab a stud pass rusher in the draft if available. Jets not having a pass rush does not mean they're so stupid to not realize that having a passrush would help their team. Another example would be franchise qb. The HOF coaches, the stupid coaches, the new coaches, the experienced coaches all hope for a franchise qb but wanting one is just not enough to make it happen. Especially for teams that don't get to draft early.
Who exactly are the elite pass rushers that have either (i) been available in FA, or (ii) been sitting there waiting to be drafted when the Jets picked, that Rex has failed to pick up? Rex is one of the finest defensive coaches anywhere, of course he knows how important a pass rush is and we all know that a top flight pass rusher is probably second only to a franchise QB in terms of how hard they are to come across.
I'm not sure what your question means, but if you don't think the media, both national & local, won't rub the Jets faces in this Giants run, you're wrong. It's starting already, as eternal punishment for Rex committing the great sin (sarcasm) of saying his team will win the Super Bowl, and the Jets then not winning it. The point of this thread is to consider how the Jets should respond, so that they can meet both the short term and long term challenges of being the media bad guys in NY
whatever the case, this is another nightmare scenario for the Jets if the midgets win another superbowl. Imagine another NE vs. Midgets superbowl, it would be hard to watch again. I think it's a no brainer to work out a trade for Peyton manning, but with the hiring of Tony Sporano, it is obvious that this is something that the Jets are not looking to do, it's pure media hype. Anyway, lets hope for a Harbaugh brother superbowl,
Well, Rex fires up everybody. He said the league needed to beat the Pats, look what that did for them. And he said whoever loses the Giants, Jet game will be the ugly step child, look where that lead the Giants to.. Man, the Jets are amazing...
I am sick of 3-4 defenses but it is unrealistic to expect anything else from Rex. I think the guys we have could make a good 4 man line. However, we would need new linebackers across the board. We need safeties, we need pass rush, we need a RT, we need some TEs (bye bye Mulligan). Maybe Cumberland can be one of them, But I see Keller as a chip this off season. He is not a TE. He may be an H-back, but not a TE. Still, he is talented and could bring draft picks. What I do not want to see is more trading up in the draft. We need solid backups on the O line, not the trash we had this year. Supposedly there are no good safeties before the second round. So draft a LB and safety 1 and 2, sign a RT as a FA, sign a backup as a FA, get a young receiver in the 3rd, and then backfill. Manning is not coming here. We have too many holes to trade the farm for him for one year, especially with his neck being the way it is. One head shot could finish him.
Not sure if your Giants SB prediction is correct, but I only partly agree with your assessment about the pass rush. I'm writing an article right now about player development and scouting, and a Giants comparison is part of it. Look at the teams that consistently draft well and target the correct players without having to give up much at all in draft picks to trade for them. The main difference between the Jets and teams like NYG, Pitt and GB is trust in a consistently superior scouting department, and a GM who is football smart and not a gambling contract lawyer. We can play musical chairs on the coaching staff forever, but if the FO and scouting department continue to be so one-dimensional, that CS will always be handcuffed by crippling holes in the roster.
You are 100% correct. They better not over react. I feel they will rebound after making bad mistakes in personnel moves last off season. BTW, at this point I think going after Peyton, counts in the "over-react" category.
It's so funny how soon we forget, this is just the 2nd postseason in 8 years that Coughlin and Eli have won playoff games. Giant fans tried to run Eli out of town and while Eli played well yesterday the 2 biggest plays were made by Nicks- the long catch and run and the Hail Mary- those were a bulk of his "great" stats yesterday.
That's bullshit. What made you think that Favre didn't want to be here? Or Peyton would not, for that matter?
Favre didn't want to be here which was why he was helping packer opponents gameplan for GB and why he left us after a year, we wanted him back for 2009. His heart was never in NY, it was a brief stop until he could get to Minnesota and stick it to GB
Seems like with the 3-4 teams HAVE to have a DOMINANT NT AND DOMINANT OLB or the 3-4 aint all that speical. And these 2 positions are the hardest to get, so many 3-4 teams aint all that special. On the other hand, a 4-3 can get buy with 4 above average lineman. You don't need 2 superstars to make a 4-3 work. And above avg lineman can be had in the draft year after year a lot easier than drafting a superstar NT & OLB.
Absolutely, also former ticket holder, not buying the psl bullshit nor all the other bullshit that revolves around this team. We are a daytime soap opera.This has become a classless organization, no matter how many games we win.
sorry it was just a bit of a joke response. you asked the question: "Why do I get the feeling that Giants' two SBs and 3 NFC championship games since 2000 will be regarded as a significant long-term accomplishment, while the Jets run will be looked at as a two year blip, especially if they don't come through next year." well if the Giants win 2 SBs in that period of time (it will also be their 3rd superbowl appearance in any event during that period) then it would be a long term accomplishment, to have remained more or less in contention for that period of time. Whereas if we just get to 2 AFCC games and then drop off the radar then it would be quite rightly viewed as a small blip in our otherwise constant state of mediocrity (edit: on this point of being a so-so team (i.e. neither really good nor really bad), our average record since 2000 is 8-8).
