Sorry I Have Not Been Around...

Discussion in 'New York Jets' started by The Dark Knight, Nov 21, 2024.

  1. wewantsapp

    wewantsapp Well-Known Member

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    There's absolutely nothing wrong with finding something better & more productive to do w/your time than devoting 3+hrs on a Sunday watching this weekly garbage.
     
  2. dmw

    dmw Well-Known Member

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    Maybe they'll draft a top QB prospect who will look great in preseason!
     
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  3. The Dark Knight

    The Dark Knight Well-Known Member

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    Yep! More time than that too following the team each week. Unplugging from it is definitely a healthy decision.
    I could definitely see that. Or a (3-0) start to the 2025 season to get the fans back, just to crush them going (2-12) the rest of the way.
     
  4. abyzmul

    abyzmul R.J. MacReady, 21018 Funniest Member Award Winner

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    Progess
     
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  5. The_Darksider

    The_Darksider Well-Known Member

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    I've been a true darksider (no hope, no joy) for a good solid decade now. Maybe more. Before that, I was only kind of a darksider - snarky comments, expecting them to lose, etc. Eventually, it kills you. But you get used to it - and you certainly don't suffer as much after a time. However, the real downside to it is a complete lack of enjoyment of anything until it's over. I am always expecting something bad, and even when things are going well, I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop. I can't enjoy a good win until it's over - there is no longer any such thing as optimism and enjoying the moment.

    I get what you're saying about the team breaking you - we all shatter in different ways.
     
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  6. The_Darksider

    The_Darksider Well-Known Member

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    I dunno - it may not...lol It hasn't for me.
     
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  7. The_Darksider

    The_Darksider Well-Known Member

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    Thinking is overrated.
     
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  8. The Dark Knight

    The Dark Knight Well-Known Member

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    Yeah, that’s not fun at all as a fan, but the team has given you no choice. You have to protect yourself, so I get that mindset.

    My problem is if I have lost hope (rightfully so) then why keep watching or caring? Seems like a waste of time.

    I can’t pick another team. The Jets are my team. That’s it. I guess just take a step back and care less about football.

    The team preached Super Bowl or bust this year, so to bust like they have, it really does a number on you. Some fans knew not to get excited, but unfortunately I was not one of them.
     
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  9. The_Darksider

    The_Darksider Well-Known Member

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    I feel exactly the same way. I could never ever ever switch teams, so it's either Jets or lose interest in football. Which has absolutely happened. In fact, I'm also a Mets, Rangers, and Nets guy, so I get this across the board with all my teams. Sports doesn't hold the exciting mystique it used to hold for me by any stretch anymore. And that's a shame, because sports are amazing, it just gets difficult to get kicked in the jewels all the time.

    As for the Super Bowl aspirations this year, that's part of the good side of protecting myself. I laughed at it, didn't expect it at all, knew something would go wrong, and I wasn't angry, pissed off, betrayed, or anything else when it did.
     
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  10. Jonathan_Vilma

    Jonathan_Vilma Well-Known Member

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    Maybe we can pool together and get a licensed therapist to post and help us all.
     
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  11. The Dark Knight

    The Dark Knight Well-Known Member

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    Not a terrible idea. Can the therapist coach the team and play QB too? :D
     
  12. abyzmul

    abyzmul R.J. MacReady, 21018 Funniest Member Award Winner

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    Welcome to Group, fellas!
     
  13. BrowningNagle

    BrowningNagle Well-Known Member

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    a 5’3 blonde therapist with some issues of her own
     
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  14. The Dark Knight

    The Dark Knight Well-Known Member

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    Great clip. That is sadly how many Jets fans are. We can just get up and leave but we choose not to. Pretty crazy, indeed!
     
  15. UK_Chilts

    UK_Chilts Well-Known Member

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    I'm generally optimistic in real-life and don't want that to change. It's the hope that kills you. We've all heard promise after promise year on year and we've had very little to shout about in nearly 15 years. In a league that tries to facilitate even competition between its teams.

    It's getting grim now. I genuinely believed in Douglas after the 2022 draft and thought we were just competent QB play away from the playoffs.

    The absolute lows of the recent times were the Rodgers injury and then the London game v Minnesota, which cost me 500 UK pounds (over 600 bucks) for 2 tickets to watch it all fail.

    I'm continuing to watch all the games, as always, but now with tempered expectations. I'm less likely to seek out and read or listen to any off the field stuff at all. I'll tune back in when next season's games start.



    A lament recorded when The Jets were good and released posthumously. I know how you feel bruv.
     
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  16. Poeman

    Poeman Well-Known Member

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    You and me both, TDK.

    Screw this team and it's sorry ass owner ruining everything we love about our NY Jets
     
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  17. The Dark Knight

    The Dark Knight Well-Known Member

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    Very frustrating.
    Good post and good song!
     
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  18. KWJetsFan

    KWJetsFan Well-Known Member

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    TDK!!! I was literally thinking about you a few days ago. I remember I used to poke fun at you for being so optimistic and always told you the team would eventually turn you but I was glad you stayed positive. When I thought of you the other day I realized you hadn't been around I thought, they finally broke you. Glad to see you here. Also glad to see you have more realistic expectations going forward now.

    "When I was a kid, I was into the New York Jets. And then I got into girls as I got older, and then back into the Jets, because I'd realized there's times where the girl won't f*** you, but the Jets will always f*** you."
    -Artie Lang
     
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  19. The Dark Knight

    The Dark Knight Well-Known Member

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    :D Good quote! And yeah, they got me. Nice seeing you too!

    My expectations might be even lower than realistic now! :cool:
     

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