Jets PR

since dolphins writers have not chimed in....

This is exactly what Saban did at the start of camp last year to assert that the new regime was as much a polar opposite from the previous as possible.

Really, anything that has the Jets thinking this is NOT the Herman Edwards era should be a good thing.

Honestly, I can't believe a columnist didn't take that POV.

 

big difference between saban and mangini: saban was coming in as a savior-type, long sought by the nfl. mangini's a kid who's only claim to fame is being a belichick wannabe. doogie howser, h.c., as he's been dubbed, has zero head-coaching experience on the college or nfl level. that buys no one the benefit of the doubt. especially in n.y.

hey, maybe the kid will be the next don shula. but shula did it in a totally different era. mangini will be lucky to survive this experience. it's one thing to go through growing pains in cleveland, quite another in n.y.

 

This whole charade has been more predictable than an episode of Perry Mason.

Jets hire Mangini, who struts in like he owns the place. In a shockingly Belichickian twist, access to stars is suddenly very limited (wait til the QB is only talking for 10 minutes once a week). NY Post writes a pissant story about it. Rinse, wash, repeat.

Just another example of how the Jets are the Mets of the NFL. Mets fire nice guy Art Howe, poach grumpy old bastard Willie Randolph from the championship-rich Yankees (love Willie getting surly when it's suggested to him the other day the Mets need pitching. The Mets need pitching like I need a fucking boost of endurance). Jets allow phony nice guy Herm Edwards to leave, replace him with Belichick Jr. If you flopped, you may as well poach people from the teams who do it right.

 

Sounds like the Jets finally have their very own Rich Kotite.

This whole thing reminds me of one of my favorite lines from West Wing:

"He's got the PR instincts of Idi Amin!"

 

Hey now, don't forget their own SNY program.

SNY: The network for the region's secondary teams.

 

It'll be a privilege to hear Chad pontificate on the state of Jet-dom...

 

Chad's going to start?

Actually, he might start the year at no. 1. But the arrogant ass will be on his, uhh, ass by week five.

 

From all accounts, Chad will be the defacto No. 1.

He's worked hard following shoulder surgery. According to reports, he can almost complete a 10-yard out. Patrick Ramsey has been hit-or-miss. The Jets are impressed with his arm strength, however his penchant for throwing the ball to guys wearing different colored jersey isn't seen as a positive. Rookie QB Kellen Clemens will sit and watch, as the Jets don't want him to be massacred before his time. The Jets, as a token of their appreciation for the job he did last year, gave Brooks Bollinger an all-expenses paid cab ride to the Nassau Coliseum, home of the Arena Football League's New York Dragons.

 

Jets.. 3-13

 

Three wins? Ha! Who's pathetic enough to lose to this team? The Jets don't have a quarterback, a running back (Curtis Martin on the Physically Unable to Perform list), one wide receiver (Coles; McCariens is also on the Physically Unable to Perform list) and they're starting two rookies on the offensive line. Defensively, they're switching from a 4-3 to a 3-4. So, there will be growing pains. John Abraham's gone, so Shawn Ellis and Jonathan Vilma are going to face double and triple-teams. The secondary is very young. All kidding aside, punter Ben Grahame might be the Jets' only Pro Bowler.

The 2006 New York Jets schedule:

 

I will be shocked if Pennington makes it to midseason as the starter. He's a holdover from the old regime (actually, he was selected two regimes ago) and he had a rep as the kissass teacher's pet. You know Mangini doesn't want anything to do with that. Plus, Mangini has kicked his ass six ways to Sunday the last few years with the Patriots. He knows his weaknesses, why would he want him lining up behind center?

Fuck, if the Lions could go witih Charlie Batch in week three in 1998, the Jets sure could go with Kellen Clemens around the same time.

I don't think the Jets will finish with a worse record than last year, though. Just a hunch. They'll be god-awful in the first half and OK in the second...they'll win four or five games.

 

(In order of probability) Home vs. Lions OR Bills OR Oakland OR Houston OR at Tennessee