Aaron Johnson – Sports Editor
There once was the team from New York. They wore green and white colors and were known for having a bravado and swagger about them. They had a loud mouth coach, who was an amazing defensive mind. But he has the same offensive mind as a five-year-old. This team of green and white men talked and talked but it never meant a thing. What is that team you may ask? Well of course it is the New York Jets.
The only team, outside of maybe the Dallas Cowboys, to be known for snatching the bitter defeat out of the jaws of sweet victory. The Jets have turned losing into an art form that would make Picasso proud. Whether it is last second interceptions, calling a timeout to negate a game-tying touchdown, or a butt-fumble, the Jets are just known as one of the jokes of the NFL.
It’s not that the Jets are picked on by the other organizations in the NFL, but the fact that they do it to themselves. Year in and year out, there is always a moment that the Jets and their fans can pick out as being just a “Jets-thing”.
This season has already seen its share of Jet follies. Jet fans have to sit back and look to the heaven and ask why? Why did Geno Smith throw the ball into triple coverage? Why did Rex Ryan let someone else call a timeout instead of him? Why can’t the Jets be like their big brothers the Giants? Or, (and this is a personal favorite) why did the Jets ever unleash Tom Brady on the rest of the world?
Only the big man upstairs has the answers to this and many other questions when it comes to the New York Jets. But for team that hasn’t won a Super Bowl since 1969, the Jets have had some bright spots, including back-to-back AFC Championship game appearances in 2009 and 2010. However, these great seasons have been a distant memory recently. Will the Jets be able to ever finally break that laughable loser mold? I guess that’s just another question that only the big man upstairs will know.
Photo Credit: Ed Yourdon