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If you woke up Monday morning utterly disgusted, you had every right. Jets Nation was taken to the woodshed Sunday night in every possible way. A superior football mind did a number on the brash and the bovine.
A team once known for "Playing Like a Jet" is now lacking an identity, and that's what Ryan should be apologizing for. In stopping short in his postgame remarks, Ryan failed to embrace the heart of the matter.
Fresh off the last night's dismantling of the Jets, Patriots head coach Bill Belichick joined Joe and Evan to talk about the game.
Here's a guarantee that I feel pretty good about: The Jets will not be AFC East Champions. There will be no changing of the guard. For the Jets to make the playoffs, they will have to go through their familiar route of getting a wild card spot.
With everything to gain or lose, the Jets chose the latter. Last night wasn't about tactics; it was about temerity. The Patriots wanted it more. Much more. There's no other way to explain the score despite the disparity in talent.
Tom Brady threw three touchdown passes, in a convincing 37-16 victory over the New York Jets on Sunday night.
Jets safety Brodney Pool (knee) and tight end Shawn Nelson (illness) were inactive for New York,
This week there is no need for the Jets to talk big and the Patriots don't want to fan the fire. The balance of power has shifted in the AFC East and both teams sense it.
What seemed impossible a month ago is now reality. The Jets and Patriots meet on Sunday night at MetLife Stadium with first place in the AFC East on the line.
Since a 30-21 loss at New England on Oct. 9 the Jets have turned their defense around. Not that it was at all bad at the beginning of the season. It's just that the dominant defense Rex Ryan insisted the Jets would have has started to show up in a big way.
If you thought last week was bad like Neil Keefe did, then you can expect this week this week to be worse. Nine of the 16 games have spreads of three points or less (and the Giants-49ers line is 3.5).
Jets fans this is your chance to turn that big, gray stadium into a green-clad Bedlam, a cauldron where no opponent, much less a truly ticked off New England Patriots squad, would dare to tread without a good silent count at the ready.
New York City is the place to be for football right now. With the city serving as the center of the football world, Neil Keefe thought it would be a good idea to recap where the Giants and Jets are at midseason.
It's no surprise that the Packers top Joe's list — but only one New York team makes the Top 10. Also, check out Joe's mid-season awards, featuring a surprise MVP.
You look at Mark Sanchez sometimes, and you wonder if you're not watching a top-five quarterback. And then you watch him in the first half against Buffalo, and you wonder if you're not watching some college freshman making his first start. It's maddening.
