Palladino: Three Reasons Jets Won't Make Playoffs
Owning the pessimism common to most journalists, this guy is saying the Jets wind up out of the postseason for the first time in the Buddy, er, Rex Ryan era. Here are three big reasons for that.
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Owning the pessimism common to most journalists, this guy is saying the Jets wind up out of the postseason for the first time in the Buddy, er, Rex Ryan era. Here are three big reasons for that.
Rex Ryan knows only one way to play poker in the Big Apple: No Limit. But Rex has discovered that being a head coach in the NFL is a zero sum game, and that no verbal smokescreen can hide the final score.
Rex Ryan was humbled, his boasts little more than hot air. Forget kings of the city. The New York Jets are now a desperate team on the verge of missing the playoffs for the first time since Ryan took over as coach.
It was not a good Christmas Eve for the Jets in more ways than one. The worst part of course was the 29-14 loss to the Giants that has put the Jets post-season hopes in peril.
Win and you are in as a division champion. That's the easy scenario for the Broncos and either the Cowboys or Giants next weekend.
Rex Ryan was brash and confident all week, insisting his Jets were the kings of New York. Well, the Giants shut him up in a big way.
If this kind of ball is what they're going to bring into the Meadowlands this week against Dallas, this time in a true home game, they're going to the playoffs.
Sanchez threw a career-high 59 passes, completing 30 of them, but also had two interceptions and lost a fumble inside the 5-yard line in the Jets' 29-14 loss.
Coach Tom Coughlin hurt his left leg when running back D.J. Ware crashed into him on the sideline in the fourth quarter of the New York Giants' 29-14 win over the Jets on Saturday.
Cincinnati (9-6) can clinch the final AFC wild card berth by beating Baltimore at Paul Brown Stadium next Sunday. The Bengals moved a game ahead of the Jets, who fell to 8-7 with a 29-14 loss.
Victor Cruz set two franchise receiving records, and Ahmad Bradshaw ran for two touchdowns as the Giants kept their playoff hopes alive.
New York Jets safety Brodney Pool suffered a head injury in the third quarter against the New York Giants and his return was questionable.
Rex Ryan's team stepped up the annoying tactics hours before their New York City metropolitan area showdown at MetLife Stadium by putting black curtains in front of the Giants' four Super Bowl logos.
Giants wide receiver Mario Manningham is inactive and Jets running back Joe McKnight, the NFL's leading kick returner, is active after being questionable.
It's been confirmed that Giants will be missing Jake Ballard, Osi Umenyiora and Mark Herzlich when they face the Jets on Saturday. Mario Manningham is listed as doubtful.
The Jets could be without Joe McKnight and Marquice Cole for Saturday's clash with the Giants. Santonio Holmes, Eric Smith and Mike DeVito are all listed as probable.
And the question from this column is… who would you rather have coaching your team?
In the case of the Jets and Giants, it's a little more than just a sibling rivalry. It's about history, success and the constant bickering between fans of Gang Green and Big Blue.
Neil Keefe makes his Week 16 picks and asks for the same two things he asked for last Christmas. And then of course there's Giants-Jets...
The bottom line is that the NFL doesn't care about which player said what – it will simply look at the final score Saturday afternoon and adjust the standings.
Christie quickly touched on the VP issue Friday so Tri-State football fans could focus on more important matters. That's right, we're talking Jets vs. Giants.
Sure, Revis heard that one Giants wide receiver called him merely "decent," while another insisted that teams no longer are afraid of him. All he could do was chuckle.
For the first time in his three seasons as Jets coach, Ryan gets to play for NY supremacy when he and Coughlin's Giants square off Saturday in a game with plenty of playoff implications.
This is why firing back at a trash-talking team can get you in more trouble than it's worth. Insulting arguably the best cornerback in the NFL will only increase his motivation.
This is one of those years Giants defensive captain Justin Tuck would like to forget. Coming off his second Pro Bowl season, Tuck has had more injuries than sacks.
