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      This is why people are high on the Jets

      September 19, 2010 /
      New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez (6) celebrates with Jets' Jerricho Cotchery (89) after they connected on a touchdown pass against the New England Patriots during the third quarter of their NFL football game in East Rutherford, New Jersey, September 19, 2010. REUTERS/Ray Stubblebine (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT FOOTBALL)

      Outside of maybe the Cowboys, there wasn’t a potential 2010 playoff contender that looked worse than the Jets in Week 1.

      They couldn’t run the ball, they couldn’t capitalize on turnovers, Mark Sanchez thought the checkdown was an actual play in the Jets’ offensive playbook…

      The Jets were bad. And when an over-hyped team plays bad, they’re going to hear about how overrated they are for the rest of the week, which the J-E-T-S certainly did.

      But in typical Rex Ryan fashion, the Jets just gave everyone the middle finger after taking it to the Patriots 28-14 on Sunday. Only in today’s NFL can a player like Sanchez look so hopeless one night and then six days later outplay a three-time Super Bowl winner. After looking pitiful on Monday night, Sanchez finished 21-of-30 for 220 yards with three touchdowns and zero interceptions today, while Tom Brady threw for 248 yards on 20-of-36 passing with two touchdowns but two picks.

      Sanchez’s QB Rating after the game was 124.3.

      Brady’s? Seventy-two point five.

      Yeah, that’s about right.

      Sanchez was helped by the fact that the Jets rushed for 136 yards and the defense forced three turnovers. Brady and the Pats were just 1-for-3 inside the red-zone and held the ball for roughly five minutes less than the Jets.

      If there was ever a statement game early in the season, this was it for the Jets. They’re still 1-1 and they still have a long way to go before they can even think about reaching the lofty expectations that Ryan set for them, but this was a huge win today. No doubt about it.

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      Joe Namath isn’t a big fan of Braylon Edwards’ work

      September 18, 2010 /
      Former New York Jets Hall of Game quarterback Joe Namath shares a laugh prior to the New York Jets vs. Houston Texans football game at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas on September 13, 2009. UPI/Aaron M. Sprecher Photo via Newscom

      Based on recent comments he made on 1050 ESPN radio in New York, it sounds like if former Jets legend Joe Namath were starting a football team tomorrow, he’d rather have a steel pipe sticking up out of the ground at receiver than Braylon Edwards.

      From Rant Sports:

      Then Namath ripped into Jets wide receiver Braylon Edwards. “I don’t feel that we have the deep threat, the speed out there at this point, that defensive backs really respect. I really believe that Edwards is a fine receiver…But meantime, I don’t think they’re worried about him running by any defensive backs.” Ouch.

      He then went on to say that he didn’t have very good hands. “I’d like to see him catch the ball more consistently”. Well, what is Edwards response going to be for that? He did lead the league in dropped passes in 2008 with 16. So basically Namath is saying that Edwards doesn’t really have elite speed and he can’t consistently catch the ball. Other than that, he’s a fine receiver.

      That low rumble you hear in the distance is every fan in Cleveland laughing his or her ass off.

      Joe Willie also said during the interview that he felt as though “Hard Knocks” was a distraction to the Jets and maybe he’s right. Or maybe they just need a quarterback who doesn’t think the checkdown is an actual offensive play? Yeah? No? All right…

      That said, I love how this team loses to the Ravens on Monday Night Football and now all of a sudden people are trying not to fracture their femur while jumping off the bandwagon. I consider myself an objective fan, but I almost hope the Jets beat the Patriots this weekend so I can watch everyone break their necks trying to get back on the bandwagon.

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      Was Ines Sainz’ attire appropriate for a locker room?

      September 17, 2010 /

      As you probably have heard, the Jets are being investigated by the NFL for unbecoming conduct towards reporter/personality Ines Sainz, who was in the Jets’ locker room interviewing Mark Sanchez.

      Clinton Portis chimed in and defended the players, and has since apologized. Here’s a picture of what Sainz was wearing that day.

      Is that appropriate for a locker room? Some argue that for the hour that the locker room is open to the media, it is their workplace as well, and just because someone is wearing super-tight jeans, it doesn’t give the players the right to hoot and holler.

      Agreed. But should she go into the locker room dressed like that in the first place?

      For her part, Sainz has downplayed the incident, but has said that she thought the players acted inappropriately.

      What does she expect? She walks into a testosterone-filled room wearing skin tight jeans that shows every single one of her considerable curves (presumably to draw attention to her figure) and of course guys are going to react.

      Provocative attire provokes.

      Here’s an interview with Sainz where she describes what happened:

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      Clinton Portis weighs in on Jets/female reporter situation

      September 14, 2010 /
      Aug. 07, 2010 - Ashburn, Virginia, United States of America - 07 August 2010: Washington Redskins Running Back CLINTON PORTIS.

      After spending the offseason keeping a relatively low profile, Clinton Portis decided to chime in on the situation in New York, where Jets players are under scrutiny after a few players allegedly made catcalls at sideline reporter Ines Sainz.

      Here’s what Portis said on his weekly radio appearance on 106.7 The Fan (via ESPN.com):

      “I think you put women reporters in the locker room in position to see guys walking around naked, and you sit in the locker room with 53 guys, and all of the sudden you see a nice woman in the locker room, I think men are going to tend to turn and look and want to say something to that woman,” Portis said in his weekly appearance on 106.7 The Fan.

      “You put a woman and you give her a choice of 53 athletes, somebody got to be appealing to her,” Portis said. “You know, somebody got to spark her interest, or she’s going to want somebody. I don’t know what kind of woman won’t, if you get to go and look at 53 men’s [bodies]. … I know you’re doing a job, but at the same time, the same way I’m going to cut my eye if I see somebody worth talking to, I’m sure they do the same thing.”

      Quite frankly, I don’t disagree with anything Portis (who seemed to be talking more in generalities) said. I’m sure there is bound to be someone that a female reporter is going to be attracted to in a locker room. And after spending the majority of their time around male teammates, obviously some players are going to be attracted to her as well.

      But that’s not really the point here. I get that boys will be boys, but you have to be careful. Even though football is a game, the NFL is still a business and when players are at practice, they’re at work. They should think of it as an office setting and therefore, should respect female reporters just as they would anyone else. It should be a business like atmosphere at all times.

      Now, is that realistic? No, and I’m not naïve to think that players are going to be on their best behavior when a hot female reporter is around them. And throwing a couple of passes in her direction (which apparently is one of the things that the Jets players did) is one thing – that’s harmless. But it’s quite another if she was made to feel uncomfortable while she was on the job. That’s not right.

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