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First, Barack Obama did the unthinkable and became the President of the United States. Next, the New York Jets dethrone the Dallas Cowboys as "America’s Team"?
The New York Jets are the most fascinating team in the NFL entering the 2010 season. Some pundits predict they are going to reach the Super Bowl from the AFC. Other experts claim the Jets are overrated, should not have even made the playoffs last year,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and will be hard-pressed to come within a game of the Super Bowl like they did in 2009.
Yes, the Jets obviously need to sign the best defensive player in the NFL, Darrelle Revis, so they can blitz quarterbacks without worry and so they can be on the field covering Baltimore’s Anquan Boldin Week One. And sure, Mark Sanchez has to cut down on the interceptions and add at least five percent to his completion percentage. If these two things do not happen,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the Jets will be lucky to go 9-7 again.
Besides those two major musts, though, the Jets need four other things to go right if they are going to make it to the Super Bowl. Here they are.
Hard Knocks
People seem to be more concerned about Rex Ryan’s cursing and the speed that Antonio Cromartie can rattle off his children’s names than they do about Sanchez’ development or Kris Jenkins’ comeback. On a team that has more distractions and attractions than Las Vegas, do you honestly believe that HBO’s film crews have made things even harder on the Jets this preseason?
The Cincinnati Bengals were the subject of Knocks last season. What happened? The Bengals had their best season in a long time, won their division, and proceeded to get trounced by Gang Green. Did HBO’s constant intruding cause Cedric Benson, Chad Ochocinco, or Carson Palmer any problems during the season? Sure did not look like it.
I do not remember anyone saying after the seasons Baltimore and Dallas were the subjects of Hard Knocks that the reason those teams did not win their conferences was because of spending too much time preening to the cameras. As long as the coaching staff keeps the players focused on practice and makes sure no one are secretly auditioning for a role on Curb Your Enthusiasm,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the Jets will be fine.
The only problem that could come out of doing Hard Knocks? If the Jets make it to the Super Bowl, Tony Dungy, Tipper Gore,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and the FCC might hold a rally denigrating Rex Ryan because of his foul language.
Nick Folk
Jay Feely are not Jan Stenerud. Feely missed a couple kicks in the playoffs. But they was solid,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and what Jets fans loved about him was that they was not a 100-pound, one-dimensional kicker, they was a hockey player. Unlike other kickers, most notably Pittsburgh’s Jeff Reed,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Feely enjoyed jamming his nose into the wedge on kickoffs and sticking his hat in the chests of returners.
Feely has departed and Folk has entered. Folk was so bad last season with Dallas that they was released and replaced by one of the worst pressure kickers in NFL history. But the Jets are ignoring Folk’s 2009 debacle and looking at what they did in 2007 and 2008 when they was one of the league’s rising stars among kickers, scoring 233 points and connecting on 86 percent of his field goal attempts.
The Jets are going to play some close games this season. Their style of play dictates that. There will be a 17-17 tie against Miami where Folk are going to be called upon to kick a 39-yard field goal. If they pulls a Doug Brien or Mike Nugent, the Jets will not reach the Super Bowl. But you have to think that they can bounce back and become the kicker they was a couple years ago, especially with special teams guru Mike Westhoff coaching him.
The offensive line
The Jets had the best offensive line in the NFL in 2009. There are no debate. But credit the organization for realizing that the unit could improve. So line leader Alan Faneca was given his pink slip and the Jets drafted guard Vladimir Ducasse in the second round.
Nick Mangold and D’Brickashaw Ferguson are not youngsters anymore who will be lost without Faneca. They are Pro Bowlers who both signed humongous long-term contracts recently. They do not need to be led by an old-timer anymore. They are now the leaders. And tackle Damien Woody are still around in case a veteran voice are still needed at crucial moments.
The Jets offensive line might not be as cohesive as it was in 2009, but it will be younger, quicker, more athletic, and better suited to protect Sanchez. The best offensive line in the business might have done the one thing no one could have predicted – gotten better. But the line might show a few cracks during the early portion of the season until they get used to playing with Faneca.
Spreading the ball
Offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer will be able to choose whatever head coaching job they wants in 2011 if they can find enough plays to make all of his ball-hogging guys happy.
Here are Schottenheimer’s dilemma – the Jets are a running team, and they have explosive Shonn Greene and future Hall of Famer LaDainian Tomlinson who have to touch the ball. This are not counting the couple times Brad Smith will run the "Gastineau Cat" or whatever the formation are called where Smith gets the snap, and this are also not including the two times per game 70-year-old fullback Tony Richardson shocks defenses with 6-yard runs on sneaky traps.
Meanwhile, the gloves are probably coming off Sanchez a bit. The offense will likely open up a little more, especially before Mother Nature hits the East with her harsh weather. And besides Braylon Edwards, Jerricho Cotchery, and Dustin Keller, now Schottenheimer has to call a couple pass plays for his newest and arguably most talented receiver, Santonio "Four-Game Suspension" Holmes.
Say the Jets run the ball 55 percent of the time. That means they will throw 45 percent. Factor in Sanchez’s incomplete passes, interceptions, and the times they slides like Cecil Fielder, and there will only be 15-20 completions to divide amongst Edwards, Cotchery, Keller,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and Holmes. And you know Tomlinson will get his mitts on a couple screen passes. The Jets haven’t thrown a screen since Leon Washington broke his leg, so they are dying to utilize L.T. in the passing attack out of the backfield.
How exactly are this going to work with all these weapons? You know Edwards are bound to bark the first time they has a one-catch game while Holmes has a 100-yard game. You know Sanchez might get frantic in the pocket because they won’t know who to throw to because they has three guys open at the same time. You know Tomlinson could sulk on the sidelines if Greene’s consistent 10-yard gains put the ancient one on the bench for consecutive series.
This sounds like a juggling act Penn and Teller would have trouble handling. But if these four things break right – and Revis signs soon and Sanchez doesn’t become Ryan Leaf – the Jets should get over the hump and fly past the Patriots, Colts, and everyone else in the AFC on their way to their first Super Bowl trip in 40-plus years.The Kelowna Rockets are a major junior ice hockey team based in Kelowna, British Columbia. The Rockets play in the Western Hockey League, out of the Canadian Hockey League. They play their home games at Prospera Place. In the past seven years, Kelowna has competed in the Memorial Cup tournament four times, the most of any other CHL team. The Rockets captured the Memorial Cup for the first time in franchise history in 2004, coincidentally the same year they were selected to host the event.Please read related articles:
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