I can't believe I'm saying this... but I'm rooting for the Jets. A Jets SB win might be a wakeup call for the Patriots as an organization. Tough to call out a team that has had an amazing 9 year run, but I see a team afraid to be aggressive on D. A roster that doesn't seem very athletic...3RBs and a#1 WR whose best years are well behind them. A sideline absent of life. This team can't continue to rely on Brady's arm. While watching other playoff teams, I too often see exceptional difference makers and wonder why the Pats don't have athletes like the ones I'm seeing. Arizona lost there #1B WR, and they put up 51 yesterday. A team like Baltimore that values LBs in the draft squashed the Patriots. etc....etc...etc
A Jets win would hopefully ignite their juices. I can't imagine BB or Kraft willing to accept this new order of power. Deep down inside, I keep telling myself that there is a master plan...that BB/Kraft have been positioning their roster/contract decisions based on an uncapped year. DEs, OLBs,RBs,WRs ...all need reconfiguring. C, OG, TE may have to be addressed as well.
Come draft time, I do not want to hear the term "value". I want to hear "playmaker", "stud", "beast". I want to see a player on the field that an announcer would say, "the Jets have no answer for that guy". Today, I think that only about Wilfork and Welker....not enough.
So...Lets go Jets...and I hope it pisses off management enough to be bold.