From Jacob Robinson
Writer for The Athletic
NFL Newsletter
Here were some of his favorite quotes from Jets readers. First, Evan N.:
Being a Jets fan is like
renewing a gym membership every January for half a century. Each year, you walk in, convinced this is the year everything changes. You buy into the plan, you picture the transformation … and by March, you’re back on the couch, sore, disappointed and somehow still paying for it.
By March! Before free agency even starts! JJ put it similarly:
It's like getting great seats for opening day of a baseball season, but rain is predicted. Sure enough, it pours all day, and the game is called before you even leave the house.
There is no hope, but even worse, you're not even in the ballpark.
This one is by Steven C.:
My 5-year-old daughter asked me what the difference between baseball and football is. In her estimation it was: 'Baseball is the one where they hit the ball with the bat and run around bases. And
football is the one where you stare at the TV and yell, "F---!"'
One last word, from Matt:
Every Sunday feels like your father who left for 'milk' is going to come back. You sit on the porch, looking at the driveway, thinking this week will be different, imagining his beat-up 2010 Honda Civic will pull up on the gravel. However, the sun sets, the car has not arrived, and you go back inside, ready to do it all again the next week and the week after.
Yikes. Bleak. There are over a hundred
more responses, including: "Rooting for the Jets is like rooting for the bad guys in 'Home Alone. . .'"
