I would add the curse of the Super Bowl loser to the list of 'good things' should the Jets or Colts advance and get beaten. Statistically the loser rarely makes the playoffs the following year so its a win-win for us 'if' the NFC team wins this year.
Yes- precisley my dear Watson! The dreaded Super Bowl loser curse.
Much more likely the Jets would lose the SB than the Dolts (against whomever wins NFC). So instead of Jets losing this weekend - and getting the feeling of sad but still 'being on the way up - just wait til next season' positive mentality. It is better for us if instead the Jets win this weekend and (will certainly lose in SB)- Jets get the dreaded Super bowl loser mentality - choked in the big game. How could it have been if only......blah, blah, blah...Which will affect the players next year and their fans for years to come! I love it. Plus we can taunt the Jests fans for losing the SB just like they do to us now for 2007. And even better, for the Jests to lose to Lord Favres Vikings - DELICIOUS! This scenario gets better every minute.
Furthermore what has also been mentioned, the Jets players all wanting more money, lower draft order (#31 to losers) and such. Whomever the Jets play in SB - either Vikings or especially Saints would be the choice of most of the rest of the nations fans.
But wait - there's MORE! You also get....
the great things about the Colts losing THIS weekend. In their own building: hearing the silence of the crowd; seeing the disgusted looks on the players faces and their heads down as the cameras zoom in; seeing the shock of the crying fans with their # 18 jerseys on. That will bring a smile to my face. We get to see the sad distraught fans of the Colts this weekend, and then the upset fans of the Jets in 3 weekends. THAT IS GREAT ENTERTAINMENT for me.
And for all the Colts players, coaches and FO to know that they brought this wrath onto themselves for laying down to die in week 16. For chickening out instead of playing all out -going for football immortality. Knockout - score 1 for bad karma. Don't EVER mess with the football gods! Play the game with integrity you sniveling Colts (aka. weasels). I hope Colts get beaten so bad - they have to be sent to the glue factory to be put out of their misery.
It is a PERFECT SETUP on all sides. This scenario will mentally negatively impact BOTH Jets and Colts fans/players for years to come.
I NEVER thought I would say this but due to the original reasoning in this thread and my above points:
GO JETS! (Then GO SAINTS / VIKINGS!)
Comeon Sadist Pats fans everywhere - UNITE!