Re: OT (Jets) : this is what an idiot sounds like
I agree. When I mentioned in the "Jets suck" thread the other day that I'd never seen a Patriots board so enamored by the Jets, their coach and their off season, a MOD moved the thread into a forum no one ever visits (as stated by Tunescribe). I smell fear. Now I know that comment will bring out the typical mantra flying around here, but no matter what they say, you and I both know Im right. You don't see anyone on here talking about the Bills. Why? Because they're not considered a threat. The fans on here are worried about the Jets. Some of them have the balls to stand up to the stupid comments while others resort to the Rex Ryan bashing. So be it. I'll be on here Sept 20th to congratulate either winner. I say the 20th because I'm certain I'll be busy celebrating in Manhattan until the midnight hours of the 19th.
Not sure what he said that was so wrong here. You
do need to be able to command that kind of respect, and if he can, good for him. We'll see how long that lasts, though, if he keeps throwing more than an INT per game, and they keep him throwing <20 times per game because they don't trust him to make his reads. Confidence is only as good as the results that follow. Otherwise, you end up with Kerry Rhodes. But that said, Sanchez said exactly what he had to say. I'm not sure that he can back it up, but doesn't change the fact that it was the right thing to say.
As far as smelling fear, I dunno about that. We've always treated the preseason as our time to laugh at the Jets for their self-important, preseason-SB nonsense. It was this way last year (Sanchise! Rex Ryan, Bart Scott!), and the year before that (Brett Favre! Kris Jenkins!), and the year before that (dominant young talent! Kerry Rhodes will own u!) and the year before that (we got Mangenius!)... etc. etc. It's always been like this, because the Jets make themselves incredibly easy targets: you set yourselves up and knock yourselves down, and we get a front row seat to the whole thing. It's funny because it ends the same way every year but you guys keep getting suckered into it. I used to just hold you guys in complete contempt, until circumstances forced me to root for the Jets in week 17 of 2008. Being a Jets fan, even for a day, while Favre took a dump on a the field like that... it actually made me feel some pity for you guys.
Maybe this year will be different, but I doubt it. I'm no more or less afraid than I was in 2003-2009.