Question #106: Going Green?
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- November
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OK, I’m officially drinking the Green Kool-Ade now. I believe in the Jets. Two weeks ago, I thought they’d have to be pretty impressive, and very competitive, in their two coming road games, at New England and at Tennessee. Well, the Jets won both.
And both of my feet are now planted on that bandwagon. I see a young Favre out there. I see a defense that has risen toward the best in the AFC, and an offensive line that makes Favre and all his weapons much better.
Not that I’m getting into all this Jets-Giants Super Bowl hype. I still think that’s terribly premature and silly, knowing how hard it is to get through the playoffs for any team—how the Giants could even get tripped up, how the Colts, the defending champs, went down last year. It could happen, but the likelihood if still rather small, and there is even a chance the Jets won’t make the playoffs.
People do turn on dimes around here, by the way. Suddenly we’re hearing—from the same mouths, in some cases—that A) the Jets are the best team in the AFC and B) that Tennessee was a paper power, fraudulent at 10-0. Well, which is it? Did the Jets just beat the best team in the AFC, or could it be that the Jets aren’t that good since they simply beat a fraud?
I think the Titans are still one of the favorites in the AFC, and it will be a steep challenge for the Jets to have to beat them again—and in all probability have to do it on the road again. And don’t look now, but the Colts are finally getting healthy.
3:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sam says:
Sorry Carp, but I’m not all the way on board yet. Are the Jets good? You bet. They’re very good and they could very well make a run in the postseason. But I actually think the Colts are the best bet to end up in the Super Bowl (against the Giants).
I’m just not convinced Favre can keep it together the rest of the way. Maybe I’ll be wrong – certainly it wouldn’t be the first time – but Favre showed what kind of QB he can lapse into earlier this season, and it’s hard for me to imagine we won’t see another recurrence of Bad Brett.
The Giants are a way, way, way more complete team than the Jets right now. And interestingly enough, the Giants are playing in the tougher conference this season, which isn’t something you could say the past few years; injuries and some attrition have suddenly made the AFC way weaker.
Is a NY-NY Super Bowl still a possibility? Of course. But I’m way more sold on the Giants than I am on the Jets. Don’t paint me green just yet.
The pasting the Titans recieved did nothing to change my mind that they are still a force to be reckoned with come playoff time. That said, they were never the best team in the NFL in my mind – ever. That team has always been the Giants. The Titans were never as dominant as the Pats were in 07 or the Giants are now. Last year, the Pats not only beat teams, they spanked them. Handing them lopsided loss after lopsided loss. There was never any doubt that the Pats would win… it was a question of how BIG they’d win. This year, that team is the Giants. If the Gmen had not fallen asleep playing Cleveland, the ‘72 dolphins would be quaking in their boots right now.
All this win did was make the Jets legitimate. That’s it. They are now officially (IMO) a very good football team. I’m in no way planning my Superbowl party at the moment. Before, I was in – it’d be nice if they won – mentality. Now, it’s – they better win – mentality… because now I know they have what it takes to beat good teams and losses like the one against Oakland – will be venting worthy.
BTW, the Colts barely won against a pretty weak Chargers team. Healthy or not, the Colts still look out of sync.