Sunday.............is here! Some of us have waited a long time, check that, a very long time for this moment to arrive. We've been loyal, caring, insane fans of this team in green. We've followed this team through some rough times, some gut-wrenching times, some heart-breaking times. Shall I go through the list since that January sunday in 1969?????
1969 - losing to KC in the playoffs, the lost seasons of 1970, 1971 & 1973 because of injuries to Joe Namath, the horrible 3 straight 3-11 seasons of 1975-1977. 1980, when the New Orleans Aints only win came against the Jets. 1981, when Richard Todd threw the interception in the end zone to lose to Buffalo in the playoffs. 1982, after a big playoff win against the Raiders, to lose in the damn mudbowl of Miami thanks to A.J. Duhe. 1983, drafting Ken O'Brien, when you could've had Dan Marino. 1985, losing to New England in the playoffs. 1986, from 10-1 to 10-6 to beating KC, to choking it away in Cleveland. To the mediocrity of1987-94. To the absolute football hell of the Rich Kotite years. 3-13 in '95 and 1-15 in '96. To the promise unfulfilled by Parcells and that NE coach(I won't even say his name) who was the Jets coach for an hour(whose butt was beaten yesterday). In '98 up 10-0 at halftime vs. Denver and losing 23-10. The disappointment of the Herman Edwards years. 2001, losing to the Raiders 10-7. 2002, after beating the Colts 41-0, losing again to the Raiders 30-10. 2004, after beating the Chargers 20-17, losing a heartbreaker to the Steelers 20-17. 2006, under Mangini, losing to the Pats 37-16. 2008 with Brett Favre, with an 8-3 record, the team collapses to 9-7 and misses the playoffs. 2009, the wild card team with the big mouths who went to Cincinnati and took care of business and went to San Diego and pulled the upset and played great for almost a half against the Colts before Peyton and Co. woke up and took care of business.
Now, here we are this year, the wild card boys with the big mouths who went back to Indy, with the hostile crowd and made Peyton look human and pulled out the win 17-16. Then it's NEW ENGLAND, the mighty Pats, the team that no one human is supposed to beat with the all-world coach, that no one should be able to out-coach, but foot fetish man himself, Rex Ryan coached like a champ, the defense sacked Brady five times and held the all world team to 21 points and the JETS won, yes THE JETS WON!!!!!!! Now the Steelers are all that stand between the Jets, and their first Super Bowl appearance since my mother was 3 months pregnant with me. Do they have what it takes? Can they win their third playoff road game in a row? Will the D be incredible again? Will Santonio Holmes be a man on a mission against his old team, who cut him after winning a Super Bowl for them. Well I wonder if the Steelers will be ready. You know the Jets will.......................... May the cinderella ride CONTINUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Same old Jets, in the AFC Championship game again...........................
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