For the hard core NFL fan, the Super Bowl does not mark the end of the season, but the beginning of another. Combines, free agency, and the draft, are just a few crucial benchmarks that lead us closer to the 2013 kickoff. For fans of the New York Jets, this off-season may be seen as [...]
Rick Allen
JetNation, our long national nightmare is over. Of course paraphrasing an inaugurated president lacks a little historical perspective, but it has been a long, frustrating season for everyone associated with this franchise. Apparently so much so for Woody Johnson that he had removed himself, at least physically, from the situation. He has not been seen [...]
It was a fitting ending for the New York Jets. Their playoff hopes vanished on Monday Night Football in an embarrassing fashion in front of a national football audience no less. Perhaps Jon Gruden’s post game comments summed up not only this game, but the entire Jets season. “Five turnovers, squandered opportunities, mismanaged situations, amazing [...]
Back in the 90’s, when I lived in Connecticut, I was a New York Jets season ticket holder. This weekend, I recalled a specific game I took my father to, a late-season meaningless game against the then dynasty Dallas Cowboys. Specifically, it was December 18, 1993. The Jets were particularly lousy and lost 28-7. During [...]
Greg McElroy is certainly no stranger to big games. Hearing the cheers of tens of thousands of screaming fans was something he enjoyed every Saturday at a big time college program like Alabama. But I am sure never in his life did he hear such a roar of enthusiasm for simply strapping on that helmet [...]
