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Nah doc . You gotta slow walk this one . There’s something in the air for all us long suffering Jets fans.
I wanna enjoy this one . Like @SackExchange said man it just feels different .
I wanna enjoy this one . Like @SackExchange said man it just feels different .
Your watch is slow. You need to turn it forward 53 years.
I went through 50 plus off seasons since SB III, and I never lost hope. 6 Wins stink, yet it is equal to our last 2 seasons in wins. Love 10 wins at least.
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I was an infant when the Jets won the superbowl. My memories of Joe Namath are of him stinking as a qb and milking his superbowl prediction to no end. When I first heavily followed the Jets, they were always finishing 3-11 while the same teams kept winning their respective divisions so I never expected more and was grateful for anything more (ie 4-12). When Walt Michaels changed that, there was now hope that the Jets could actually win the superbowl again. Yet for a long while, I was still content with anything above 3-11. Now I just want a superbowl victory. I watched the Jets lose for conference championship games and I'm no longer satisfied with a conference championship loss. I hope this season show that we're on the right track. But I'm very guarded. Some of the same people that like JD and Saleh, liked Macc, MM, and Darnold. And I think they're desperate to buy into anything.
You’re a funny person. Funny Ha ha, not the other funny .
I try really hard not to entertain thoughts like 6-11 .
There is truth to the fact that some of us were optimistic about Darnold, Macc and a few others. I’m included in that group. Maybe it’s just a personality trait, but I cannot wallow in misery over this team. They’ve let us all down too many times. But something’s gotta give at some point.
Can anyone honestly say they’re not hopeful with JD, Saleh and Lafleur leading this team? JD has done a fantastic job with these last two drafts and has been better than any GM since Parcells at bringing in good FA’s. No stupid contracts to players looking for paydays. It’s been culture setters brought in on reasonable deals consistent with their market values.
Now maybe this whole things self destructs this year and we’re back to square one again. Anything’s possible. But I am more confident in where this team is heading now than I have been since 2011.
Depends. Six wins would be a slight disappointment. I see them in the 7-9 range.
Are the six wins evident of growth? Did they start slow and then begin to gel and end strong? Does Zach show himself to be a potential legitimate franchise QB? Has Becton gotten into shape and become a solid LT? Do the additions of Sauce and Whitehead solidify our secondary? Is there enough pressure on the edge from Carl and JJ?
If they play well and show signs toward the future, the record is not as relevant. A few close losses, some rookie growing pains on the path toward NFL stability, calls going against them, some bad breaks - that will happen. For me, 2023 has been the year I targeted the team to make a legitimate playoff push.
The players are coming into place. The talent is there, it's just raw. One of the last pieces will be a little NFL experience, and that will require something Jets fans often hate showing - patience. Jets fans need to be understanding and not get on the team if the progression takes time. This time, it's for real, but it takes time for it to be done the right way. Let them develop the right way, and not some quick, artificial, get-credible-fast shortcut that seems to derail any real rebuild.
This feels like the real thing. Let it happen, and then enjoy it.
If all of the bolded happens, than we will have won more than 6 games. If after 3 seasons, we have a worse record than before JD took over, then we can't say that the team is headed in the right direction.
For 2022, I think that we have one of the better secondaries in the NFL, one of the better offensive lines, an improved QB, WR corps, and RB corps. we reached on JJ but he'll be ok rotating in. 6 wins would be disappointing and it would likely mean that Wilson busted.
Not if they start slow and end up strong, because they play their toughest opponents at the beginning of the schedule. I want some of those wins to be against tough teams before I label anything growth.
Yes, I want them to start to play well by the end of the season. But the talent is there to win some nobody expects to win early on. And I would want a few wins there, too.
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agreed.. hell, when haven't we played the most brutal portion of the schedule from the get go durning this decade + long playoff famine?!
That ticket looks so….old.
Ok grandpas of SBlll it’s time to move forward pass decades of trash and move over for this new GM and Head Coach of all gas and no brake! While I agree that SBlll was huge deal, I want the “NOW” Super Bowl! I think our current team looks good except for one who’s name not mentioned being a balloon ready to pop on O Line. Everyone on this team after this year of playing together should be ready to win next season Division.
I agree that there is little chance the Jets could have all that go right and still go 6-11. But it's possible. This team is still learning to play. And one or two games could be decided by bad calls, especially with two games against the Pats.
douglas is the real thing..