LOL Excellent posts my friends - there is no doubt we need a New York Exorcism party to cast out our demons - and there are so many....LOL
We know for a fact that Sonny Werblin made a pact to bring the Super Bowl III Championship to the Jets. Then after the pact was fulfilled, future Jet fans would need to pay the price. My torment began when I watched the 69' Jets-KC playoffs and Namath hits a wide-open Matt Snell (our best football player ever) in the back of the helmet with a pass. He would have walked in a TD and the Jets probably would have been the team to meet the Vikings in IV. Then the flood gates open into the abyss:
1) The first Monday Night Football game - LOSS
2) MIke Curtis helmet into Namath wrist - 70' season done.
3) MIke Lucci helmet into Namath knee - 71' season done
4) Loss of John Riggins for nothing in return. Future HOF, Super Bowl MVP
5) The emergence of the Dolphins 71', 72' greatest team ever - Jets wallowing ever faster
6) The 76' All-High School Jets club led by Lou "Fighting Song" Holtz
7) Joe sent to LA, Maynard sent to Cards WTF???? So much for an organization honoring their greatest players.
8) Harper fumble on kickoff, Bills recover for TD, opening play 81'
9) Mud Bowl 82' Shula's revenge for 69', neutralizes all-world McNeil and Todd plays catch with AJ all game long
10) Paul MaQuire puts an additional curse on Jets 86' when 10-1, we don't win a remaining game.
I have to stop here (for now) otherwise I could continue for years and use up all the bandwidth of the Internet.
I'm going to Church this morning and will pray for the redemption of our collective souls. We're not all bad people...we're just a little different...when other fans get to celebrate victories...we must cry...when other teams win...we lose...when other guys get the girl..we get nothing....we're not green by accident...we're just...Jets fans
Have a great weekend to all - your brother in suffering - Marty