Ah, the New York Jets...you gotta love 'em right? They have a fat,lovable boisterous coach who just took his team to the AFC Championship game overcoming all expectations. They also have a team loaded with free-agent stars, including running back LaDainian Tomlinson, defensive end Jason Taylor, wide receiver Santonio Holmes and cornerback Antonio Cromartie.
This all makes everyone forget the Jets miraculously snuck into the playoffs with a 9-7 record and won two games in a row on the road in the playoffs. As a result, people do stupid things like ranking them as the second best team in the entire NFL, ahead of the defending Super Bowl champions New Orleans Saints and behind the AFC champions Indianapolis Colts.
I have one example for all those people: the 2004-05 Miami Dolphins. They had just gotten quarterback Daunte Culpepper from the Minnesota Vikings and Sports Illustrated predicted they would face the Carolina Panthers in the Super Bowl. The end result was a much sadder and dissappointing one. Miami stumbled to a 3-7 start that season and finished 9-7 thanks to backup Gus Frerotte. The Super Bowl ended up being played between the Patriots and the Panthers.
The way I see it, Cromartie is the only free agent that will pay off for the Jets. Tomlinson and Taylor are getting older and less productive every year, and Holmes has emotional baggage with a four-game suspension to start this season.
I predict that opposing teams will stack the box against them and dare sophomore quarterback Mark Sanchez to throw the ball, which will result in a very humbling 8-8 season.
The New York Jets are victims of the offseason hype, and they will be taking plenty of "Hard Knocks" this year, and not just on the HBO documentary they wll be starring in during the summer. They are simply overrated.
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