1. New York Jets at Cleveland Browns It's hard to believe the Jets are 4-3. If they win this game, they would be 5-3 heading into the bye week and a meeting with the Patriots after the bye. That's an amazing accomplishment for Eric Mangini, a young coach who truly isn't in over his head at this level. In fact, the Jets have been playing over their heads. Sure, the easy schedule has helped them, but they were supposed to be the easy win for the four teams they've beaten. Mangini's schemes have been sound, and he's been able to experiment with a lot of different roster combinations to get the team to this level. Conversely, Romeo Crennel is still trying to find the right combination in Cleveland. Cleveland fans aren't patient. But they are going to have to be patient with this Browns team. Quarterback Charlie Frye is a work in progress. The defense can't stop the run. This is the type of game the Browns need to win. If not, it's going to be a long, cold winter.
John Clayton should be doing my taxes, or getting his lunch money stolen. I dont wanna hear that tool talk about football......
Actually, it's simplistic but still a good point when he wrote: Just something that people tend to forget when (especially a few on this board) when they try to take credit away from this team.
Thats true, however, I don't think we were supposed to be an easy win for Tennessee. They were pretty bad too.
I don't understand why this guy has any kind of position in football, or purports to have any knowledge of how the game is played. He never says anything truly insightful. Maybe ESPN was looking for someone who might look dorkier than Joel Buschbaum when they hired him? I have no idea. Anyone who realistically thought the Jets were a 4 win team, as I heard Clayton refer to them this offseason, was living in an alternate reality. They were completely decimated by injuries last year. -X-
"Thats true, however, I don't think we were supposed to be an easy win for Tennessee. They were pretty bad too." how quickly everyone forgets, not many "analcysts" picked us to win that one
If Chad was unable to play this year, or injured early again, the Jets were a 4 win team. I agree with you that the experts failed to factor a Chad recovery into the scenario in their dire predictions, but then again a lot of Jet's fans did the same. I thought the Jets were a 6 or 7 win team going in because I thought Chad would not be able to play enough games to make an impact. So far he's proven me gratefully wrong.
