J-E-T-S are not even close to rockbottom

Imagine the reception awaiting the head coach of the New York Jets, a four-time champ for a franchise that, until he took over, hadn't won it all since LBJ was in the oval office. Imagine how Belichick would be celebrated in the big city after serving as an invaluable defensive coordinator for Bill Parcells' two title teams with the Giants and then taking the Jets places Parcells could not take them.

Bill poetically penned that he was quitting as “HC of the NYJ. "I resigned because I wasn't comfortable with the situation with the Jets."

On Thanksgiving Day November 22, 2012, QB Mark Sanchez had his infamous Jet moment, running into the backside of offensive lineman Brandon Moore and fumbling the football on national TV.

To add insult to injury, New England Patriots' safety Steve Gregory scooped up the fumble for a touchdown en route to a 49-19 rout over Gang Green.

"I want to kiss you."

The words spoken by Hall of Fame QB Joe Namath on the sidelines on December 20, 2003 to Suzy Kolber were taken from the single hit All the Young Dudes by Mott the Hoople. The song, written by David Bowie, was given to the struggling rockgroup. Bowie gave them the record in May of 1972 because he thought they were great, and didn't want them to breakup. Joe Namath was dealing with the breakup of his struggling marriage. "I couldn't care less about the team strug-gle-ling."

All the young dudes
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The stars were aligned on January 12, 1969 when Joe Namath led the New York Jets to a 16-7 guaranteed victory over the Baltimore Colts. “That Super Bowl Game III, which we lost by nine points, was the critical year (for the AFL),” Colts defensive end Bubba Smith famously told Playboy. “The game just seemed odd to me. Everything was out of place. I tried to rationalize that our coach, Don Shula, got out-coached, but that wasn’t the case. I don’t know if any of my teammates were in on the fix.”

The lead guitarist for Mott the Hoople, Mick Ralphs left the group in 1974 to form the band Bad Company. He must be a J-E-T-S fan.

How poetic.

Paul Murphy

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