When Rex Ryan was hired as the Jets head coach, one of the first things he promised fans was an elite defense. While the Jets haven’t been elite on the level of the Ravens or Steelers, they have been ranked near the top of the AFC in each of his three seasons. The Jets defense took [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Three Seasons’
New York Jets: What Do You Do with a Problem Like Mark Sanchez?
February 4th, 2012
afcbeast The press is really having a field day with the New York Jets. First, before the season even began, pretentious head coach Rex Ryan guaranteed a New York Super Bowl win. He may be right, but it won’t be his team that gets it. The Jets failed to make the playoffs. They were beaten out [...]
Deep Posts: Debating Belichick’s big brain
January 29th, 2012
afcbeast – Every so often, you run across an article that … well, that doesn’t really make a lot of sense. So it was when Filip Bondy of the New York Daily News put forth the proposition that Bill Belichick’s formerly enormous football brain has “shrunk somehow to mortal size these past seven years.” Bondy’s argument, [...]
New York Jets: How the Disappointing 2012 Season Was Triggered Years Ago
January 29th, 2012
afcbeast “We always talk about here how you need to have talent and character. You can’t have one without the other. I think we have good players and good people.” Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum told that to The Star Ledger in December of 2008. A month after that statement the Jets named Rex Ryan head [...]



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