Getty ImagesWith the Jets offense sputtering like a biplane running on glue fumes, the Jets defense won’t be paying attention to the things that are happening (or, as the case may be, not happening) on that side of the ball.
As Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News explains it, there will be no finger pointing from the defense in 2012. Supposedly.
“I’m wasting absolutely zero percent of my brain matter on worrying about what the hell the offense is doing,” linebacker Bart Scott told Mehta. “I couldn’t give two you-know-whats.”
(Now there’s a glowing endorsement.)
The man in charge of the defense agrees. “You get to the point where you’re a little bit helpless,” defensive coordinator Mike Pettine said regarding past struggles on offense. “But at the same time, until we play a perfect game [on defense], we have no room [to criticize]. Sure, we get frustrated by it, but we have to bat 1.000. . . . There were times when the offense went 3-and-out and our guys were like, ‘You know what? More TV time for us.’”
That message has been accepted, for now, by other members of the defense, including linebacker Calvin Pace and even cornerback Darrelle Revis, who previously spoke openly about the team’s failure to put enough weapons around quarterback Mark Sanchez. “The only thing you can do is support,” Revis now says. “I feel confident in everybody in here. This is the team we got. This is the team that they made for us this year. So we have to do with what we got and work with it.”
The message apparently comes from the top of the team. Says coach Rex Ryan: “There’s nothing good that comes out of that. The opponent is in a different color.”
But isn’t it human nature to get frustrated when others aren’t doing their job? “I’m not a human,” Scott said. “I’m an athlete.”
It sounds good, but it’s not realistic. Like chanting “serenity now!” whenever stress arises, the anger will get bottled up until it eventually explodes.
And when it happens, they’ll definitely get more TV time.
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The Tebow chants will need to be edited during the broadcasts, cue the cheering from 3 years ago sound-bit.
Sure, not like it hasn’t happened before.We’ll see after a couple more TD less games this season.
Epic quote count for Bart Scott: 2
I love it! They’re already making excuses. Go Bills!
serenity now, insanity later
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No way there is any finger pointing in this tight locker room……………….Can you point with your feet?
Great as if we need more of the dysfunctional Jets in the news!!
This is the fallout from Rex allowing players to speak freely.
There is no filter and nothing stays in the locker room.
Which means EVERYBODY is thinking it, but are trying not to show it.
When you start a sentence with “I’m not saying it’s YOUR fault…” YES, you ARE!
With these words, didn’t the jets defense just say their offense sucks?
Summing up.
The Jets offense is offensive.
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Hoochie Mama!
All player on the Jets team will do their job. They will do their job better than the Pats, Mia and the Bills.
Go Jets
I remember reading in LT living on the edge. Taylor and the defense felt the same way about Phil Simms and the offense the giants had in the 80s. It’s a great defensive mindset to have in a way.
That said, with te rule changes and the fact that the 2012 jets defense couldn’t hold a candle to the 80s giants defense, that may not work out as well for them
“Jets defense says fingers won’t be pointed at offense”
True. If they lose today, they’ll be pointing just one finger.
It could be an ugly season for the probably-destined-for-third-place Jets.
Yeah, the D shouldnt point fingers at the O. Pffftttt.
The Jetss D is pretty good, but last season they gave up a ton of points. Meanwhile, the Offense couldnt put up any points.
The O not scoring or moving the ball probably resulted in the D allowing more points.
In like a lion, out like a lamb…same old Jests.
Just wait a couple of weeks.
This is like when a woman tells you, “it’s not you, it’s me.”
Say that when your back on the field every 5 minutes.