Jets-Bengals Flexed to Sunday Night Football
by John B on Dec 27, 2009 10:33 PM EST
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PrintNBC made it official at halftime of tonight's Cowboys-Redskins game. The Jets will play the Bengals on NBC's Sunday Night Football next week with a chance to make the Playoffs.
The flexible scheduling slot for the Sunday night game in Week 17 has been filled. The NFL announced Sunday the game between the Cincinnati Bengals and New York Jets has been moved from a 1 p.m. ET kickoff to 8:30 p.m. ET and will be aired nationally on NBC’s Sunday Night Football.
The game will mark the Bengals’ second regular-season appearance on Sunday Night Football since the series moved to NBC in 2006.
This is the first time the Jets will appear on Sunday Night Football on NBC. That's pretty incredible. You would have thought they would have flexed them some time last year to get Favre or maybe a Mangini-Belichick duel.
You might not want to hear this, but the last time the Jets played a game on NBC, it was a similar win and in Week 17 game against the Lions in 1997, Bill Parcells' first year. That ended in a heartbreaking loss to make the Playoffs.
No bad thoughts are allowed here, though. Last year the Jets were still alive heading into the last week of the season, but this has such a different feel. The way the team was playing this time a year ago, it felt like waiting for an execution. You knew it was going to end painfully. This couldn't be more different. I'm so fired up right now.
How tough is it going to be to wait for 8:30 next Sunday?
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I too felt that same way about last year. Favre was playing horribly and there just was not a good feel. Although the win today gave me confidence in them, they just need to play the way they did today, and it should be a good matchup. They needed the planets to align today (which happened) so theres good karma on the way…They also have a time to shine now that the Giants are mathematically done from the wild card.
Agreed about the feel, last year you knew that we were not playing good football, same with 1997, we were coming off a big win against Tampa the previous week but we had lost the previous two games before that. This year we look to be a little more in form. let’s hope Sanchez keeps it together and we make it a contest. I think we have what it takes to beat them. Not too bothered about starters, and how long they will play etc. Should be a good close game.
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So Excited
Going to the game.
The jets were flexed — I cant even fathom that. Pigs will surely be flying and hell will be freezing over soon.
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They will if we actually seal the deal in a must win game.
This is going to be the longest week of my life.
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by David_Wyatt on Dec 27, 2009 11:04 PM EST up reply actions
LOL
I feel you man
If we pull this off it would be huge!
Playoffs with a rookie head coach and QB is unheard of.
^^^^
IT HAPPENED TWICE LAST YEAR
BUT THIS IS DIFFERNT
Our qb is in the top 5 for ints
If Sanchez doesnt make mistakes we actually could go far.
Ussually superbowl winners have a great run game and defense
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some faith please
i think we all know that the bungals can lose this easy.
just do our jobs and deal out a tough D!
i have to admit i’ve been severely critical. but i may just have to eat some words if we make the playoffs. my concern isn’t making it there. it lies more in the aisle of beating the pats in foxborough if we do manage to win a game. i have been a student of the NFL for probably 11 years now, and have just recently developed into a serious jets fan. but i must say, i love this team. they are history on the grid iron, and always make it interesting. way to take it down to the wire guys! good job woody! and my apologies, to the entire front office. you guys did your job, and win or lose, this has been an excellent season for a young jets fan.
WHy do people think we will be getting the Pats
Were gonna have to beat the bengals and then get the bengals in the playoffs.
To Be Honest i am thrilled about that
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as a jet fan living on the west coast (i’ve maybe seen one game this year), this has me EXTREMELY excited! i cannot wait for the game. the bengals are beatable with their starters so it all comes down to whether or not our team shows up. our d should be able to handle palmer/benson/ochocinco. they dont really have any supplementary players (like a welker or a collie) to worry about so our d can definitely hold them down. it’s just a matter of our offense playing as it should. it will probably help our running game that Rey Maualuga got injured in the last game and wont be playing against us.
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