Jets Flight Connections 012310

by dvdvil on Jan 23, 2010 1:25 PM EST

Check out footage from the fan sendoff this morning.

Jets fans hope they'll need Super Bowl tickets.

Five Jets were at the Knicks game last night.

Gang Green wants to be champs like the Yankees.

Roderick Boone: QB Mark Sanchez is a "Wonderboy."

Mark Cannizzaro: The kid is good.

Teammates speak about their young leader.

Jets players speak about lovable head coach Rex Ryan.

Rex Ryan's wife Michelle is also superstitious.

Tim Smith wonders why some New Yorkers are salty about Gang Green Nation's joy.

The Star Ledger looks at the matchups and provides info for bandwagonners.

The Daily News recommends bars for true and new Jets fans.

More connections after the jump.

Yahoo Sports previews the game.

NFL Fanhouse previews the game.

The Jets coordinators speak.

Tim Graham writes about STC Mike Westhoff.

Tim Graham writes about OC Brian Schottenheimer.

Clark Judge writes about DC Mike Pettine.

Dave Hutchinson writes about DB Coach Dennis Thurman.

Greg Bishop writes about Ryan's right hand men, Pettine and Thurman.

Brian Costello writes about the Ryan Guys from Baltimore.

Randy Lange praises strong safety Jim Leonhard.

DE Mike DeVito has contributed to the best defense in the NFL.

The Star Ledger writes about RB Shonn Greene and family.

Tim Graham writes about C Nick Mangold.

Jenny Vrentas writes about the Jets' O-line.

And some more on the linemen.

Vote for them for the NFL's Most Valuable Protectors.

CB Donald Strickland used to play for Indy.

Indiana native TE Dustin Keller recently suffered a personal loss.

Jets LB Jamaal Westerman and Colts LB Gary Brackett are products of Rutgers football.

K Jay Feely says playoff pressure won't affect him.

DE Shaun Ellis: Adam Shite Schein is one of the biggest Jets bashers.

NBC Sports: Jets are doing it their own way.

Dolphin fan: Thank God for Rex Ryan.

Baltimore Sun: Ryan can peer into players' souls.

The Age of Australia: Sanchez and Ryan have made the Jets interesting again.

The New York Times: What watching Jets football in 1968 was like.

Manish Mehta writes about Colts HC Jim Caldwell.

NorthJersey.com writes about Indy's pep rally.

Do you want to know who C Jeff Saturday is?

Lastly, some videos. Bonnie Bernstein interviews DE Marques Douglas:

LT D'Brickashaw Ferguson:

And Jim Leonhard:

Here's the NFL Network's interview with CB Darrelle Revis:

Honorary team captain Curtis Martin back in his days as a player:

And Hall of Famer QB Joe Namath:

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Condolences to Dustin Keller for the loss of his uncle.

Hope he has a monster game for him tomorrow.

by Crackback on Jan 23, 2010 1:43 PM EST reply actions

Any QB can be rattled

Mark Cannizzaro writes in his column that Mark Sanchez won’t crack under pressure. That might be true, but in point of fact any QB can be rattled. Rivers is normally cool, but after the shot he took from Rhodes last week, he was never the same.

Hopefully the protection will not allow this to be proven or disproven.

And I also so that superstition or not, Rex dry cleans his pizza grease stain off his Titans jacket. After the Jets game in Miami in two weeks, of course.

by oldskooljet on Jan 23, 2010 2:22 PM EST reply actions

Great stuff

If the Fireman Ed video doesn’t get you pumped up, I don’t know what will.

by Prince on Jan 23, 2010 5:21 PM EST reply actions

Marques Douglas

Could be a key player, especially if Shaun Ellis proves not to be effective.

by Rabbit T on Jan 24, 2010 6:27 AM EST reply actions

T.O and Randy are slouches, haha i love it. Revis is an animal.

Curtis "my favorite" Martin - 1 of the best!

by jcgamble on Jan 24, 2010 9:17 AM EST reply actions

Giants fan here

first of all, I want to say good luck today: I’m pulling for you guys (though I like the Colts too – I just want one of you to win the Super Bowl)

I just read that NY Post article about bitterness over the Jets fans, and I agree with some of it – I know a lot of Giants fans who have been acting like petulant children over the Jets’ success, which is just ridiculous. I always root for the Jets when they’re not playing the Giants.

That said, I think a small part of it is that even someone like me, who generally supports the Jets, has been getting a little annoyed at some of the smack talk we’ve been hearing from Jets fans. A few days ago I told a Jets fan I was rooting for them, and he responded “you should be, at least we didn’t lay down in our last game at Giants Stadium” – I’ve heard other people say things like “the Giants are the past, the Jets are the future, Giants fans should get used to it” blah blah blah.

Look, I get that you guys are excited by the Jets run, and you’re absolutely right, the Jets do have a bright future. That said, it’s not exactly like the Giants are the Rams – yea, they had a disappointing season, but it was less than two years ago that they won the whole shebang, and they still have a lot of young talent (on offense anyway). And when the Giants were on their way to winning that Super Bowl, I don’t think very many of us (if any) felt the need to put down the Jets along the way.

I’m assuming some of you (if not most) are Mets fans? If so, it’s kinda like how we felt when the Phillies were winning the World Series and they kept bringing up the Mets and putting us down. Just enjoy winning, there’s no need to bring us into it.

2009 Did Not Happen

by cjmulrain on Jan 24, 2010 11:55 AM EST reply actions

Its awesome your pulling for the Jets.

I can say I haven’t heard a single comment about the Giants on GGN.

by Crackback on Jan 24, 2010 12:21 PM EST up reply actions

yea, that wasn't really directed at you guys

I read the comments on the NY Post article and felt like I had to say something, but I didn’t feel like registering at the Post’s website, so I ranted here. Sorry.

Also, hell of a year you guys had, sorry it had to end this week – the Colts are a great team and you guys gave them a great game. The future is bright for Gang Green – hopefully the Giants get the defense figured out and we can generate a real possibility for a Subway Super Bowl over the next few years.

2009 Did Not Happen

by cjmulrain on Jan 24, 2010 8:50 PM EST up reply actions