Jets Overcome Valiant Broncos, Loud Hostile Crowd, Spotty Officiating
by John B on Oct 17, 2010 7:22 PM EDT
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PrintI'm not ready to crown the Jets champions of anything yet, but this is the kind of game that shows the mettle of championship teams. The Jets had a lot going against them today. They had to travel a long way in the thin mountain air after a grueling Monday night game left them with a short week. They had to face a team giving a great effort. They had to play against one of the greatest home field advantages in the sport fueled by one of the sport's best fan bases. They had to overcome a series of borderline and bad calls that went against them.
They prevailed. The Jets did not play their prettiest game of the season, but being able to win without being perfect reveals a lot about a football team.
There is still a long way to go, but this team has earned a relaxing bye and should feel very good about itself.
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that was pug fugly
but a win is a win and 5-1 is 5-1.
by HotChipWillBreakYourLegs on Oct 17, 2010 7:25 PM EDT reply actions
I hear ya,
but we won, and a win is a win. Every Jet fan should be jumping for friggin joy that we are 5-1!
Helluva win
thanks for a bye week to get our stuff together NFL
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by GiantsfaninNY55 on Oct 17, 2010 7:26 PM EDT reply actions
I just took a look at Mile High Report lol
I loved seeing people bitch about the “BS call on Hill” and others telling him to stfu lmao
a lot of them agree it was the right call, holmes was fish hooked for joe’s sake.
In an Ideal world I would have all ten fingers on my left hand so my right hand could just be a fist for punching.
Yeah. Me too.
There a lot of complaining over at Mile High about the “bad call.” they apparently, have short memories. If you want to talk about bad calls, try Jim Leonhard’s “hit out of bounds” when the receiver was clearly in. Or any of the three BS pass interference penalties they slapped us with. Seriously, do refs get evaluated somehow? Because they were pathetic yesterday.
by struckanerve9 on Oct 18, 2010 10:33 AM EDT up reply actions
wait I feel like I just read this for some reason? did you post this in the game thread also?
In an Ideal world I would have all ten fingers on my left hand so my right hand could just be a fist for punching.
o okay yeah I just saw it in the game thread lol I thought I was going crazy
In an Ideal world I would have all ten fingers on my left hand so my right hand could just be a fist for punching.
My heart temporarily stopped beating when the Sanchez throw came in the air, but the Holmes penalty corrected that. I can’t believe Hill would so blatantly grab him like that, not a sound decision by Hill.
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by bamajets88 on Oct 17, 2010 7:41 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
No shit when Sanchez went deep I thought we were done.
by nationalist88 on Oct 17, 2010 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions
When he puts the ball that high, it’s a prayer.
Thankfully it was answered.
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I agree, but it wasn’t a case where Mark saw an opening. It was more him hoping Holmes could make a play.
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and let me add it was the right decision. Nothing else was there. Mark is getting praise for it in my recap.
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Exactly. The ball was morbidly underthrown.
by nationalist88 on Oct 17, 2010 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions
That was also a planned play for Holmes, he pretended to be running a pattern for the first and then took off.
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Can't remember who said it...
but I recently heard a rather good point about deep passes. I think it was Sanchez, maybe. He said one of three things happen, a complete pass, and incomplete pass, or a pass interference. Two of those are good things. So under the circumstances, it wasn’t a bad idea.
by struckanerve9 on Oct 18, 2010 10:36 AM EDT up reply actions
All in all,
I really enjoyed chatting with J-man and the crew from Mile High Report. Thanks guys for a great experience. Great game guys.
That being said. Im actually glad Mark got this game out of the way. He was going to throw a few picks in a game sooner or later. Im glad he did it in a winning effort. Could have done without the silly flags. But I won’t say anything else seeing as how we ended up winning thanks to a big penalty. Still looking forward to seeing this team putting it all together in a complete game.
by colinyoung on Oct 17, 2010 7:41 PM EDT reply actions
The BS personal foul on Leonhard, the catch on Revis in the endzone where he didn’t have control of the ball, 2 PI’s on the offense in one freakin’ drive?, a tick-tack defensive holding call giving Denver a 1st down on 3rd and 20, John Conner getting TACKLED and no PI, the catch that wasn’t on the last drive that totally hit the ground, and Jason Taylor getting routinely held (I even saw him with an arm across his throat) had me thinking this one was decided before kickoff.
Am I missing anything? Who wasn’t holding their breath when Holmes got mauled on that 4th down play? At that point I expected the DB to kick him in the face and not get flagged…
by nationalist88 on Oct 17, 2010 7:42 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
You've got it pretty goode
But i’m pretty sure you’re still missing a few PI on the O calls. The one against keller was a freaking joke. He cut outside, touched the d back, didn’t push at all, and the ref threw a flag. I really thought this game was in the refs bag. again. on the last play, i was actually expecting the refs to call it on Holmes just because. The worst call had to be the Leonhard helmet to helmet. He put his forearms up for the hit. How the hell can you even think of calling helmet to helmet on that, and then to top it off, they review it, the ball is bobbled as the receiver is going down, and the ref comes back and says he got both feet in so it’s a catch. I guess that whole posession rule isn’t really a rule.
Oh, and Dierdorf is a complete idiot.
Those stooges in the booth are told not to question the officiating. Even when it’s putrid. They always backtrack with something stupid like “well the officials must have seen it from a better angle than we can” to justify bullshit calls. They all do it though.
by nationalist88 on Oct 17, 2010 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I understand
Not questioning the calls. But that doesn’t mean you have to open your mouth and say something stupid. That’s what drives me nuts. A horrible call is made, and they feel like they have to say something. Just shut up!!!
the radio guys wischusen and the other guy were all over the refs
but they are the Jets announcers so they can do that
by HotChipWillBreakYourLegs on Oct 17, 2010 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
The Leonhard one was the WORST CALL in the entire game.
I am SICK too death of those calls. This is football. If I wanted to watch a little girls’ sport I’d be a soccer fan for crying out loud.
I’m okay with penalizing horse collar tackles, some shots in the back, blatant helmet to helmet shots and late hits. That’s fine. Some of these shots though are such BS and such pathetic judgement calls. It’s a nightmare. And, on top of that, they’re 15 yard + automatic 1st down rather than some 5 yard “oops.”
That
Call on Leonhard was garbage, and on top of that, Lloyd didn’t catch the ball cleanly. So that 3 and 5 from your own 39 goes from a 44 yard gain and a TD on the next play to a punt. And you’re allowed to make contact in the first 5 yards which is what revis does on every play.
Dude...
Revis’ hit on Royal was clean. Unless you’re talking about a different one than the one I saw. Frankly, the PI at the end was a close one, but with the face mask grab, I think it was the right call. Now the garbage we got called for was just shameful. I agree that I thought the refs had money on Denver.
by struckanerve9 on Oct 18, 2010 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions
Great teams play bad and still win.
Thank you Denver for repeatedly shooting yourselves in the foot.
Yeah but their failure was epic. Bad snap on the FG, bad snap to end the game… Thats shot-gun to the head stuff.
true
that fumble to end the game was epic bad, I’ve never seen a center do such a bad job on a snap.
im not normally superstitious but 5-0 with cotch jersey im never going to take it off! and is it me or does sanchez make us alil crazy at times?
Gang green nation!
Now lets go get a F#@ing snack!
by JETSFANF0RLYF3 on Oct 17, 2010 7:45 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
HAHAHAHAHA
I’m still not commenting during the game, have the history channel on during commercials, and vaccum my Jets rug before the game. How screwed up are we?
doesnt it feel good to get some luck for a change tho and not hear ‘the same old jets’ thing
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Now lets go get a F#@ing snack!
by JETSFANF0RLYF3 on Oct 17, 2010 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions
My superstition is Facebook.
Whenever I post J-E-T-S as my status, we play well. Here I didn’t have a chance to do it until the middle of the third quarter, then we come back to win it.
by bobdolethesnapplelady on Oct 17, 2010 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions
You aren't kidding
For the last 30 years, the jets lose this game.
We are sick in the head.
That said, JFFL3 keep wearing that damn Cotch jersey and jetsbill no posting during the game. And don’t forget to vacuum
by nationalist88 on Oct 17, 2010 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions
He does but...
I’m expecting at least a few more games like this. You can’t go from 5 INT rookie to stone cold franchise QB in one offseason. His growth is good, but’s not gonna be some instant switch.
Maybe not stone cold franchise qb, but its nice to bury forever that guy that would have let a 2-pick first half quickly mushroom into a 5-pick afternoon.
It is.
He’s going good. I’m happy with him.
I’m just trying to be realistic about what I expect from the kid (and he still is). I don’t want to jump on the “Sanchez Sucks” bandwagon if he blows it now and then. Even in games like this, I find myself impressed at the progress.
Yeah i agree. Its gonna happen. It happens to the best of him. But he reacted well today. He didn’t try to force a play to make up for it.
Would like to see him run a little more though when there’s no throw. There were a couple that he ate that i thought he could have scrambled for a first. But i’ll take him taking the sack all day if a pick is the alternative.
lol
I have worn my Revis jersey every game, he finally justified me wearing it, Ive worn different undershirts, watched the games at home and at different bars (in Boston mind you) and we keep winning, lol, maybe I just need to keep switching things up! If there are any of our Boston Jets fans that read this site, we had a hell of a J-E-T-S chant at the Joshua Tree tonight, woot! see you all in two weeks!
Hate to admit it but man I love Boston. What a nice, clean city. And is there some kind of local ordinance banning fat chicks? There aren’t any! If you can remember the name of that french restaurant downtown near the New England Aquarium, let me know. That was one of the best dinners I’ve had in my life.
by nationalist88 on Oct 17, 2010 8:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah its a lot of fun
And now that you mention it, there ARE surprisingly few large women walking around
It’s the weirdest thing! They’re not like crazy hot or anything but all in good shape. Lots of tall ones too..
by nationalist88 on Oct 17, 2010 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions
i go to the bar to watch the games
but every time i go outside to smoke we score or get the ball back so when were down i go out !!!! i figure ill have lung cancer before the end of the season. we are pretty fucked up!!!!!!!! lol
by realsouthace on Oct 18, 2010 9:40 AM EDT up reply actions
Those refs was the worst. Maybe even the same refs from the Ravens game.
I thought I was watching a damn NBA game with all of those pitifully soft fouls. Besides we still found a way to win (Thanks to those shitty refs I just bashed) and 5-1 sounds really sexy. Va va va vOOOm!
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imo that was a flag all day, holmes makes that catch without the fish hook
In an Ideal world I would have all ten fingers on my left hand so my right hand could just be a fist for punching.
+100
That was the one good call all game, all the other PI were complete BS, it was a blatant face mask PI, he makes that catch w/o it.
They HAD to call that one...
Grabbing a face mask in that context is barely a judgement call. That’s practically an automatic penalty. Holmes may have even come up with the ball otherwise.
That was a solid call and I don’t feel bad or lucky about it in the least.
closed
Last year we had some games that we had the lead, the other team came back to win at the end. Some games we had to come back to win and couldn’t do it. Today I thought darn another crap out. Sanchez even though he had a bad game, protected the ball, was 4-7 28yds on the last drive and got the call we needed in the end. We got a win in the closing minute, awesome. I’m glad we closed this one, this will be good for the team and especially sanchez mentally. Now they can rest and get healthy with a bye week.
Hold up a minute!
How about Dwight fucking Lowery? Game saver two weeks in a row. No one could argue: we could EASILY be 3-3 without those two plays of his in crunch time.
I would like to cast my vote early for league MVP.
Player of the game?
tough cause no one was that great, Cro. or Holmes maybe, but they had their mistakes as well.
I'm going with
Nick “Fucking” Folk (I would put money on Rex calling him that when they watch film each week)
Denver's Kickoff return yardage...
0 for 0. Folk was a monster today. Did his job to perfection.
It would have meant a lot more to us if one of those kicks got run back, or Folk missed the 56 yarder. Folk has been kicking out of his freakin mind.
by nationalist88 on Oct 17, 2010 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions
the denver kicker missed from 49...
so it does mean something. Plus he was supposed to be shakey, the weak link. Yet he’s making them that means alot.
by george JETson on Oct 17, 2010 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Tomlinson.
2 clutch TDs seals the deal for me.
Anyone hear when they asked LdT if he got any satisfaction out of SD being in last place?
In an Ideal world I would have all ten fingers on my left hand so my right hand could just be a fist for punching.
he has a smile from ear to ear and said “no comment….(pause) the smile says it all”
He could of said something but took the high ground
In an Ideal world I would have all ten fingers on my left hand so my right hand could just be a fist for punching.
He actually said the smile says it all? Not exactly the high ground but good for him anyway.
by nationalist88 on Oct 17, 2010 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions
afc east
Freakin pats and phins won to day and could have easily lost. How the heck did the ravens let them back in.
both in OT
ravens loss was good though I’m more worried about them and the #1 then NE having a shot at the division.
idk I think the Pats D will get better everty week, I am not looking past either.
In an Ideal world I would have all ten fingers on my left hand so my right hand could just be a fist for punching.
I agree. I would have much rathered the Pats lost. We have the same record right now and go head-to-head again. Plus they beat the team that beat us. Would much rather have some space right now.
Damn, didn’t realize but we’re the only team that beat New England. So sick of them and Pittsburgh. Get on a losing streak already. How lucky can a team get winning with Charlie Batch?
by nationalist88 on Oct 17, 2010 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Ben was back today.
Go Devils
Go Jets
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We're actually 5-1, They're 4-1
They had their bye already.
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by MikeTheIntern on Oct 17, 2010 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
refs
geeez this isn’t pop warner….Leonhard was right on and I’m sorry but Thomas was out of bounds on that TD catch…….thank God they got the last one right!!!! There’s no place like 1st place baby!!!!
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It was criminal what the refs did in this game. I live in South Florida and many of my friends are Stinky Fiish fans so I had about 15 phins fans, 4 Steelers fans 2 Gints fans and maybe 10 or so whatever fans, but every one of them were amazed at how bad the calls were. These refs need to be investigated. If that SOB covering the right sideline isn’t into the Mafia for megabucks, well then I’m the heir to the Gates fortune.
Kudos to Dwight Lowery 2 weeks in a row!!
Check out the point spread!
It was 4 1/2 ! Side judge #56 did his job.
by Sherman Plunkett on Oct 17, 2010 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey guys
Bronco fan here.
Just wanted to wish you guys good luck on the rest of your season.
Congrats on the win.
Even if it hurts to say that.
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It was a hard fought game, and good luck to your team. You are a classy contributor and your team has a classy organization.
revis looks like he's getting his step back but still has poor elevation.
Any comment on how he felt after the game.
Where are all the Hard Knocks Jokes Now? 5-1one point loss
I haven’t watched a game screaming at the TV, getting up to argue calls, Jumping around celebrating, closing my eyes on fgs, screaming for better play calling, and just living by every moment of the game in a long time. Maybe because I have Cablevision and the G-Men were blocked out, so at 4pm the Jets-Broncos was all I had, which is fine by me. I rooted hard for my boys, and almost cried when we finally won. Braylon Edwards Td vs Champ Bailey was huge! Braylon scores every week. Kudos to the Broncos, using 6 running backs to get 145 yds is different, and the 4 300+lbs dline was different, but Orton was 14-36 for 209 yds. We went down there to STOP the pass and by far our best pass defense this year. The REFEREES were horrible. I’ll leave it at that. Too many mistakes that many of you have already noted. Orton did all 3 and 5 step drops, he only attempted one 7 step drop back and Sione Pouha sacked him. Brandon Lloyd came back to earth, this guy has never been anything special. Cromartie is also a No.1 Corner. Rex Ryan actually played with a 4 four man rush in certain times in the fourth quarter, and it worked. I’ll say this, teams can’t throw hail mary on us like that, because we blitz so much, you can’t get the time to run a dummy route and then a Go route vs Rex Ryan Defense. Credit Sanchez for not nosediving after his first 2 picks, and since when our we counting Near-Picks? It seems like everyone knows Sanchez has some near InTs. Always over analyzing Jet Wins is the media. These are games the Pats have actually won alot more than the 2007 blowouts. Close wins on the road, when you are down in the turnover battle, the makings of a very resilient team. Any Hard Knocks Jokes Now? I didn’t think so.
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