Bye Week Rooting Guide: New York Jets Fans Must Root for Steelers, Chargers
by Matt Birch on Oct 22, 2010 8:53 PM EDT
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PrintSundays are going to be a bit empty this week, as the Jets have the week off due to a bye.
Don't fret though, because there are still some divisional games we have a vested interest in. At 5-1 (3-0 in East), Jets currently sit atop of the divisional standings. However, New England is lurking just 1/2 game behind the Jets, as well as Miami who is 1.5 games out of first place.
Current AFC East standings (Per ESPN):
| AFC EAST | W | L | T | PCT | HOME | ROAD | DIV | CONF | PF | PA | DIFF | STRK |
| NY Jets | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 2-1-0 | 3-0-0 | 3-0-0 | 4-1-0 | 159 | 101 | +58 | Won 5 |
| New England | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 3-0-0 | 1-1-0 | 2-1-0 | 4-1-0 | 154 | 116 | +38 | Won 3 |
| Miami | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 0-2-0 | 3-0-0 | 1-2-0 | 1-2-0 | 89 | 112 | -23 | Won 1 |
| Buffalo | 0 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0-3-0 | 0-2-0 | 0-3-0 | 0-4-0 | 87 | 161 | -74 | Lost 5 |
This weekend, Pittsburgh travels to Miami, and New England travels to San Diego. As much as it may pain us to do so, we obviously need both Pittsburgh and San Diego to win.
Pittsburgh Steelers at Miami Dolphins:
Time: 1 p.m. EST
Line: Pittsburgh -3
Series History: Steelers have won last six dating back to 2000.
New England Patriots at San Diego Chargers
Time: 4:15 p.m. EST
Airs: CBS (television)
Line: San Diego -3
Series History: New England has won four of the last seven dating back to 2001.
Predictions:
I think this is the first week the Jets will get some breathing room, as I like both AFC East teams to lose.
I look for San Diego (who has always been a Dr. Jekyl/ Mr. Hyde of home vs. away) to attack the Patriots' secondary and win 26-23... as well as Pittsburgh to out-muscle the Dolphins by bottling up their running game and winning 24-17.
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In a way I want Pittsburgh to loose so we can have a full grab of first place
I’m not worried about Miami really but Pats yeah so lets go Chargers.
I was thinking about this as well.
Not sure which is better, but Pitt has a chance to develop some very serious momentum this year.
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by kv on Oct 22, 2010 9:09 PM EDT up reply actions
+1000000000
The Jets go to Pittsburgh I believe the next to last game of the season. That’s going to be a tough but not impossible game to win. I rather the Jets be a couple games better in the standings before that game take place. I rather the biggest threat to the Jets go down this game. It’s not Miami.
by BIG OH!!!!! on Oct 22, 2010 9:12 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Too early to worry about seeding IMO.
There’s a long way to go before the division is won.
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true but like KV said...
Pitt did alot of their early work with Big Ben out. They can build some serious mo. I’d like to see them get a loss with Big Ben to what most believe to be the #3 team in our division. Never to early to be a game up a potential threat for #1 seeding. The more things we control the better
by george JETson on Oct 22, 2010 10:08 PM EDT up reply actions
+1
Not worried about the phins and want our competition to lose. Like the steelers and the pats, would be nice to see them lose.
Early yes but loses to the big boys is always good.
Felt the same as kv, the steelers were 3-1 without little ben and almost 4-0. So when little ben came back and looked real good as the game went on I though the steelers got it going strong.
It is definitely too early to worry about seeding, but I’ll hold on to the seeding thing to make me feel better if NE does win.
Not to mention…if the Pats beat Baltimore and Pittsburgh but can’t beat us, we must be pretty awesome.
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Agree we need the pats to lose so we can distance ourselves from them some more. Not too worried about the phins. So I don’t mind the phins beating the steelers. It’s the pats I want to lose.
When the phins played the pats and put up a post saying we should root for the phins many jet fans were saying don’t worry about the pats and I hate the phins so I’ll root for the pats. Or some were joking how about a tie. Well how about the pats lose some, they are our competition in the afc east and they a times look like they are getting stronger.
it sucks but I dont think the pats are gonna lose
antonio gates wont be 100% and the bolts are without lelegadu (dont know how to spell it) nanne and malcolm floyd. Who is rivers going to pass to?
I am thinking about seeding now. I’d rather have the Steelers come play in the meadowlands come playoff time than us going to them.
And San Diego is down to a couple of scrubby receivers and a whole bunch of injuries. I’d love for them to pull an upset, but I don’t see it.
Seeding won’t matter if we don’tlock up the division. We want divisional foes to lose every week, and to rack up as many wins as possible in the mean time. Where that seeds us in the end is up to the football gods. Division first. If we’re up 3 games on the division, then we can start to look at seeding.
This is the first year
in a long time where you don’t have to be as concerned with what other teams do. I believe in this Jets team, and I think they believe in themselves. That being said it would be great if all four of the above teams ‘kissed their sisters’ this weekend.
"A tie is like kissing your sister." Duffy Daugherty
"If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing you grandmother with her teeth out." George Brett
I dont think miami has a shot at the division
I’d rather have Pittsburgh lose – I want a shot at that first round bye
Jets - Knicks - Mets
Not counting the Phins out yet. They only have one less loss than we do, and play us tough every single time we play. I’d much rather they didn’t win tomorrow and have that confidence to build off of. I’m hoping that the Steelers give them a brutal beating, and maybe even knock a few guys out of the game. Hell, let them both dole out concussions and get corresponding suspensions.
Actually...
I do too. I want the Dolphins to have their wills broken (and blow another home game) and I’d kinda like the Steelers overconfident by the time we face them.
Another reason to root against our division foes...
As much as it stands to reason that we will rack up some more wins and beat some good teams, there is also the inevitability that we will lose a game we shouldn’t. It happens to everybody every season. We can’t put Baltimore in that category and we escaped such a loss in Denver last week. In all likelihood it will be at the hands of one of thses two division rivals.
Sanchez will have another bad game (and if McDaniels can confuse him in Denver, you better be damn skippy that Belichick can in Foxboro), the ball will take some bad bounces, and the refs will blow some more calls. Its football, it happens. And it WILL happen.
We have 10 games left and I think we will, at the very least, go 5-5 to finish with, at worst, a 10-6 record. I really think we’ll play above .500 though.
But if we’re going to lose some games, I think you can be damn sure at least one of them will be at the hands of the Pats/Phins. And if thats the case, the division is up for grabs.
Its good when these teams lose when we lose (no ground is gained). Its great when they lose when we win. But its pretty f’in good when they lose when we don’t even play.
Pitt > Miami
Not worried about seeding. I’d much rather take on the third best team in the division in a race to the end of the season then have Pittsburgh make the playoffs with a high seed. But it really doesn’t matter to me. Someone that’s goin g to be in our way towards the end of the year will have racked up a loss this week.
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