Welcome to the Good Side
by dvdvil on Sep 26, 2010 3:00 PM EDT
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PrintNeil Smith was a DE who was drafted by Kansas City. After nine years with the Chiefs, he went to division rival Denver, and QB John Elway had these words for him, "Welcome to the good side." He would soon win back-to-back Super Bowls with the Broncos.
This is what I immediately thought of and hoped for when we signed OLB Jason Taylor from Miami. I'm not saying that Miami is the bad side - or Kansas City, for that matter. But basically, I accepted it right away.
Unlike most of us here, I've never hated Taylor, mostly because I don't really remember him beating us that much in the past. I admit there have been fleeting moments through the years when I've imagined what it would be like to have Jason play for us. I've also had the same kind of thoughts about QB Brett Favre, but I didn't like how that came to be realized, because I wasn't happy with how QB Chad Pennington was jettisoned. With Jason, however, we just added him to the fold, and we didn't get rid of OLB Bryan Thomas to do it.
Tonight will be a big night for Jason the Jet, and I'm hoping he actually does play. How does everybody feel about him so far? Don't tell me you didn't enjoy this sack on QB Tom Brady last week:
Is it still weird seeing him in green and white? If you still don't like him, what will it take to finally accept him?
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Guy can still play
And at a fairly high level. Obviously we aren’t getting him in his prime, but he is better than most other options. So, as long as he plays hard, which he has so far, he is fine in my books.
Absolutely hated this acquisition, and couldn’t imagine ever rooting for this guy. But how many times have we seen this script play out with the Jets blowing leads? New England should’ve had a TD here and plenty of time for Brady to get another one to tie this game. It didn’t happen because of JT. And he’s done a great job sealing the edge against the run.
Whoever said we’d forget how much we hated Taylor as soon as he got us his first sack was dead on. Especially since it was a game changer. Hope he has the statement game he’s praying for tonight to show up the team he loved that turned it’s back on him. Somehow, he’s still got it. And somehow, I find myself pulling for Jason Taylor as much as any other guy on the team.
Loved the acquisition at the time, and love it now. Through Hard Knocks I came to actually like the guy as a person and seeing him put Tom Brady down in a big spot only increased that. I always disliked the guy because he was the Miami Dolphins. However as soon as he put the Jets green on all was forgiven and forgotten. It’s just the way my mindset it, enjoy having him here and hope there are plenty more moment like the one last Sunday.
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Hell yeah we loved that sack D-vil!!!
It was awesome. He just abused a very good LT there in the clutch. Gutting it through a painful hyper-extension. JT has been nothing but stellar in these first few games.
I absolutely hated Taylor. Before he signed with us, that is.
He was always an arrogant big mouth and I seem to remember that he DID back his talk up with great play against us much more often than not. Despite my feelings, I liked the signing right away because it filled an area of need with a proven pass rusher and w/out giving anything up in the process. Low risk, high reward. Now that he’s a Jet, suddenly his arrogance doesn’t bother me (funny how that works) and his sack of the Tommy Doll last week was vintage 99 and exactly what he was brought in for.
I knew Jet fans would accept him if he played well, but even I wasn’t optimistic enough to think he’d get his name chanted after just 2 games. He’s playing great against the run and his pass rushing #‘s will improve once 97 comes back. Looks like Rex and Mr. T might know what they’re doing.
In Rex We Trust
by whatwouldjohncandydo on Sep 26, 2010 5:12 PM EDT reply actions
Yeah man
I kind of made my peace with him on that play last week.
"Sorry bro, he Jason Bourned me"- Drama
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