2010 New York Jets Hype. What Hype?

in your reporting that none of the bigwig pundits have us going to the big one, but I think you’re discounting the fact that they hype-meter has already settled and the fact of the matter is, at the end of the day, everyone else hates the jets. It doesn’t help when Cro says things like “We’re the Miami Heat, baby!” comparing our squad of all-stars to the despised threesome down in SoFla. Our situation is a lot like the Heat, actually – on paper they’re damn good (and like us they have yet to win games), but they appear to be villians to the casual observer. Do you think LeBron wants to be hated as much as he does? No, he doesn’t. As much as Nike would have you believe otherwise – he’s a mere mortal, granted one with a substantial gift. But at the end of the day, he’s in it for more than public opinion or preseason polls. He is a professional athlete, and he’s there to win. He’s not a villain, but until he lets his game speak on the hardwood alongside Bosh and Wade and the fans glimpse deeper than the hate-filled headlines of the Plain Dealer, they will continue to think so.

We have had the luxury of being alongside the JETS for years. We know the pain, the constant “SOJ” failures, and have had to watch the Giants and Pats win nearly half of the Superbowls in the past decade. PFT and ESPN would love to have you believe that the JETS are nothing but a loud-mouthed, trash-talking, unproven ragtag group of soon-to-be-failures. THAT’S why we’re not at the top of the heap.

And you know what, maybe they’re right.

But huge fans like us who have peered deep into the mindset of Rex and the Jets see something more. We see success on the horizon. We see heart, professionalism, and a team mindset that undoubtedly makes Lombardi smile in his grave. But until we prove ourselves, we’re still going to be the bad guys and thus in the 2nd tier of preseason rankings.

This post took the words out of my mouth. So far, I’ve seen ONE magazine having us going to Dallas (Sporting News) and that was back in the middle of summer. I don’t understand where everyone is getting this idea that the Jets are all talk…how many teams go as far as we did last year with a new coach, rookie QB, and a new system?

I just can’t wait until these so called “experts” find out the kind of defense we’re going to have. Yeah, Sanchez isn’t yet Drew Brees. But for once, when we analyze football, can we look at things OTHER than a QB? Yes, it’s the most prominent position, but there’s this belief that since the Saints, Colts, and Pats have all had great QB and won superbowls, that that is the only way it’s done. The difference between champions and losers comes down to execution by the entire team and attention to detail, which other teams are going to have an VERY hard time doing against us.

We put a targer on our back with “Hard Knocks,” so that equates for some of it.

Guys like Florio will always find angles to attack us with, they have nothing else better to do and operate on agendas.

I can’t believe all of those anaylsts for NFL Network picked GB to come out of the NFC, crazy.

We’ll just have to shut them up by winning a ’ship this year : )