Though Free Agency remains a week away (how many of us will be thankful it kicks off at 9pm and not 5am as usual), there is enough information out there to put together a crib sheet, so to speak, of Jets wants, needs and concerns. Most of the things you think might happen probably won’t, similarly much of what is written here will be overtaken by events, but the fun part of free agency is we get to come up with these ideas, suggestions and hopes and then we get to see what actually happens.
Read MoreBy Tom Woods
The NFL season is far from over, but for the New York Jets, it most certainly is.
The Jets headed into the 2011-12 NFL season following their second consecutive loss in the AFC Championship game, and a long offseason which included a lockout, player movement, and a mixed bag in pre-season. Expectations were running high, Rex Ryan had guaranteed the franchise its second Super Bowl Championship, and for Jets fans – myself included – we had a season to look forward to. But what happened next?
Read MoreTwo plays in the end were what came between the dysfunctional 2011 New York Jets and a playoff berth. The first was Mark Sanchez throwing a disastrous third pick in the red zone, the second a failed two point conversion attempt by the Texans against Tennessee. If those two simple plays go differently we’re talking about a trip to Houston and almost certainly a return to Foxboro in mid-January.
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