As week 2 approaches, there have been several story lines that have dominated the matchup between New England and The Jets.
1) Revis vs Moss and Revis' gimpy hamstring.
2) The Jets struggling offense. Can they get it together and put REAL points on the board.
3) The ability of the rest of the secondary, mainly Cromartie and Wilson to cover Wes Welker and co.
Those are all valid points but I think people are missing the biggest one. Which is the chess match between head coaches Rex Ryan and Bill Belichick.
Unless you've been living under a rock for the past decade you know that Bill Belichick is hands down the best head coach in the NFL. Now some of you may disagree with that but just consider this. It's been said that a head coach is only as good as his staff. That is mostly true. The 1 exception is Belichick. In the last 5 years he has lost several key members of his coaching staff to other endeavors.
1) Charlie Weis : Offensive Coordinator - leaves to coach Notre Dame (2005)
2) Romeo Crennel : Defensive Coordinator - leaves to coach the Cleveland Browns (2005)
3) Eric Mangini : Defensive Coordinator (Crennel's replacement) - leaves to coach the Jets (2006)
4) Josh McDaniel : Offensive Coordinator - leaves to coach the Broncos (2009)
These losses led the so called experts to believe that the Pats would have a hard time recovering. That went double in 2005 when both Weis and Crennel bolted. Here's what New England has done in the wake of their irreplaceable lost coaches.
2005 : 10-6
2006 : 12-4
2007 : 16-0
2008 : 11-5
2009 : 10-6
Wow! They really suffered.
Even more impressive is that the Pats made the playoffs every year except 2008 when Brady went down for the year and they still won 11 games. This is all the proof you need that Belichick is the man. He doesn't need anyone's help. The man is a genius and someone to be feared as an opponent. Do I like Belichick? No. But I respect the hell out of him for this one reason.
The man knows how to gameplan against you. We as Jets fans are accustomed to Revis taking away the other teams best offensive weapon in the passing game. Belichick takes away your ENTIRE team on both sides of the ball. He knows exactly how to mix and match his defensive looks to confuse your offense and knows how to play games with your defense when Brady has the ball. This is what scares me about tomorrow's game. The Jets have enough issues as it is after 1 week and now you have a shark coming into the New Meadowlands with the scent of blood on his tongue. Not a good combination if you are a Pats opponent.
Can the Jets beat New England tomorrow? Of course they can. Should they beat New England? Hell yeah they should. Will they beat New England? I have no idea.
While everyone in the press is paying attention to Sanchez, Revis' hammy, Cromartie and Wilson vs Welker. I'll be paying attention to the men on the sidelines with the head sets on because that is the real game.
Until Next Time....."And the home of the......JETS!" Now let's go eat a god damn snack!
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