A View From Afar: An Outsider’s Perspective on the 2010 Jets
Kicked off on July 22, 2010 at 7:37 PM by Football Sickness
Filed under: Guest Bloggers
Tags: Antonio Cromartie, Bart Scot, Braylon Edwards, Darrelle Revis, D\'Brickashaw Ferguson, Eric Mangini, Fireman Ed, Kris Jenkins, Kyle Wilson, LaDainian Tomlinson, Mark Sanchez, Mike Tannenbaum, Nick Mangold, Rex Ryan, Santonio Holmes, Shonn Greene
When I was invited to write a guest Kvetch, I was pumped. One, I just like the site. I am first and foremost a football fan, and I get an inordinate amount of joy from my interactions with other football fans (he conceded, conveniently bypassing the psychoanalysis that might otherwise be warranted), and Jets fans are high on my list for their undying passion. But two, your New York Jets are constructed after my own pigskin-wrapped heart. They were built in a manner that conforms to the way I would build a team, were anyone simply wise enough to hire me to do so. And as a lifelong Browns fan, if I wanted to go the easy route, I could boil my 2010 Jets analysis down to one very precise word:
Jealousy.
It might be a deadly sin, but I watched with envy for years as New York’s brain trust loaded up on high-grade, trench-dwelling monsters like Nick n’ Brick, and making savvy trades for key components like the Sanchize (the pick for whom you scored from my Browns and your former coach, The Manguin, in return for relatively little). Of course, it hasn’t yet resulted in the kinds of winning you’re looking for, but I have long believed the Jets were on the right track. Now I am sure of it.
Go down the field!