And the glass slipper comes crashing down to the turf, shattering into pieces as the reality of Chad Pennington’s incredible season struck midnight against the Baltimore Ravens. Pennington threw four interceptions against the Ravens, and confirmed everything Jets’ fans said about him prior to the season—he loses big games and can’t compete against top defenses. But that’s an unfair criticism,
Chad Pennington had his sweet revenge on Eric Mangini and the New York Jets as the Miami Dolphins won the AFC East with a 24-17 victory. And so the much-publicized story of the 2008 New York Jets’ season comes to the most dramatic end one could possibly imagine. Unfortunately, the story was the same as it has been over the
The more things change, the more they stay the same. The New York Jets started their season on a sweltering, humid Florida day against the Miami Dolphins. And the regular season looks to end on a frigidly cold one this upcoming Sunday. When the Jets last faced the Dolphins, it was Week One of the season, Brett Favre was New York’s
Don’t let three teams at 5-3 fool you. The New York Jets are the cream of the crop in the AFC East—numerically, hypothetically, literally, and spiritually. The win-loss columns between the New York Jets, Buffalo Bills, and New England Patriots may be identical, but make no mistake about it—first place belongs to New York. Take a moment to re-read that,
The Miami Dolphins have become the little brother you hate playing games against. It’s not because you hate him, or because you don’t want to be bothered with his presence. It’s because, somehow, he manages to beat you by not playing the game properly. It doesn’t matter how skilled you are, how well you grasp the concept of the game,
Here goes something you never thought you’d read: Chad Pennington and the Miami Dolphins diced the New York Jets for over 250 passing yards, and two touchdowns. It’d be a little easy to write about how Chad Pennington’s efforts in the fourth quarter culminated in an interception by Darrelle Revis. But that would be unfair to his performance. The man
