The New York Jets were sailing along this year with a perfect record when they did the damnedest of all things, they won a game. And Jets fans in whom hope springs eternal, still had visions of the number one pick dancing heads. Hell, they had opened at 0 and 13. What was one win? They still had hope. The dream, was still alive. But then that dream, was smashed like a bug on your windshield, as the Dog Ass Jets went out and won the next game too. That number one pick, will now go to the 1 and 15 Jacksonville Jaguars, who knew how to get the job done. But cheer up Jet fans, even if the Jets got the number one pick, they would have picked the wrong guy. Think Blair Thomas here. Or if they picked the right guy, once he was signed up and a Jet, they would have ruined him. Go no further back in the team’s history than to current quarterback, Sam Darnold.
Now some Jet fans when they look back can only focus on that ever, dimming image of Joe Namath with his right index finger pointing to the sky on January 12, 1969. The day the Jets won their only Superbowl. But the more optimistic Jet fans, can see where their team made it to the AFC Championship game and or the playoffs, sometimes. In fact, one head coach Wrecks Ryan bragged for years that his Jet teams had made it to the AFC Championship game, twice. Of course, they lost both times so Wrecks Ryan went the way of Eric Mangini, Bruce Coslet, and Slinging Sammy Baugh.
But we’ve figured out where the whole thing went wrong. The glory days of the Jets happened when they were in the now long gone, American Football League or AFL. Once the AFL and NFL merged, it was all downhill for the Jets. Much in the same way the Kennedy clan got derailed when the human race developed the internal combustion engine. And, the Kennedys started driving their boats, cars and planes into the drink.
So, what the Jets need to do now is find another league. There is the CFL which is the Canadian Football League. Of course, the games are played up in Canada and are only seen on some obscure TV channel here. But the good news is, if they keep losing, hardly anyone will see it or even know. Then there is the XFL which is played in the United States but the games are played in the Spring and no one is watching. So, if they keep losing, again, no one will know or much care. Then there is LFL or Legends Football League which will become the X League in 2021. If those names don’t ring a bell maybe their original name will, the Lingerie Football League. Here are the League’s Champions the Seattle Mist.
And, they don’t have cheerleaders. They don’t need them. And, as you can see, they don’t waste a whole lot of money on uniforms or equipment. They’re tough. Think Rugby here.
So, whether the Jets head way up north, play in the Spring or ditch all the guys, it’s time for them to turn Joe Namath’s picture to the wall and head for the exits.
Dicens simile factum est
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