i don't want to say i'm losing faith, but i feel weird about the jets (and football in general) these days and not sure if i can do it anymore...
It feels really weird to watch a team with all the players I liked being now gone:
Keller
Revis
Cromartie
Cotchery
Edwards
Bell / Landry / Leonhard (listing them together because I liked them all as safeties)
Maybin (who was also a Bills player)
Weatherford (Giants got a good pickup, I miss this punter a lot)
Burress (Plax!)
Leon Washington (okay that was a while ago I know)
Thomas Jones (also a while ago)
Holmes (to a lesser extent)
Greene (to a lesser extent)
McElroy (to a point)
Even Sanchize is missed on some level. I wanted to see what he'd do with this offensive coordinator and some people to throw to. But whatever. POINT IS. I miss these dudes. There are still a lot of people I like (Mangold, Pace, Ferguson (D'BRICKASHAW, AMAZING NAME), Harris, etc.) and some newer faces who are great (Wilkerson, Clyde Gates, Powell, Kerley (probably the brightest spot on the team next to Sheldon Richardson / Stephen Hill / Dee Milliner)
I see what they're doing with the FA thing (Vick, Decker, Ivory, Chris Johnson, etc.) and that is really cool and exciting, but I feel like slotting in a few veterans doesn't feel like as much of a real "team" as a team built by the draft. it feels more like a supergroup. Which is cool, but it doesn't always work. The chemistry isn't always there. The Sanchez to Keller / Sanchez to Edwards natural link won't be seen again and that kinda makes me sad.
I also hate having shitty cornerbacks, like, a lot. Kyle Wilson is okay and all but he's not, like, that good. Dimitri Patterson should be decent, but it's not like he was MINDBLOWINGLY GOOD while he was with Miami. Solid C+/B- though...Not burned every play, etc.
I honestly don't know who our safeties are anymore. no big deal though.
I don't think the Vick / Geno thing is really a good idea but whatever, as usual, I hope I'm wrong. I kinda thought Matt Simms should get a chance, but now that they've drafter Tajh Boyd, he'll probably never start a game ever.
is it just me? i hope/assume this is just one of those "phases" and i'll have renewed gusto for the new season, but i can't tell if i really don't give a fuck, or really see the true futility, or just need to take some testosterone boosters.