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Time to Show Who is Boss

As if every football fan in New York didn’t already know how much the Jets loath the New England Patriots, right guard Willie Colon expressed his feelings this week saying “I just hate them”.   Colon, who was involved in an altercation with the Patriots sideline during last month’s 13 – 10 defeat, was not shy about giving his reasons.  He proclaimed that the Patriots like to whine and that Bill Belichick irked opponents.

Many other Jets players have openly professed their belief that they should have won that week two encounter with the Pats in Foxborough.  Throughout that game the Jets defense seemed to baffle Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, who completed less than 50% of his passes for only 178 yards.   The Jets defense held the Patriots to only 9 first downs and just one touchdown.   Constant Jets pressure forced the Patriots offense to punt the ball eleven times.

After that game it was implied that a reason for the Patriots lack of production might have been that they were playing without three of their top offensive player.  Yesterday, when asked if Brady’s unfamiliarity with his receivers may have been the cause for the Jets defensive success, Coach Rex Ryan became agitated.   He mockingly stated “I don’t know.  It had nothing to do with us.  I understand we were just out there”.

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Come Sunday, the Jets get an opportunity to even the season series with the Pats.  A loss would leave them three games behind in the division.  It would also be their sixth straight defeat at the hands of their most detested rival.

This would be a good time for Ryan’s Jets to step up and finally beat the Patriots where it matters most, the scoreboard.  This way Rex can stop kissing those dammed Belichick rings…

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