Great job by the Rangers tonight, improving to 5-1 as they waste Toronto 7-2 in MSG. Of course, nobody is noticing because the Yankees have to be featured on talk radio 22/7 with the other two hours for football and 1-800-KarsforKids commercials.
Huston Street has added his list to the long list of talented closers who morph into absolute stiffs that cannot get the job done in the playoffs. Donnie Moore, Mitch Williams, Armando Benitez, Billy Wagner, Trevor Hoffman, Joe Nathan, it goes on and on. And Philadelphia advances to the NLCS, beating Colorado in four games. So good luck to the Dodgers.
And then there's the Jets. What a disgrace. They lose in Miami 31-28 on national TV. Where is the great defense? They made some shmuck named Chad Henne look like Johnny Unitas, John Elway, and Joe Montana all rolled into one. There was hardly a blitz to be seen. The stupid wildcat offense carved them up like raw turkey. The tackling was just atrocious. It reminded me of the 1996 team as the Dolphins ran for 160 freaking yards on the ground. Not one sack, not one turnover caused. And the whole world got to see it tonight.
The only good thing was Braylon Edwards. He made two or three absolutely amazing catches. The questions is with his contract expiring after this year, can they afford to re-sign him? And the special teams was ok too. But where is Dustin Keller? Where is Thomas Jones? Can Shonn Greene get a carry?
As of a week ago, I thought this would be the best Jets team of my lifetime to this point. Now, forget it, they will likely go .500., 9-7 at best. And with Mangold, Harris, Leon, and Revis all free agents after next season (and Braylon after this), and so many draft picks traded to get Sanchez and Edwards, we may not have an opportunity like this for 10 years. And to lose to a mediocre franchise with Mark Anthony and Gloria Estefan on the sidelines waving pom-poms and all this shit...
I'm going to down another John Daly. Just a bad night.
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