{"id":2976,"date":"2009-09-20T19:29:10","date_gmt":"2009-09-21T00:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=2976"},"modified":"2019-11-27T07:15:36","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T11:15:36","slug":"ny-jets-move-forward-beat-patriots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2009\/09\/20\/ny-jets-move-forward-beat-patriots\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Jets Move Forward, Beat Patriots 16-9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"New York Jets Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/graphics\/Articles\/headers\/nyj.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"103\" height=\"61\" \/>The New York Jets are cocky.\u00a0 The New York Jets are talking too much, their coach shouldn&#8217;t say anything about not kissing Bill Belichick&#8217;s rings.\u00a0 The players are &#8220;chirping&#8221; on twitter and they shouldn&#8217;t do that.\u00a0 These are the things that the main stream media said over and over again.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently though Rex Ryan is okay with his players being confident.\u00a0 Rex Ryan is okay with the bar setting very high.\u00a0 Rex talked about the Super Bowl in his first press conference.\u00a0 As a long time NY Jets season ticket holder, I have to say this is refreshing.\u00a0 The time for excuses and three year plans is over.\u00a0 The Jets are being judged on what they do on the field.<\/p>\n<p>Today they received high marks by beating the New England Patriots in the Meadowlands.\u00a0 The stadium was packed and loud as Rex&#8217;s Jets got the job done.\u00a0 On defense Gang Green still has not given up a touchdown.\u00a0 Today they held the Patriots to 9 points, one field goal the result of great field position after a Jets fumble on offense.\u00a0 Tom Brady was held to a completion percentage under 50% and threw an interception.<\/p>\n<p>This Jets defense is for real.\u00a0 I have never felt confident in the Jets defense.\u00a0 Ever.\u00a0 Brady got the ball back late in the game, the same old Jets mentality says the Jets are going to lose.\u00a0 It wasn&#8217;t like that today.\u00a0 The fans believed the Jets were going to win.\u00a0 It has only been two weeks but Rex is reversing a losing mentality.<\/p>\n<p>The offense was tentative in the first half.\u00a0 They seemed afraid to make mistakes and as a result they struggled.\u00a0 Whatever was said at halftime worked though as Mark Sanchez led the Jets on a touchdown drive to open the 2nd half.\u00a0 Overall on the day Sanchez was 14\/22 for 163 yards and threw a touchdown to Dustin Keller.\u00a0 His passer rating was a very unrookie like 101.1.\u00a0 The team had a balanced attack and ran for 117 yards.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, anything can happen.\u00a0 2 and 0 only guarantees a 2 and 14 record.\u00a0 There is a lot of football left to be played.\u00a0 The early results are good though, this team talks big but more importantly they play big.\u00a0 I can&#8217;t remember ever seeing Tom Brady so confused when he was at the line of scrimmage (multiple delay of game penalties).<\/p>\n<p>It took awhile for the fans to leave today.\u00a0 Not sure I can even remember wanting to stay in the stadium after the game ended.\u00a0 Belichick had left, the Patriots and Jets\u00a0 were in their locker rooms and the fans still stayed and cheered.\u00a0 A nice first few steps on Rex&#8217;s watch.\u00a0 Bring on the Titans.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for the <a href=\"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/?cat=16\">JetNation.com Report Card<\/a>.\u00a0 In the meantime join in on the <a href=\"https:\/\/forums.jetnation.com\/\">conversation<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Jets are cocky.\u00a0 The New York Jets are talking too much, their coach shouldn&#8217;t say anything about not kissing Bill Belichick&#8217;s rings.\u00a0 The players are &#8220;chirping&#8221; on twitter and they shouldn&#8217;t do that.\u00a0 These are the things that the main stream media said over and over again. 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