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Colts End Jets’ Miracle Run

Igor Derysh — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:30:58 +0000

After ten games of the NFL season, the New York Jets were 4-6 and out of playoff contention. Not quite. The Jets hit a hot streak and their top defense and top rushing attack won them 7 out of 8 games until the team’s Cinderella run finally came to an end today as they were topped by the Colts in the AFC Championship game.

While Jets fans were disappointed by the team’s loss, especially after the Jets were up 17-6 in the second quarter, the season was far from a disappointment.

With a lot of uncertainty surrounding ...continue reading

Rookies Lead Jets To Victory, Next Round of Playoffs

Igor Derysh — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:00:00 +0000

It was not so long ago that the New York Jets were an average team with a rookie quarterback who couldn’t pass to his own teammates. No one thought the team could accomplish anything this season. And then they won five of their last six games. And then they beat the AFC North division champion Cincinnati Bengals.

On a brutally cold evening in Ohio, the Jets played about as good a game as they have all year and beat the Bengals for the second consecutive week, this time with their playoff lives on the line.

Although the ...continue reading

Jets Playoff Bound After Beating Next Week’s Opponent

Igor Derysh — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:30:18 +0000

Anyone who claimed that Jets would be in the playoffs this year would have been laughed at two months ago but Gang Green is going to the playoffs after sealing a 5-3 second half (5-1 in their last six games) by beating the AFC North champions Cincinnati Bengals.

In a game that exemplified the Jets’ run heavy offense and extraordinary defense, the Jets were rolling on all cylinders in what is likely the last game to ever be played at Giants stadium as they put down the 10-6 Bengals in a 37-0 blowout victory to make the playoffs ...continue reading

Jets Head Into Most Important Game of the Season

Igor Derysh — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:00:50 +0000

After an unlikely defeat of the streaking Colts last Sunday, the New York Jets not control their own playoff destiny as they head into their final game of the season against the Cincinnati Bengals.

While other AFC teams have incredibly confusing playoff scenarios, if the Jets win they make the playoffs, if they lose, they go home.

Although the Bengals have been an impressive team this year, they will likely use their backup players quite a bit as they have already clinched the AFC North and don’t have anything on the line in week 17.

The ...continue reading

Jets Lose Heartbreaker, Playoff Hopes Waver

Igor Derysh — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:29:34 +0000

With just three games games left to go, the Falcons were going to be the Jets’ easiest opponent. Instead, Atlanta turned out to be the big spoiler that the Jets were afraid off.

Entering the game in a three-way tie with the Baltimore Ravens and Miami Dolphins for the second Wild Card slot, the Jets knew that they had to win this one because their following games would be against the undefeated Indianapolis Colts and the AFC North leading Cincinnati Bengals.

If the players were watching the scoreboard throughout the game, they also knew that the Dolphins, ...continue reading