Leading up to their Monday night season opener against the Baltimore Ravens, the New York Jets all but crowned themselves Super Bowl Champs. The entire off season has been nothing about the J-E-T-S, JETS, JETS, JETS. From Hard Knocks to Darrelle Revis to Rex Ryan to their off season acquisitions, New York filled the headlines and almost had everybody convinced that they actually beat the Colts in the AFC Championship game.
They were talking the talk and almost walking the walk until they bumped into Ray Lewis and the Ravens. Monday night's game was guaranteed to be low scoring with defenses dominating and offenses trying to get into rhythm, but no one predicted how sloppy the Jets would look on both sides of the ball. While they managed to force turnovers, New York's success was marred by ridiculous holding penalties. All night long football fans were waiting for the NEW New York Jets to show up, but it was all smoke and mirrors.
For an offense that spent the entire off season "re-vamping", the Jets struggled to get anything going and Mark Sanchez still looked like a rookie as he constantly missed open receivers. New York went 1 for 11 on third down conversions and started their first game since Hard Knocks, getting knocked hard. While the Ravens D is no slouch, it seemed as if the Jets were only beating themselves with stupid penalties and lack of communication from everybody.
While Jets coach Rex Ryan is entertaining with his one liners and "Get Some!" attitude, he needs to realize that while trash talking can be motivating...it's only effective when you put numbers in the W column. The Jets had hopes to fly high this season and while one loss only causes a delay, they better hope they don't spend the season grounded.
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