From Tim Tebow to Aaron Rodgers: Sad state of Jets is years in the making
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Where and how has it all gone wrong for the Jets? How have they managed to miss the playoffs 13 consecutive years … and counting down the days and weeks to 14?
The Anatomy of a Crash can begin in a myriad of different places with a myriad of different decisions, some of which were considered shrewd at the time and of course backfired, some of which never should have been made:
GM Mike Tannenbaum thought it would be a good idea to acquire a charismatic Wildcat quarterback to supplement starter Mark Sanchez. Joe Namath didn’t. Tebow, with a scattershot left arm, completed six passes and rushed for 102 yards in 2012.
The Odd Couple, oil-and-water pairing was prompted by the firing of Tannenbaum. Idzik used all 12 of his picks in his infamous 2014 NFL draft — the notorious Idzik 12. Calvin Pryor and Jace Amaro in Rounds 1 and 2 ring a bell?
Sanchez lost his starting job, 2013 season and Jets career (shoulder surgery) when Ryan summoned him to relieve rookie QB Geno Smith in the fourth quarter behind a reserve offensive line for the express purpose of beating the Giants.
Idzik’s 2013 second-round draft pick wasn’t ready for the New York market … or for a 2015 preseason locker-room jawbreaker thrown by teammate IK Enemkpali.
The Yankees and Mets are well represented among finalists for year-end awards.
Aaron Boone acknowledged that “everyone’s going to have their opinions.”
Where and how has it all gone wrong for the Jets? How have they managed to miss the playoffs 13 consecutive years … and counting down the days and weeks to 14?
INDIANAPOLIS — There comes a point in most seasons, if not all of them, when you have to stop giving stock to the words relayed in a news conference.
Call it a bad case of the Sundays.
MUNICH — It is never, or rarely, the fault of one player, but it is time.
INDIANAPOLIS — Karl-Anthony Towns sat with his feet in the ice bucket, staring into nothing with a look of disappointment all over his face.
GLENDALE — Only the Jets could promise their tortured and tormented faithful a season of hope and great expectations and turn it into a Butt Fumble.
The way it’s gone for the Rangers the last two and a half weeks, Tuesday’s game against the NHL-leading Winnipeg Jets at Madison Square Garden is shaping up to be as big of a game as it could be in November.
Grading the Giants‘ 20-17 overtime loss to the Panthers in Germany on Sunday.