What a Weekend

JETS Quick Hits

Mike said...
Ed-How bad did that one hurt yesterday?

About as bad as a kick in the testes. I'm sitting there watching the Jets, happy that they are hanging with the Colts (you do this when expectations are low) and feel the first kick to the jimmy when Chad throws his first interception in the red zone in 120 plays. I will not castigate Mangini for the call, it was the right one, Peyton is too good to pass up the opportunity to put 7 on the board. Nonetheless, it hurt.

The next kick came on the "pass interference" call against Justin Miller. Now, I usually do not blame the refs, but in this case, the call was AWFUL. You can see Wayne pushing off of Miller first. I saw it, 80k fans in the stadium saw it, the TV audience saw it. At the least, it should have been offsetting calls.

Now, I'm not gonna say I can see the future like this guy, but right after the Colts scored, I said to myself, OK Justin, run the goddamn kick back. And he did. The place goes nuts, you cannot even hear the announcers on TV it was so damn loud.

Then the final kick, Peyton leads the Colts for another score. Prevent defense prevents them from winning. Where was the blitz? Where was the pressure?

All in all, the Jets played well. Not great, but they are a heck of a lot better than anyone thought they would be. Give them a little more time. This was not up there with the Marino fake spike, but it still hurt.

METS Quick Hits

So The Brooklyn Dodgers of Los Angeles come to town Wednesday. Can someone explain to me why the first game of the Met series is relegated to a 4:07 start while Game 2 of the Yankee series is at 8? Met fans now have the choice of skipping out of work early or missing most of the game. Bad call by Fox.

Couple of more Mets notes. One, to the team. Guys, you don't like Milledge, fine. Tell him in person. Have one of the leaders sit down with him, or go to Willie. You think publicly embarrassing him with a sign, that Willie rips down is the way to go? If he has a bad attitude, you think this is going to help? All you did was upset him more, and reduce his trade value. Smart move.

Pedro is out for next season. I do not expect him back at all. If it happens, good, but I will not expect it. I am not going to bitch about his contract, no need. He did what he could, and things happen. What better not happen is Wilpon not signing or trading for an ace in the offseason because they have too high a payroll. They need to replace him, otherwise we are looking at a 1 season playoff run.

Wow, Roger Clemens accused of using performance enhancers. You think that might be why he threw a bat a Piazza? And gained speed on his fastball after age 36? But the Yanks knew nothing about it. I see him and Pettitte both retiring now. Why come back and answer the questions?

I'll have a Mets Playoff preview Wednesday.

Isles Notes

Finished up the preseason 3-2, after dropping the first 2 games. DiPietro improved as the preseason went on. Alexei Yashin scored a couple of goals the last couple of games. Yashin made some comments about how the fans treat him. Note to Alexei, you have come nowhere near living up to the hype that surrounded you when you were drafted. People will boo you until you produce. The boos you hear are nowhere hear as bad as others in NY have heard. You can turn them to cheers very easily. Just produce and play hard.

I'll have a preview for the Isles up sometime this week.