Take that you Arrongant SOB

Oh Happy Day! Coming into this season, little was expected of the Jets. Chad was coming off his second shoulder suregery, Curtis was not playing, 2 rookies were anchoring the Offensive Line, John Abraham had been traded, and the coach was a novice. Little notice was paid as they started to win games, since they defeated teams with losing records. The kept it close against the Colts, nearly came back against the Patriots, then got shelled by the Jaguars, then were robbed against the Browns. Yesterday, coming off the bye week, all anyone was talking about was how the Patriots had not lost 2 in a row in 57 games, and Tom Brady was going to come out firing. And of course, the greatest coach who ever lived, Bill Belichicken, was going to take "the other guy" to the woodshed.

So what happened? Instead of being Belichickens bitch, Mangini decided "Screw the other guy" and let loose the defense. Blitzes everywhere. Brady running for cover all game long. They even sorta stopped the run. The Pats did little on third down, though they did well on 4th. Brady threw a pick, and had a second called back on a BS roughing the passer call. The defense took Belichickens little verbal shots at Mangini ("aka "The other guy") a little personally, and made the Patriots pay.

On the offensive side of the ball, Chad wasn't perfect (that INT was brutal), but he did enough to win. Kevin (call me KB) Barlow showed up for the first time, with 75 hard fought yards. Jerricho Cotchery made a fantastic TD grab for the Jets final score. The Offensive Line kept Chad in one piece, allowing only 1 sack all day.

Special teams were huge, as the Jets did not allow any big returns, and Justin Miller (who I killed last year for being fumble prone) continued his surge, with a long return of 62 yards. All in all, a nice win for the Jets. To quote the Patriots Richard Seymour, the Patriots were "Outplayed AND outcoached."

The look on Mangini's face when he came into the press room after the game was priceless. Here was a guy who had gotten disrespected by Belichicken all season long, and Eric won. His guys played their hearts out for him. Belichicken seemed to channel Herm Edwards on the Jets last drive, using all 3 time outs prior to the 2 minute warning. You think maybe he wished he had one of those back.

I just don't get Belichicken here. He raves about Saban, Weiss and other former coaches, but he pisses on Mangini? What, Eric didn't listen to him, so now he isn't going to talk to him or give him any respect. Belichicken comes up small here. I know, they are opponents, but if he can say nice things about other former protoge's he should be able to say womething nice here.

Next up for the Jets, the Bears, who demolished the (not so)Giants last night. Wow, a 108 yard return of a missed field goal? With a bunch of Giants running off the field at the time? Methinks Tommy Taskmaster is going to be a might pissed about that one. Eli had 121 yards passing and 2 INT's. Think about that, 121 yards, when half of the Bears defensive backs were out or hurt. This against the same corners who Plaxico Burress said could be beaten. Memo to Plax, shut up, OK? The Giants on the other hand gave up 246 passing yards to Rex Grossman, who had been awful in 2 of his last 3 starts, with numerous turnovers.

I know the Bears are the Beasts of the NFC, but I kinda like the Jets chances. If they can confuse the Great Tom Brady, they should be able to do the same to Grossman.

In Mets news, 'Stache is back! One year deal for $3 milion. This is a nice $2 million raise over last season. It still does not guarantee that he will be the starter, but it does guarantee that the best pron stache in baseball stays in NY for another year.

Now about that pitching staff Omar...