A House Divided: The 2013 Jets

The Jets need to get on the same page, or that page will be out of a history book.

Stop me if you've heard this one before.

So, a Quarterback, a head coach and a general manager walk into a stadium.

Even if you don't think you've heard it, you probably have. It's one of the biggest jokes in the NFL.

Mark Sanchez is a Quarterback seemingly on the downside of what had the potential to be a decent career. Since taking the Jets to two AFC Championship Games in his first two seasons, he has fallen short, posting an 8-8 record followed up by a 6-10 debacle of a year. Only two years removed from those playoff runs, he is faced with the possibility of losing his starting job and his chance for redemption.

Sanchez was drafted in 2009 by first-time head coach Rex Ryan. Rex, the son of famed Eagles head coach, Buddy, had his roots in defense before coming to the Jets. He had worked with the defensive lineman and linebackers with the Cardinals and all over the defense with the Ravens. In his first draft he took Sanchez at fifth overall. He's been trying to workout an offense ever since. He is also faced with the possibility of unemployment.

Rex and Sanchez were joined early this year by new GM John Idzik. Idzik had spent the past 6 seasons as a front office exec for the Seahawks. In some of his first acts as GM, he wrestled personnel control from Rex Ryan and drafted the QB that stands poised to take on the job should Sanchez fall flat for a third year in a row. His job is probably more secure than anyone in New York.   

3 Men. 2 different goals. 1 NFL team headed full speed off the tracks.

Average Bro's Below Average Picks: NFL Week 14

Hey there Sports Pros and Average Bros! Welcome back to another Edition of Average Bro's Below Average Picks.

And boy, oh boy! Did those picks live up to their title or what! The Washington vs. Jets game was close at the end. I actually thought my 3 point line would be spot on! But of course, if there's one thing Washington excels at (even more than personnel decisions and turning good athletes into confused children) it's disppointing people. And was I ever disappointed.


Chicago vs. Kansas City was just a bad pick. But in my defense, Orton only came in for one play (which he threw an incompletion). He was able to stare down Cutler far longer than I thought he'd be able to. That gave it away right there.

And Jaguars vs. Chargers, what was I thinking? I guess I forgot that Blaine Gabbert has all the pocket presence of a peanut butter sandwich. If they didn't have Maurice Jones-Drew, I'm pretty confident the game would have been over at halftime. There new owner would have just decided this was a bad investment and take all of the players and give them jobs at his road making company. It would probably be a good career move for Gabbert.

So I had a few bad picks. It was my first week! We will move on from this and we will be better. Now that I'm established, I can guarantee that these picks will be better than last week. I really hope.