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Super days are ahead, Jets fans.
Your time is coming. Joe Namath has a clone. He wears No. 6.
The J-E-T-S Jets Jets Jets are 3-0. Clad in New York Titans uniforms, the Jets turned away the real Titans of Tennessee 24-17 behind two touchdown strikes and a touchdown scamper from Mark Sanchez on Sunday. It ain’t pretty, but neither was Namath when he made the AFL matter overnight.
How’s that for a coming out party?
Rex Ryan is the real deal. The Jets are not scared. The Jets are not afraid. The Jets are just getting warmed up.
This past summer was the 40th anniversary of Woodstock. And it was also the 40-year anniversary of the New York Jets victory guarantee by Namath. Kind of fitting that 2009 could be the year of the Jets.
Seemed a little fitting that the franchise that couldn’t win the big one would be wearing Houston Oilers uniforms as the Titans slide to 0-3. Better get warm, Vince Young.
As a nation, we have come full circle since 1969. And now, the Jets are going to rock their throwbacks all the way to the Super Bowl. Wear the Titans uniforms. Change your name to the Titans. We don’t care. Just win.
The Jets might be America’s Team soon. Mark "Franchez" will deliver the goods to New York. Sanchez made a great decision to skip his senior season at USC to lead the New York Jets to the promise land.
Sanchez is gutty. Sanchez is sneaky. Sanchez flat out gets the job done. Sanchez is a poor man’s Ben Roethlisberger.
In fact, move over Ben. It’s Franchez’s turn now. Big Ben lost to the Bengals in heartbreaking fashion. The wheels are falling off the Steelers' wagon.
Peyton Manning in Indy will still be a force as will a healthy Tom Brady for the New England Patriots, but those are teams that the Jets can beat (and already has over New England in Week Two).
It’s a feel good story for the ages. You couldn’t script this any better. The J-E-T-S Jets Jets Jets are for real. The Jets are a force to be reckoned with in the near future. How many trophies can this kid win?
Jump on the bandwagon. Buy the classic, retro ringer T-shirt. Because in our entire lifetime, it was fun to make fun of the Jets. But not anymore. The Jets are no joke.
It all makes sense. 2009 is the year of the Jets. Life comes full circle, including the irony of having an African-American President of the United States just 40 years after Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated.
Our history comes full circle. Franchez’s play isn’t always pretty—much like on his short-yardage touchdown run where it appeared he fumbled away a sure touchdown. Instead, Franchez got the inch he needed to cross the goal line to put his team in command of a pivotal game against—despite its 0-3 record in 2009—a major player in the American Football Conference race.
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