So Favre, So Good

Having played a quarter of the NFL season, the New York Jets have become a team that has a chemistry that continues to grow. They also have a refreshing, positive, outlook on the rest of the season to this point.

Whereas in the past at this point some fans may have become frustrated and looking to sell their tickets; An intriguing phenomenon has been effecting the New York area. 

There is optimism in the NY/NJ area...and for the Jets! Even at a record of 2-2.

The past few weeks have shown Jets fans and Favre watchers alike that there is a surprisingly different approach to each week. 

Week one against the Dolphins had shown us that Favre had the ability to learn a new system and execute what had been planned for him.  We saw in that victory new beginnings for this team offensively. 

Week two brought us the same old Jets and the same result in losing to the Patriots. For anyone to jump to conclusions after this game is unfair simply because despite the absence of Tom Brady, this was still the Patriots who went undefeated last season.

Honestly, after the first half of the San Diego game, as a Packers fan and avid supporter of Favre, I started to get a bit nervous for Favre and the Jets; But then I saw something that put me at ease. 

I turned to my friend, a Jets fan, and said despite being down, despite looking like this was turning to be another typical Jets season, be patient.

I assured him that when the Jets started opening up the playbooks he would see why things were going to change.

Then it happened.

Late in that game I think the team started to click regardless of what the final score showed. The frustration that may have produced despair and surrender instead awoke a team longing success.

I think that game finally provided Lavernius Coles a perfect opportunity to find himself and get on board. 

It gave Cotchery the confidence and the call to step up to a larger scale than before and the rest of the team followed their lead.

Week four against Arizona, in all its weirdness, was the official start of Jets football.  The team clicked, played hard, produced big numbers and Favre was the Favre I knew when he played in Green Bay.

The most important thing here was not even the offense. The fact that the defense rebounded from a third quarter collapse is another key indicator that this team is refusing to concede as they may have in the past.

They believe in themselves, in each other, in the coaches, and steadied the ship. 

The Jets are now a team that can go places instead of only the roads they've only known before.

This season is theirs for the taking, and with four out of the next five opponents being struggling teams, they have the perfect opportunity to position themselves as a contender.

There is no reason why the Jets should not be able to be the other New York team to have success, and as I've told my friend, great things can happen.

So Favre, so good.