I was going to post in advance of the Cincinnati game but felt that was asking for trouble. After that dominate display by a defense that seems to get better every game, and an offense that seems to have realized its role I now feel safe to update. It is rare after a must win game that Jet fans can say I can't wait for next weekend rather than the SOJ mantra.

Whether the Bengals were not trying to reveal anything or being very vanilla, a 37 point spanking is hard to get a team up from.

Enough said...

The Jets came out of the gate very fast against the Bills and looked like they were going to put this one away early, but that all changed very early. It seemed that after a freakish interception that seemed to be kicked in the air or bounced off a defenders helmet, they lost confidence. From that point forward the Jets seemed to pull back into their shell, and the Bills saw there might be some hope and grabbed it with both hands.

In the end it all came down to the Bills just needing to run out time. With 2:06 on the clock in the fourth the Bills had the ball, 2nd and 5 and moving on the ball well on the ground, then the unbelievable happened.

You called a roll-out??

Well that play saved the Jets season for another week at least, they still control their own destiny.

Buried in this freakish comeback was the first NFL catch by David Clowney, a very impressive one handed snag, if he can get healthy and integrated into the game plan he could really help stretch the field with his speed.

Okay the Jets played badly on the West Coast again, very disappointing. But even given that they were totally dominated in time of possession they were still in the game and even took the lead through another Leon Washington kickoff return for a touchdown. This looks to have been a totally phantom flag from the replays that we can see and Westhoff was having a expletive laden fit on the sideline. Take a look at the flash.

Tried to include all angles shown and slowed down the segment in the runback. Washington was credited with a 39 yard return and he caught it on the 1, so the penalty (on #44 top of your picture) was at about the 41 yard line. Looks like he was driving his player back and he fell, a pancake not a penalty.

Well no great surprise in the loss to the Broncos. After the big up from the previous two weeks it wouldn't be like the Jets to win a game that they should win at home.

The weather was a factor and the magical injuries that the Broncos players all seemed to get whenever the Jets were building any momentum, but the fumbled reverse to give the Broncos their first score should have been the best indicator of what was to come.

Just fall on it Jerricho!!

Well that was quite a performance, probably the most complete performance since the 41-0 playoff win against the Colts. Dominated on both sides of the ball. The score could have been much higher, but no complaints.

I have to admit that the gameplan really seems to be coming together also, they are able to run the ball when they have to, but the short passing game has been stellar since they declared that they were reigning Favre in.

Favre threads the needle to Coles in the back of the endzone

Going into the game against the Titans there are some very ominous signs ahead for Gang Green. Firstly, there are coming of extended rest with the Thursday game against the Pats. Secondly, I think that they match up well against the Titans in most areas. And thirdly, a lot of the so called experts are picking the Jets to upset Tennessee in their own home. Whenever the experts start picking us I get worried, it can't end well.

This game is HUGE!!! The Jets are coming off two pretty convincing performances, the OL seems to be gelling better with every week. Brett is limiting the mistakes. Jenkins is a beast on the inside. Not only all those positives internally, the Patriots are banged up and very limited. The thing that comes to mind is, 'if not now when?'. This has to be the best chance in a long time to go into an AWAY game on a short week to the Razor and have a real belief that they can win.

I know, the Jets always seem to get to this point and then just kill you with a poor performance, but I am not buying it this time. On paper they look like the better team with better personal at key positions. I will be amazed if they lose, but being Jets fans we have all been amazed before, unfortunately.

Pretty painful performance against the Raiders. Running game was fine but the defense and the play-calling was very uninspired. Perhaps we should try and sign this umpire from the South Carolina/ LSU game. He didn't wrap the runner up but at least he stopped his forward progress which seems to be more than the Jets can do.

So far the season is chalk for exactly where most fans would have put the Jets after six weeks. The only problem with the chalk is that the Patriots and the Chargers are not the teams that we thought they were before the season started. There are A LOT of positives that we can see so far from the number of different parts that have come together...

• The run defense is a lot better than expected.

• We have been able to run, they just seem to get away from the run quickly with Brett there.

• The secondary looks okay if we can get a little pressure up front.

• The receivers look good, although Lav Coles is dropping more than expected.

If we get a couple of players back and the OL keeps gelling we could be in the playoffs this year. The Jets have to win the next game against the Raiders, it is absolutely critical. I hate the traveling West, and the Raiders had been improving under Kiffin, losing to a Cable coached Raiders would be disastrous.