Dan’s Papers January 28, 2011 danspapers.com Page 19
by David Lion Rattiner
The Jets I don’t think I’ve ever been more involved in a sports team in my entire life than this year’s Jets. I love Mark Sanchez, I love Rex Ryan and I love pretty much the entire team. This year’s Jets gave New York a team to really rally around, and watching their defeat on Sunday against the Steelers was just so unbelievably tough for all of us to see. The game was so one-sided in the first half that you almost thought the Steelers weren’t human they were so good. Up against one of the best defenses that football has ever seen, the Steelers simply overpowered the Jets, gained momentum and seemed to have sucked the will out of the entire team. On offense, Sanchez had almost no time to throw the ball, and when he did, he threw it away and out of bounds. The second half, though, was unbelievable. The Jets started to come back. They were behind 24 points, which, if they were to win, would have been the largest comeback in AFC history. It was almost like we were watching a different game. The Jets were making big plays, their drives were longer, their tackles were more aggressive—this was going to be a good game. All I could think about while watching the second half was what the locker-room speech must have been like during halftime. The Jets were down by a lot, they were tired and demoralized, and in walked their coach, the burly Rex Ryan, to speak to them. I would have paid anything to have heard what he said to the team during halftime. It
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speech that he gave during the half, which pretty much transformed the Jets offense into a ball-moving machine, and seemed to have magically shaken off the injury Mark Sanchez sustained, which had turned the defense into three-downs-and-you-punt monsters. I hope somebody recorded that halftime speech and understands how valuable it was and how badly that speech is going to be needed in next year’s season, because I can tell you one thing, these Jets aren’t going away any time soon, and they are only going to get better. They are a young team, with an awesome coach, and they are a group of winners. The Super Bowl wasn’t in the cards this year for the Jets, it just wasn’t, and New York has to accept that, but man, oh, man, it is fun to watch this team play. They are full of heart.
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must have been one amazing speech, better than Al Pacino’s famous speech in the movie Any Given Sunday, which is frequently played before games at the high school and college level. Rex Ryan, I guarantee you, gave one epic speech. I have no idea what it was, and only a select group of people will get to know, but damn it must have been good. If only he had GIVEN THAT SPEECH AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME, I WOULDN’T BE HERE WRITING THIS ARTICLE ABOUT THE JETS LOSING AND WOULD BE WRITING AN ARTICLE ABOUT HOW EXCITED I AM ABOUT THE JETS BEING IN THE SUPER BOWL!!!! But I digress. I just hope that Rex Ryan remembers the