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Has any 11 win team that went 1-1 in the regular season against an opponent ever been a 9 point dog in the second round of the playoffs?
To repeat:
11 wins
1-1 in the regular season
Second round of playoffs
9 point dog
If it's happened before, I can't recall it. I think too much attention is being paid to the big blowout game, a game in which the Jets completely abandoned their strengths and opened with a hurry up offense simply becauses Sanchez had been hot in the two minute offense in games leading up to this one.
Since it was early in the season, everyone is discounting the Jets 14 point win over the Pats. The game Cleveland destroyed the Pats is being written off as an anomoly,while the Jets blowout game isn't.
I am here to guarantee the Jets won't get blown out this time. They will cover the spread. It's unlikely they win, but it is within the realm of possibility.
I have always had an affinity to the old AFL teams. It was the Jets and Chiefs that forced the merger into what we know as the NFL today. From those glorious days, I still like the Chiefs. I think many, especially the youngsters, lack an appreciation for what these two franchises did against all odds.
What happened back then will always bond these two football teams, although it fades as us old guys also fade away. Belichick is Darth Vader, secretly born of Al Davis. NE is the dark side, and he has you Chiefs fans tempted and enticed. Ryan is Luke Skywalker... he has no chance, and his outspoken confidence, that cocky refusal to accept defeat, to take on the dark side seems irrational, reckless.
Don't go to the dark side. Root for the Jets. And we're sorry about the whole Herman Edwards thing.
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