"Sanchize" Sanitized

The Cinderella Story has come to an end. After the game, Rex Ryan could do nothing but talk about how overmatched his defense was with Peyton Manning, while Mark Sanchez finally opted to shave. I guess he no longer has to pose as a "tough" guy. After all, who was he ever fooling? We're talking about a guy that needed to have an Ugg pad inserted into his helmet to keep him warm from december on. For those of you who were never familiar with this story, he literally had Ugg material cut out from the inside of an Uggs boot (the type that girls where in the winter), and had it sowed into his helmet for extra warmth. Very manly.

Sorry, but I couldn't make fun of him while they were winning, so I've been waiting to get that off my chest for a while. Anyhow, after jumping out to a 17-6 lead midway through the 2nd quarter, the Jets watched that all go up in flames. They surrendered 24 unanswered points, en route to their 30-17 demise. The turning point in the game was undoubtedly before halftime, when the Jets defense couldn't come up big and at least force the Colts to settle for 3. Rather, the Colts marched down the fields, covering 80 yards over the span of 4 plays, and 58 seconds. The drive was capped with an Austin Collie TD grab. Thanks to huge performances from Austin Collie, Pierre Garcon, and of course, Peyton Manning (that goes without saying at this point) the Colts never looked back. They took momentum into halftime and simply punished the Jets in the remaining 30 minutes.

Sorry Jet fans, but no Super Bowl this year. It's a pity that Rex Ryan got your hopes up by actually planning a victory parade. It's one thing to be confident, but that's just straight up cocky. All this guy did for the last month was run his mouth about how the Jets should be favored to win it all. Really? Give me a break. That's almost as a big of a joke as you are Rex.

The 40 year drought shall continue. I also just read that not only have the Jets not won in 40 years, but they haven't even been there. They're 0-3 in championship games. Ouch. That sucks. Like it wasn't already hard enough to root for the team because of those hideous, vomit green jerseys. But on top of that, they just can't finish a season without disappointing you.

People can blame injuries and bad luck all they want, but the reality is that the Jets were by far the most fortunate team this season, and never deserved to be in the playoffs in the first place. In fact, they were probably the luckiest team in the history of football this year. I've gotta stress one more time that they had a tissue soft schedule, had absolutely everything go right for them in the final 2 weeks (including playing 2 teams that benched their starters), and than they just happened to have the tiebreaker over the 5 other 9-7 teams in the AFC to get into the playoffs. Oh yeah, than kickers went 0-5 on field goal attempts against them in their first two playoff games (most of those attempts were within 40 yards). Not to mention, the Colts 100% outplayed them. So, yes Rex, you may have wowed us in the first 2 rounds of playoffs, but in a few years, nobody will remember that. This season will always be remembered as the Jets coming up short, yet again.