The Jets find themselves in a tight spot on the road for the second straight week, as they take on a hot Browns team who are coming off back-to-back wins over the Saints and Patriots.
Mangini's defenses were like Vanilla versions of what made the Patriots 3-4/2-4 scheme great. While Rex Ryan took it to a higher level of unpredictability...remember; the 2009 Jets #1 Defense was built almost totally from players Mangini had. I believe Bellichik learned from Ryan; incorporated more unpredictability and relied on an All Pro corner to take out the need for more then 1 deep safety and allow more flexibility whether in the zones or pass rush. CB Stephon Gillmore is the highest paid Patriot.
Chansi Stuckey's fumble at 2:11:35 is an interesting "What If" in Browns history. Coming off huge wins over the Saints and Patriots, had the Browns been able to beat this Jets team, they would've had the confidence to beat anybody. Their schedule was very favorable, too. Cleveland could've very well won the next five games and been sitting at 9-5. I don't know if they would've made the playoffs, but either way it certainly changes the course of Browns history. Mangini would've been brought back in 2011, and depending on their success, Randy Lerner might've held onto the team instead of selling to the Haslam's. This truly is a game of inches.
What dopey speculation. Browns are incapable of any sustained success, they're proven that conclusively over decades. "They could've very well won the next five games"...this is the pipe dream mentality of loser franchises.
I don't believe NFL teams have the confidence issues of your kid's little league team, ooh we lost this game lets give up the season. Every week and every game is a new struggle. However, they can lose confidence in their coaching staff, when you as a player know we shoulda done something else, stop loading the box they're killing us in the air, stop putting our corner man to man getting killed, stop making me do something Im not great at, let me do my thing.
Also, on a losing team, its every man for himself, your every move every snap is your resume, whether you get paid or whether you're even on a roster next year. You HAVE to do your best, you can't just give up and suck or your career is finished, you will be cut, replaced by hungrier 6th round rookie just happy to be here at 3-10
That’s a very, and I mean, VERY, hot take. All the afc teams that made the playoffs were better than them. Even teams like the chargers who barely missed out were better than them.
Do you by any chance have the Jets- texans game from the very same year? It was the week after this one and had just as wild a finish...45 secs game winning drive cap off by a TD to Holmes in the back of the endzone...
the browns were coming off two big wins against the Saints and Patriots and actually in the hunt for a playoff spot briefly and Jets were good that year so I guess it got flexed to be called by the A team commentators
The games for cbs that week were bad. Though they should’ve gone with chiefs broncos imo. The marquee game that week for the Sunday day games was cowboys giants on fox (I know bc I went to that game :) )
Sanchez was similar to Alex Smith when he was given weapons. Instead you put him in a meaningless preseason game behind a third string o line and break his shoulder. Let Thomas Jones, Holmes, Cotchery, Edwards, Keller all walk. That’s not how you develop a young QB. Oh and you draft Geno Smith and sign Tebow, tf were they thinking? Mind fucking Sanchez
The Jets were a hot team all season and Cleveland was just coming off two straight wins from the defending champs the Saints and Brady and the Pats. It could've been a potential playoff preview at the time.
I know the Jets were good guys it was more the fact they were playing Cleveland who at the time still weren’t the browns that we just watched this year
Remember when peyton hills had 1 good season and was immediatly thrust into top 3 rb conversations, landed on madden cover, looked at as a high value trade....then disappeared
Biggest mistake the jets made during this era was in 2011 replacing braylon Edwards with plaxico burress & letting Dustin Keller go Sanchez two favorite targets & letting brad smith go ....also in 2012 not signing or trading for a WR instead of drafting Stephen hill bum ass in 2rd
@@ANTHONY0808able especially with that catch down the sideline against the colts ... you know who else was big for us Antonio cromatrie ! He had that kickoff return against the colts also ....I remember one game he had 3 int returns for a touchdown but they got called back because of penalties 🤦🏾♂️ ...
