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You're Nervous About Facing This Bunch? Seriously?

To be honest, most of you Chargers fans are pissing me off.  You’re scared of the Jets!

Really? You’re scared of the middle-of-the-pack, 9-and-7, lost-twice-to-Miami-once-to-Buffalo-and-at-home-to-Atlanta-and-Jacksonville New York Jets? You’re concerned about facing a defense that your team buried deep into the Qualcomm Stadium turf with a 48-point blitzkrieg of a performance just last season?

You’re losing sleep about having to play a team that is only in the playoffs because its final two regular season opponents purposely fell on their swords? Hell, if the Kansas City Chiefs could have ended the season against Indianapolis and Cincinnati, maybe they’d be the ones coming to town on Sunday. I guess you’d be worried about them, too.

Everybody is coming up with all kinds of storylines and scenarios and working themselves into a sweaty frenzy over this AFC Divisional Playoff. The Jets can run the ball. The Jets can control the clock. The Jets have Darrelle Revis (apparently the most dominant player ever to strap on pads). The Jets have come up with the greatest defense since the invention of Penicillin.

The Jets. The Jets. The Jets. J-E-T-S. Jets, Jets, Jets. You’d think they’ve resurrected Joe Namath, Don Maynard and coach Weeb Ewbank (along with John Riggins, the only Jets in the Hall of Fame, by the way). Might as well have Mark Sanchez guarantee victory.

Or…here’s a scenario that makes as much sense as anything else: The daughter of Jets owner Woody Johnson, 30-year-old Casey Johnson, died suddenly earlier this month. (Tragic, but true. An autopsy is being conducted, but the Los Angeles coroner’s office has not yet determined the cause of Continue Reading →

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