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Inspite of Win, Jets Are Mediocore

JETS 28
CHIEFS 24

Lets face it! The Jets are No Good! They are quickly becoming the worst team money can buy for $140 million dollars, and for what? Mediocrity? Losses to the Bradyless Patriots, and the awful Raiders. Trailing 24-21 late in a game against the lowley Kansas City Chiefs? This is what Jet fans get all excited about?

Brett Favre, for all of his greatness, looked awful. In fact, he brought memories back of some of the worst QB's in Jets history, not the best. Favre threw three interceptions in this game, one of which was returned for a touchdown to give Kansas City a 24-21 lead with 7:30 to play.

Maybe the Jets will use Favre's health as an excuse. Late in the second quarter, Favre got plastered by a converging defensive end. The ball he threw was intercepted at the Kansas City 20, but Favre was on the ground for about a minute. He slowly got up and moved strolled to the sideline in considerable pain. He sat on the bench, hunched over in pain but still found a way to get back into the field.

Favre ended the day completing 28 of 40 passes for 290 yards. 290 yards against one of the worst pass defenses in the league? Embarassing.

But it was not just Favre who was at fault. The defense was terrible. The Chiefs led by some guy named Tyler Thigpen ripped up the Jets defense. Thigpen threw two touchdowns, no interceptions and had a QB rating of 110.9 in the effort. His receivers were wide open on slants and cross patterns, as they ate up huge amounts of yards to get Kansas City down the field.

With the Jets up 14-7, Thigpen moved the ball down the field for a score. He hit Tony Gonzalez for 21 yards and Dwayne Bowe for 15 more to get the Chiefs to the Jets11. Then Thigpen hit Michael Bradley for an 11 yard touchdown to tie the game at 14.

In the third, Kansas City imposed their will on the Jets again. Thigpen completed six straight passes on this opening drive. He hit Bowe for 12. He hit Gonzalez for 11, hit Bradley twice for 13 and 12 yards a piece. Unfortunately for KC, Thigpen overthrew his intended receiver on third down and it forced them to kick a field goal. Kansas City led 17-14.

Jet fans were furious, booing and booing and screaming at their underachieveing franchise. The only star of the day for New York was Leon Washington who sprinted for 60 yards for one touchdown and caught an 18 yard touchdown for another. If it weren't for Washington the Jets would have lost.

This team is clearly underachieveing. In fact, they may not be as good as we think they are. You can have all the money in the world; you can have all the talent in the world, but it doesn't matter if there is no chemistry. Brett Favre spoke to that when he arrived in August ... it looks like he might have been right.

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