Same Old Jets: Top 10 Most Embarrassing New York Jets Stories
Same Old Jets: Top 10 Most Embarrassing New York Jets Stories
It’s the sad but true story of anagrams. You can’t spell the worst jest without using J, E, T, and S. This franchise crafted the greatest upset in football history when Joe Namath guaranteed a win in Super Bowl III. Uh, we’ll be playing Super Bowl 50 this year.
In between there have been 47 years of Jets follies. Here are my Top 10.
Len Berman is a columnist for About.com covering everything from baseball, to golf. He can be reached on Twitter: @LenBermanSports
No. 10: Rich Kotite
After the 1994 season the Philadelphia Eagles fired Rich Kotite as coach. Leon Hess couldn’t wait to hire him. Hess liked him so much he also named him G.M. The Jets proceeded to have their two worst seasons in franchise history: he followed up a 3-13 with a sterling 1-15 effort.
No. 9: The head coach is...?
It was all set. After Bill Parcells stepped down as coach in 1999 Bill Belichick would take over. Except as he was about to be introduced at a news conference he scribbled on a napkin that he was quitting as H.C. of the N.Y.J. Smart move.
No. 8: The 1983 NFL Draft
There were 6 quarterbacks chosen in the 1983 draft. Four of them played in a Super Bowl. In order of draft they were John Elway, Todd Blackledge, Jim Kelly, Tony Eason, Ken O’Brien and Dan Marino. The Jets took O’Brien with the 24th pick, passing on Marino.
No. 7: Fake Spike
And that leads us to the fake spike.
It was November 27, 1994. Of course the Jets led 17-0 in the game and in the final seconds, trailing by 3, Miami was driving. Marino signaled a spike at the 8-yard line to stop the clock. It was a ruse. Instead, he threw the game winning touchdown pass to Mark Ingram. 28-24 Dolphins.
No. 6: Jaw-Dropping
Let’s stick the Geno Smith broken jaw at #6. Punched out by IK Enemkpali because of a $600 debt. Enemkpali immediately got fired.
RELATED: Jets coach Todd Bowles shows he can handle adversity
Fans roared “same old Jets.” Some cruel fans crowed that the punch made the Jets a better team.
No. 5: Sheldon Richardson
But nothing that ever happened in the Jets locker room can top the stupidity of defensive lineman Sheldon Richardson. This summer, already suspended for marijuana use, he was arrested in Missouri for driving his Bentley 143 mph. In the car were a loaded semi-automatic weapon, the smell of marijuana and a 12-year old child.
Making matters worse, Richardson spoke to the New York media just an hour before the news broke of his arrest and promised all he would not get in trouble again.
No. 4: Sexting
Brett Favre was brought in to lead the Jets to the Promised Land. Instead he allegedly sexted pictures of his penis to Jen Sterger, a Jets Hostess. He also allegedly sexted messages to two part-time massage therapists who claimed they were fired when they told another therapist about it.
No. 3: You know, "The Bird?"
Talk about class. Jets Coach Rex Ryan shot the bird to MMA fans in Florida. It was caught on camera. The Jets fined him $50,000. He was later fined $75,000 by the league for cursing at a fan in New England and $100,000 for yelling “F*** You” after an upset win over Pittsburgh.
No. 1: The Butt Fumble
And that wasn’t Ryan’s most embarrassing moment as Jets coach. Videos got posted of the feet of Ryan’s wife and an off-camera voice that sounded like Rex. He never admitted that he was the one in the foot-fetish video. But he never denied it either.
If it’s called “Butt Fumble” then it has to be the worst moment in Jets history. It was Thanksgiving night of 2012. With the nation watching quarterback Mark Sanchez fumbled after colliding with the rear end of his own guard Brandon Moore.
The Patriots scored a touchdown on the play part of a 49-19 embarrassment.
It’s the sad but true story of anagrams. You can’t spell the worst jest without using J, E, T, and S. This franchise crafted the greatest upset in football history when Joe Namath guaranteed a win in Super Bowl III. Uh, we’ll be playing Super Bowl 50 this year.
In between there have been 47 years of Jets follies. Here are my Top 10.
Len Berman is a columnist for About.com covering everything from baseball, to golf. He can be reached on Twitter: @LenBermanSports
No. 10: Rich Kotite
After the 1994 season the Philadelphia Eagles fired Rich Kotite as coach. Leon Hess couldn’t wait to hire him. Hess liked him so much he also named him G.M. The Jets proceeded to have their two worst seasons in franchise history: he followed up a 3-13 with a sterling 1-15 effort.
No. 9: The head coach is...?
It was all set. After Bill Parcells stepped down as coach in 1999 Bill Belichick would take over. Except as he was about to be introduced at a news conference he scribbled on a napkin that he was quitting as H.C. of the N.Y.J. Smart move.
No. 8: The 1983 NFL Draft
There were 6 quarterbacks chosen in the 1983 draft. Four of them played in a Super Bowl. In order of draft they were John Elway, Todd Blackledge, Jim Kelly, Tony Eason, Ken O’Brien and Dan Marino. The Jets took O’Brien with the 24th pick, passing on Marino.
No. 7: Fake Spike
And that leads us to the fake spike.
It was November 27, 1994. Of course the Jets led 17-0 in the game and in the final seconds, trailing by 3, Miami was driving. Marino signaled a spike at the 8-yard line to stop the clock. It was a ruse. Instead, he threw the game winning touchdown pass to Mark Ingram. 28-24 Dolphins.
No. 6: Jaw-Dropping
Let’s stick the Geno Smith broken jaw at #6. Punched out by IK Enemkpali because of a $600 debt. Enemkpali immediately got fired.
RELATED: Jets coach Todd Bowles shows he can handle adversity
Fans roared “same old Jets.” Some cruel fans crowed that the punch made the Jets a better team.
No. 5: Sheldon Richardson
But nothing that ever happened in the Jets locker room can top the stupidity of defensive lineman Sheldon Richardson. This summer, already suspended for marijuana use, he was arrested in Missouri for driving his Bentley 143 mph. In the car were a loaded semi-automatic weapon, the smell of marijuana and a 12-year old child.
Making matters worse, Richardson spoke to the New York media just an hour before the news broke of his arrest and promised all he would not get in trouble again.
No. 4: Sexting
Brett Favre was brought in to lead the Jets to the Promised Land. Instead he allegedly sexted pictures of his penis to Jen Sterger, a Jets Hostess. He also allegedly sexted messages to two part-time massage therapists who claimed they were fired when they told another therapist about it.
No. 3: You know, "The Bird?"
Talk about class. Jets Coach Rex Ryan shot the bird to MMA fans in Florida. It was caught on camera. The Jets fined him $50,000. He was later fined $75,000 by the league for cursing at a fan in New England and $100,000 for yelling “F*** You” after an upset win over Pittsburgh.
No. 1: The Butt Fumble
And that wasn’t Ryan’s most embarrassing moment as Jets coach. Videos got posted of the feet of Ryan’s wife and an off-camera voice that sounded like Rex. He never admitted that he was the one in the foot-fetish video. But he never denied it either.
If it’s called “Butt Fumble” then it has to be the worst moment in Jets history. It was Thanksgiving night of 2012. With the nation watching quarterback Mark Sanchez fumbled after colliding with the rear end of his own guard Brandon Moore.
The Patriots scored a touchdown on the play part of a 49-19 embarrassment.
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