The journey begins in Miami.
Gang Green will open the
2008 regular season against the Dolphins -- a team the Jets beat twice last season, which accounted for half of their win total -- on Sept. 9 at 1:00 p.m. The Green and White will then head to the Meadowlands and renew hostilities with the AFC champion New England Patriots. It will be the third straight year the Jets open up their home schedule against the Pats. Coincidence? I think not! Oh, I can't wait to hear more about spygate -- can you? The Jets and Pats will play the second game on a Thursday night (Nov. 13) in New England.
The schedule makers also shocked me (and maybe the Jets) by awarding the team a Monday night tilt in Week 3 at the San Diego Chargers. The Jets made the playoffs in 2006 and weren't on MNF in 2007 and now they are coming off a horrible 4-12 campaign. Doesn't make much sense, does it?
Bruce Paine from the Cobra Brigade doesn't understand it either.
The Jets will also work in some frequent-flier miles. Gang Green will jet (Ha!) to the left coast not once, not twice, not even thrice, but four times. There's the already mentioned trip to San Diego which will be followed by treks to Oakland on Oct. 19, San Francisco on Dec. 7 and finally Seattle on Dec. 21.
The Jets will get their bye in Week 5.
If you want to get technical (and I'm sure you do), the Jets will "technically" open against the Browns in Cleveland on Aug. 7. The rest of the preseason schedule goes Washington, Giants and at Philadelphia.
It's always dangerous to predict in April, but there are a bunch of winnable games on New York's docket. The Jets will play only five games against playoff teams in 2007 (and two of those games are against the Patriots). But I'm sure teams will be looking at the Jets the same way. Time will tell.
The season will wrap up the way it started when the Dolphins visit the Meadowlands in Week 17.
It will be important for the Jets to get off to a good start since they spent a ton of cash this past offseason on free agents. But fans and media shouldn't go ballistic if Gang Green stumbles out of the gate. The New York Giants started out 0-2 and were staring 0-3 right in the kisser last season.
How did things turn out for them?
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