Jets

Iwasfrozen

Ok so I don't know much about American football but I've read up on the rules and I really want to get into the game and the best way I see of doing that is to support a team. Now I used to live in New York so I guess I have to pick a NY team. For that reason I want to know your opinions on the Jets, are they a good team ? Do they stink ? And/Or am i wasting my time supporting them ?

RichTea

Jets are an entertaining team. They have a great defense, a young and talented quarterback and a blabbermouth coach.

If you're absolutely sure you want to support them instead of the Giants then here are a few players to look out for.

Darrelle Revis, Cornerback
Thomas Jones, Running Back
Mark Sanchez, Quarterback
Bart Scott, Linebacker

Stick with your team, no matter what decision you make. It'll be far more rewarding for you as a fan. Nothing beats the hope and heartbreak of the NFL.

Black Swan

Well, I like QB Sanchez, but they have one problem that will be hard to overcome. I can summarize it in one word: Chargers!

eagle eye

I don't think my comments on the Jets would help the matter so I'll say nothing, they would be very biased and unfavourable to say the least.:D

Hynzie

Id go with the Giants if I were you:D

_Buck Rogers

No no no no no forget New York! You want to support the Titans , I need a second Titan fan in the country so Tallaght and Eagle will stop teaming up and bullying me!

tallaghtoutlaws

_Buck Rogers wrote: »

No no no no no forget New York! You want to support the Titans , I need a second Titan fan in the country so Tallaght and Eagle will stop teaming up and bullying me!

You know we love you really. We are supporting you for your bad choice of team :D

_Buck Rogers

tallaghtoutlaws wrote: »

You know we love you really. We are supporting you for your bad choice of team :D

Did I say Titans, I meant Tennessee Johnson :P

tallaghtoutlaws

_Buck Rogers wrote: »

Did I say Titans, I meant Tennessee Johnson :P

This Just In

The Titans move to Johnson Tennessee to rename the Team the Johnson Titans:D

http://www.johnsoncitytn.org/

Eire-Dearg

_Buck Rogers wrote: »

No no no no no forget New York! You want to support the Titans , I need a second Titan fan in the country so Tallaght and Eagle will stop teaming up and bullying me!

You're not alone brother, you're not alone. I'm a Titan

_Buck Rogers

Woop. . .woo. wo. . . .hey! Go away and stop stealing my thunder;)

kryogen

eagle eye wrote: »

I don't think my comments on the Jets would help the matter so I'll say nothing, they would be very biased and unfavourable to say the least.:D

i would echo these sentiments

only advice i can give you is to forget both of em and support the Patriots!

cooker3

no no, the patriots are the team of 2,000s. Packers are the team for 2010s

Eire-Dearg

The thing is you don't want to seems like a glory hunter, so to an extent the Jets is a good team to pick. They're good to watch, have some great players and the future is bright. Plus you have a small connection in you lived in NY for a while. Nobody could complain with that!

tallaghtoutlaws

kryogen wrote: »

i would echo these sentiments

only advice i can give you is to forget both of em and support the Patriots!

+1 to this.

Zaph

kryogen wrote: »

only advice i can give you is to forget both of em and support the Patriots!

Don't listen to him, the Patriots are evil and must be destroyed!

As a Jets fan you can look forward to many years of underachievement and disappointment, punctuated by the odd year of promise when the team actually looks good ok and makes the playoffs, only for it all to be snatched away to leave you with a sense of underachievement and disappointment. I found the first 15 years or so were the hardest.

tallaghtoutlaws

Zaph wrote: »

Don't listen to him, the Patriots are evil and must be destroyed!

As a Jets fan you can look forward to many years of underachievement and disappointment, punctuated by the odd year of promise when the team actually looks good ok and makes the playoffs, only for it all to be snatched away to leave you with a sense of underachievement and disappointment. I found the first 15 years or so were the hardest.

Spoken like a true scum Jets fan

raven136

I find its a bit like supporting liverpool in soccer.Pretty much a life of hell punctuated by a few moments of joy,although fleeting

Iwasfrozen

Blue_Lagoon wrote: »

Well, I like QB Sanchez, but they have one problem that will be hard to overcome. I can summarize it in one word: Chargers!

Why what's so special about the chargers ?

Zaph wrote:

Don't listen to him, the Patriots are evil and must be destroyed!

As a Jets fan you can look forward to many years of underachievement and disappointment, punctuated by the odd year of promise when the team actually looks good ok and makes the playoffs, only for it all to be snatched away to leave you with a sense of underachievement and disappointment. I found the first 15 years or so were the hardest.

raven136 wrote:

I find its a bit like supporting liverpool in soccer.Pretty much a life of hell punctuated by a few moments of joy,although fleeting

Ok, now you're scaring me.

tallaghtoutlaws

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

Why what's so special about the chargers ?

The Jets are playing the Chargers in the Playoffs right this minute. Blue was saying the Jets will have to overcome them tonight i.e now

kryogen

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

Why what's so special about the chargers ?


Ok, now you're scaring me.

Jets playing chargers tonight, probably not gonna end well for them!

Yes, be scared of the Jets, come support the Pats!

Iwasfrozen

tallaghtoutlaws wrote: »

The Jets are playing the Chargers in the Playoffs right this minute. Blue was saying the Jets will have to overcome them tonight i.e now

Cool, can I watch it anywhere on the internet ?

Eire-Dearg

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

Cool, can I watch it anywhere on the internet ?

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055740951

tallaght posted a link in there

tallaghtoutlaws

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

Cool, can I watch it anywhere on the internet ?

On Sky Sports if you have it. If not

http://atdhe.net/index.html

http://www.myp2p.eu/competition.php?...ericanfootball

www.Justin.tv

One of these links will help you out.

raven136

mind you the Patriots fans would kill for our running back,sorry any running back

At least as a Jet fan you certainly wont be labelled a glory hunter any time soon

davyjose

Two Titans fans on this forum? what happened guys, you lose a bet?

OP, tell me in 2 hours time if you still wanna be a jet

Eire-Dearg

davyjose wrote: »

Two Titans fans on this forum? what happened guys, you lose a bet?

OP, tell me in 2 hours time if you still wanna be a jet

What's wrong with the Titans?

raven136

davyjose wrote: »

Two Titans fans on this forum? what happened guys, you lose a bet?

OP, tell me in 2 hours time if you still wanna be a jet

Im going to answer for him with a resounding YES.

eagle eye

All aboard the fairweather train eh?

raven136

eagle eye wrote: »

All aboard the fairweather train eh?

Dont think there is that many Jet fans on here and we have suffered some very poor teams and coaches and deserve a few minutes gloating.We all know that they will find a way to break our hearts before the season is out.

tallaghtoutlaws

raven136 wrote: »

Dont think there is that many Jet fans on here and we have suffered some very poor teams and coaches and deserve a few minutes gloating.We all know that they will find a way to break our hearts before the season is out.

To be fair I have seen more Jets fans pop up tonight in the Playoff thread than I have in a long time :D:D All popping their heads from under the rock to say hello

Scoobydooo

Im in the same boat as this guy, really want to get into American Football but need to pick a team first, never been to America before so can't exactly start there but I'd like to support an up and coming, exciting team any ideas ??

Chanandler Bong

Scoobydooo wrote: »

Im in the same boat as this guy, really want to get into American Football but need to pick a team first, never been to America before so can't exactly start there but I'd like to support an up and coming, exciting team any ideas ??

The Colts, they've got this young, unproven renegade called Manning at QB, could be interesting to watch him develop

Chucky the tree

Scoobydooo wrote: »

Im in the same boat as this guy, really want to get into American Football but need to pick a team first, never been to America before so can't exactly start there but I'd like to support an up and coming, exciting team any ideas ??

Detroit Lions.

kryogen

Scoobydooo wrote: »

Im in the same boat as this guy, really want to get into American Football but need to pick a team first, never been to America before so can't exactly start there but I'd like to support an up and coming, exciting team any ideas ??

Patriots

easy




and another reason to love the Patriots, fast forward the start if you must!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VKUSgHPm4E

and more excitement!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1s4ReSvjyA

NTMK

Scoobydooo wrote: »

Im in the same boat as this guy, really want to get into American Football but need to pick a team first, never been to America before so can't exactly start there but I'd like to support an up and coming, exciting team any ideas ??

If you got any football mad relatives you can pick a rival team to annoy them. I support the 49ers since they beat the seahawks in '02

Failing that watch a few games see what teams you like to watch?

P.S Packers are going to become a fantastic team (as much as it pains me to say it)

Please dont pick the patriots people will secretly hate you

RichTea

kryogen wrote: »

Patriots

easy




and another reason to love the Patriots, fast forward the start if you must!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VKUSgHPm4E

and more excitement!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1s4ReSvjyA

There are far too many Patriots fans in Ireland as it is.

Lothaar

RichTea wrote: »

There are far too many Patriots fans in Ireland as it is.

Right.

And the Patriots have 'England' in their name FFS! 800 years is all I'm sayin'.

kryogen

RichTea wrote: »

There are far too many Patriots fans in Ireland as it is.

and strangely enough i dont know any other patriot fan on a personal level!

plenty of cowboys and giants fans alright!

columok

Pick a team with a story. I'm a Ravens fan and its good to have a team with shortcomings aswell as features. My team destroys the patriots then just 6 days later gets embarrassed by the colts.

I think the Vikes could be an interesting team to support next year (and they're my backup team now that the ravens are out) as I think such a great receiving core, running back, D-line but with a big gap at QB (if favre retires) makes for great drama throughout the season.

To echo what people say though once you pick stick with that team for better or worse. Its much more entertaining that way!!!

Iwasfrozen

So, I didn't get to see the entire match last night. Who won in the end ?

Chanandler Bong

columok wrote: »

Pick a team with a story. I'm a Ravens fan and its good to have a team with shortcomings aswell as features. My team destroys the patriots then just 6 days later gets embarrassed by the colts.

I think the Vikes could be an interesting team to support next year (and they're my backup team now that the ravens are out) as I think such a great receiving core, running back, D-line but with a big gap at QB (if favre retires) makes for great drama throughout the season.

To echo what people say though once you pick stick with that team for better or worse. Its much more entertaining that way!!!

It still feels weird hearing that about the Vikings post-Moss

Zaph

The Jets, 17-14. You have to become a Jets fan now.

I started supporting them in the mid-80s when the QB was Ken O'Brien and the kicker was Pat Leahy. Added to that they played in green so I (wrongly) assumed there was some Irish connection and so I became a Jets fan. The important thing, as someone already said, is to stick with the choice you make, no matter how painful it may prove to be (I'm a Leeds fan as well, so I know all about pain ).

Eire-Dearg

Iwasfrozen wrote: »

So, I didn't get to see the entire match last night. Who won in the end ?

Some Jets fan :D

The Jets won 17-14

Iwasfrozen

Zaph wrote: »

The Jets, 17-14. You have to become a Jets fan now.

Awesome, so I guess Jets don't suck so bad.

Overall however, which would you guys think is the better team, Jets or Giants ?

Donnelly117

Scoobydooo wrote: »

Im in the same boat as this guy, really want to get into American Football but need to pick a team first, never been to America before so can't exactly start there but I'd like to support an up and coming, exciting team any ideas ??

CHARGERS!!!