Loading ...With the preseason battle for New York coming up this Saturday, leave it to running back Brandon Jacobs -despite no longer being involved- to stir up some controversy. Always a Giant at heat, Jacobs still has some bitter feelings towards Rex Ryan and the New York Jets. In an interview with CBS Sports, Jacobs said the Jets will never move past the Giants as New York's team.
Last season, it was Jacobs who told Jets coach Rex Ryan "It's time to shut up, fat boy." This, of course, came after the Giants proved to the Jets who big brother was; defeating them 29 to 16 in week 16. Following that game, Jacobs continued to show his distaste for the Jets.
“Rex Ryan is a disrespectful bastard. The Jets have a big mouth, big belly coach that talks too much,” Jacobs said at the time.
It's clear Jacobs has a history with Gang Green, but even now that he is no longer a Giant, it seems his feelings haven't changed. Jacobs believes the Jets can try all they want but they will never become the superior New York team.
“They were in the AFC Championship game twice in a row, but the year after that the Giants win the Super Bowl. That discredits everything as far as the Battle of the City. They can't ever one-up the Giants — not in my eyesight; not in anyone else's eyesight. They can never do that. They keep trying, but they're doing it the wrong way,” Jacobs said.
The Jets have certainly passed the Giants in one category: headlines. Rex Ryan seems to always be in the news for an outlandish comment or action, whether it's guaranteeing a Super Bowl Championship for the umpteenth time or flipping off a camera. This offseason the Jets made the ultimate attention begging move of them all by acquiring "quarterback" Tim Tebow, who already dominated Sportscenter. Jacobs called the Jets organization a "circus" after their offseason full of attention.
“Obviously the Jets have some great players. Bart Scott, [Darrelle] Revis, [Antonio] Cromartie. They have a good defense, no question about it. But all this stuff surrounding [Tim] Tebow and [Mark] Sanchez … I truly think it's going to be Sanchez. He's going to be the guy. He's got to be the guy. He's the natural quarterback out of the two. That's just my opinion. I shouldn't be speaking of their team, but I'm just so tired of reading and hearing of everything over there … and it's mid-August. It's like: Are you kidding me? Camp's not even over," he said.
While Jacobs may dislike the team, he certainly respects them and their talent. Jacobs even admitted to liking coach Ryan, going as far as saying they're similar, despite his comments directed at him last season.
"I really like coach Ryan. I feel like we're sort of alike," he added.
The Jets certainly do possess some talent, especially on defense, but Jacobs (like most NFL fans) remains baffled at some of the moves the organization makes.
“Like I said, the Jets have a great football team. They're talented, no question about that, and Shonn [Greene] is a great running back who runs hard. They've got a good team, man, but sometimes … I just don't know what the problem is. That's why things go the way it does for them," Jacobs said.
The annual preseason game hyped as "the MetLife Bowl" is this Saturday. Though the game has no real meaning, it is often a very physical game, where seeing a scuffle break out isn't uncommon. We will see if this weekend's showdown will help throw some more fuel on the Giants, Jets rivalry.
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I miss Jacobs. Loved his fire and his passion.
Great analysis of the O Line by Norm on the previous thread. Couldn’t agree more. The center of the line should be much improved over last year. I for one was real impressed with Boothe last season (how prescient was Jerry last year with his comments about him?).
I’m more than a little taken aback at the suggestion of some posters that we should bring back Kareem McKenzie. Good Lord! The main was a human turnstyle last year for crying out loud!
It was his first and only bad year at RT. Before then, he was the best offensive lineman we had, an under-rated RT, perhaps the best in the NFC. It’s hard to imagine that he just all of a sudden got too old to play at a high level. I don’t know if there was injuries or if the weird offseason/lockout was to blame, but he just went from great to sh*t in a matter of no time. Doesn’t usually happen that way, and therefore I think he should be given another shot, provided it’s economically possible.
Basically you answered your own questikn. This is about economics and/or pride. I dont think Mckenzie is coming back to fight for a roster spot and possibly be the startin right tackle if he proves last year was an abberation. And I doubt hea doin it for at or near the vet minimum. I could be wrong but I think thats the issue. Not all that different ghan Marcus Thomas but hes younger and in his prime so he evenetually lowered his demands, I just doubt McKenzie would.
I feel a little better about the DT situation after the Marcus Thomas signing. If Austin is a no go, I can live with having to start with Linval, Bernard, Thomas, and Hendricks until Canty returns.
This was posted at BBI. Thought it was pretty interesting:
Most difficult road to a championship
P-Man : 8/16/2012 10:48 pm
All Super Bowl champions since 1980 listed by the amount of losses their opponents in the playoffs had. I left out the wild card games to keep it even, every playoff run consists of 3 games. A way to rank the most difficult roads to a championship.
6 – 2007 NYG
7 – 2011 NYG
8 – 2005 PIT, 2004 NE
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10 – 2006 IND, 1990 NYG
11 – 2001 NE, 2000 BAL, 1997 DEN
12 – 2010 GB, 2009 NO, 1998 DEN, 1992 DAL
13 – 2003 NE, 1996 GB, 1991 WAS, 1988 SF
14 – 1999 STL, 1986 NYG(1), 1984 SF, 1982 WAS*, 1980 OAK
15 – 2002 TB, 1987 WAS*(1), 1983 LAR, 1981 SF
16 – 1995 DAL, 1994 SF, 1989 SF, 1985 CHI
17 – 1993 DAL
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20 – 2008 PIT
You’re on a roll OG !!!
Norm’s detail about the OL is mostly true. But I am not certain that Diehl and Lockear will be as good as Diehl and McKenzie were last year. I know that we didn’t get great tackle play last year but Diehl appear to be declining every year and Lockear is just a journey man at this point. Without Beatty I’m really concerned about our tackles. While I don’t have any issue with how we invested in the OL, I would be very concerned about starting the year with Diehl at LT and Lockear at RT or vice versa.
It’s nice to say we should have invested more into the OL but we don’t have players like Prince and Wilson if we make different moves. With Beatty this unit has a chance to be very good but without him it’s a big concern. We bet a lot on Beatty this year and it looks like we might lose that bet. If Beatty is not our long term solution it will be costly to replace him. A free agent LT will cost at least as much as we could re-sign Beatty for after the season. Drafting a rookie LT in the later part of the first round is not a sure thing. Assuming Diehl is gone after this year then we are looking changing both tackles which again will effect to chemistry of the OL.