By Tom Rock
Greetings from Jacksonville, where it’s really teal-y. The stadium is empty except for some cheerleaders rah-rahing to the vacant seats. I don’t know how many of you have ever had the chance to be in an empty stadium the morning of the game, but it’s pretty cool. The quiet before the storm.
The inactives for this game: RB Cedric Hsoutson, FB James Hodgins, LB Anthony Schlegel, LB Ryan Riddle, C Trey Teague, TE Zach Hamilton and DE Dave Ball for the Jets. Bit of a surprise with Ball, and I thought Hodgins would give them some good push up the middle with the big boys the Jags line up. There was some talk that Kellen Clemens would leapfrog Patrick Ramsey as the backup QB, but Clemens is still listed as the 3rd QB. Kevan Barlow will be the starting RB for the Jets and Derrick Blaylock will be active (though to what degree remains to be seen).
For the Jags, DT Marcus Stroud, DE Marcellus Wiley, WR Matt Jones, RB LaBrandon Toefield, CB Dee Webb, RB Alvin Pearman and OT Richard Collier are inactive and Quinn Gray is the third QB. Rob Meier will start at DT for Stroud and Bobby McCray will start at Meier’s usual position, DE.
If you get to Jacksonville Beach, be sure to eat at the Dolphin Depot. It’s a pretty unassuming place, a converted gas station from what I read, but the seafood is fantastic. And the waitress recites the items on the menu, going into mouth-watering detail while you sit at the table drooling. I may write a letter to the NFL petitioning Jacksonville to be included in the AFC East just so I can come here once a year and eat at the Dolphin Depot. The AFC South can take Miami. Or better yet, Buffalo.
Just to weigh in on the baseball scene, the Yankees can’t put the blame of this terrible post season all on A-Rod. High-ticket items Randy Johnson, Mike Mussina and Giambi weren’t without fault. But, there’s no way they can head to spring training with A-Rod at third base for the 2007 season. It’ll be too much of a distraction, too much of a circus. He’s one of the best players, but not one of the best Yankees. Then again, maybe Sgt. Piniella will scare him straight!
Comments (4)
Well, that was ugly. It looks like the team everyone predicted that the JETS would be, before the seaon started, finally showed up.
Nothing worked, coaching, defense, Pennington, etc.
Is Chad hurting? He looked horrible, and at the end of last week's game he didn't try one long pass.
Frank
>> Through four games, they have yet to play a real stinker. <<
You realize that you jinxed the team with this comment. :-)
Sorry. Hopefulyy Mangini will fix it.
I do wonder about Chad though.
ISn't Chad now 3-15 against top 10 defensive teams in his career?
The man just can't beat a good defense.