Why the New York Jets Need to Give Rex Ryan Another Season

October 23, 2013   ·   Aidan Mackie   ·   Jump to comments


In August, ESPN ranked the New York Jets dead last in their preseason power rankings. 
Yahoo Sports! predicted Gang Green to go 5-11. 
And CBS Sports had them winning between three and four games. 
Fans and experts everywhere had given up on the Jets during the preseason, and who could blame them?
New York had been stripped of 11 of its 22 starters from 2012. Darrelle Revis, Mike DeVito, Sione Pouha, Brandon Moore, LaRon Landry, Yeremiah Bell, Matt Slauson, Bryan Thomas, Bart Scott, Shonn Greene and Eric Smith were all gone. 
In addition to their losses, the Jets had a quarterback controversy between the much-maligned Mark Sanchez and rookie Geno Smith and had failed to make a major impact on the free-agent market. 
The team was going to finish last in the AFC East. Rex Ryan was going to lose his job and maybe his chance of ever being a head coach in the NFL again. 
Seven weeks through the season, these predictions ...

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