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-- We're still three days away from your return to MetLife Stadium, Rex, but let me be the first to offer a welcome-home greeting. A lot has happened to your old team since that fateful day last Dec. 29, when Woody Johnson decided six years of Rex Ryan was enough for the New York Jets.

Allow me to catch you up.

For the first time since 2011, the Jets reached the midpoint of the season with a 5-3 record. You remember that year, don't you, Rex? Everything collapsed in December and it ended with Santonio Holmes' meltdown in Miami. I'm not sure where 2015 is headed, but this is a gritty, tough-minded team. Their resilience was evident Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Playing without four injured starters, plus kicker Nick Folk, the Jets played Ugly Ball, made big plays on defense and won 28-23 to snap a two-game losing streak. Frankly, it resembled many of your 46 wins with the Jets.As soon as it was over, your name came up a lot in the locker room. You know us, Rex, we always smell a big story. Thursday night will be Rex Bowl I or Rex-ageddon or whatever you want to call it. Nearly every player who did a postgame interview was asked about your return and -- this may surprise you -- the answers were relatively bland. You see, these aren't your Jets anymore. Todd Bowles is a different kind of coach, a man of few words, and he frowns upon trash talking. So we heard a lot of guys saying, "It's just another game" and "It's the Jets against the Bills."

The most candid comment came from Rontez Miles, just up from the practice squad because of injuries at safety.

"It's going to be emotional on both ends," Miles said. "I'm pretty sure he's going to get 'em ready. Being here as a Jet, Rex loved it here. It's just war waiting to happen with Rex."

One of your favorites, Sheldon Richardson, put the past two seasons into perspective, saying, "It was a good time. We had bad seasons. It was just a good time."

Yes, there were bad seasons, none worse than last year's 4-12 debacle. But the crazy thing is, the players loved you to the bitter end. I remember one player crying on the day you were fired. The Jets still have 34 holdovers from your era, so there will be a lot of emotion on the field. Brandon Marshall never played for you, but he has a pretty good idea of how it will play out Thursday night."There will be some guys that make a play and look at his sideline and jaw back and forth," Marshall said. "Rex will jaw back and forth with a few guys, but at the end of the day it's football. Most guys -- pretty much all the guys in this locker room, most people in this facility, from what I hear -- love Rex. Great coach, great person. Hopefully, things work out for him in Buffalo, just not when we play them."So let me tell you about the team. Ryan Fitzpatrick is the guy you always wanted at quarterback -- smart, tough and not an interception machine, like the others were. Playing with a torn ligament in his left thumb on Sunday, Fitzpatrick passed for 272 yards and two touchdowns -- and not a single turnover. He did it with no help from the running game, as Chris Ivory was held to 26 yards on 23 carries -- the worst game ever for a running back with that many carries.

Those numbers are Tebow-esque. Oops, sore subject. Sorry about that. The Jets want to be Ground & Pound (your phrase), but their offensive line might be getting old and creaky and Ivory isn't breaking as many tackles as he did last month. You'd better watch Marshall and Eric Decker, though. They're a lot better than Stephen Hill and Clyde Gates.Your boys on defense delivered a strong game up front, recording six sacks and pressuring Blake Bortles into two interceptions, but there were more than a few hiccups on the back end. It was a rough day for Darrelle Revis and Antonio Cromartie. Bortles passed for 381 yards, reminiscent of last season when Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady, Philip Rivers ... OK, I'll stop there. There's no point in dredging up bad memories.

But I'll say this for the Jets: They battled though injuries and adversity.

"It builds a lot for mental toughness," Bowles said of the win. "I think we needed one of these type of wins for character purposes, moving on."

Looking forward to Thursday night, Rex. You know the crowd will be fired up. A little advice: Don't flip off any hecklers. As you know, it can get expensive.

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- With a sore-thumbed quarterback, no kicker, a banged-up offensive line and a patchwork secondary, the New York Jets showed grit and resourcefulness in their 28-23 victory Sunday over the Jacksonville Jaguars at MetLife Stadium. Their performance resembled Ryan Quigley's four extra points -- low and ugly, but successful.It was a struggle, but the Jets (5-3) snapped a two-game losing streak, setting the stage for Rex Bowl I. Their former coach comes to town Thursday night with the Buffalo Bills for a game that may set a record for short-week hype. This much is certain: The Jets won't be overconfident, not after their 60-minute struggle with the inferior Jaguars (2-6). If it had been any other opponent, the Jets probably would have lost.

Ryan Fitzpatrick, he of the ailing left thumb, did just enough to win. He threw for two touchdowns and committed no turnovers, surviving without a running game. The defense, coming off its worst performance of the season, did just enough to win. Except for the pass rush, not much worked for the Jets, but they demonstrated their mental toughness. No one exemplified that more than Quigley, the punter-turned-emergency kicker. Replacing the injured Nick Folk, who came up lame in the pregame warm-ups, Quigley was 4-for-4 on extra points -- the first PATs of his career.

Advice to Todd Bowles: Burn the tapes and start focusing on the Bills.

What were they thinking? Bowles was guilty of poor clock management at the end of the first half, and it cost the Jets a touchdown. With three timeouts and 1:30 on the clock, they ran on three straight plays, an unusually conservative strategy for the aggressive Bowles. Naturally, they went three-and-out. A bad punt, followed by horrible pass coverage by Antonio Cromartie, resulted in a 12-second touchdown drive by the Jaguars. Cromartie got faked on a double move and showed no catch-up speed, getting torched by Allen Hurns for a 30-yard touchdown. It's official: Cromartie's slump is real, not just a one-game hiccup.

One reason to get excited: The defense rebounded from its brutal outing last week, recording six sacks and its first three takeaways in three games -- Calvin Pace's strip sack and two interceptions by Marcus Williams. Pace made the biggest defensive play of the year, a strip/recovery that foiled a Jacksonville scoring threat. The big-name defensive line played one of its best games, with Sheldon Richardson dominating, but the big news was the emergence of rookie linebacker Lorenzo Mauldin. Used as a pass-rushing specialist -- finally -- Mauldin made his first two NFL sacks and provided a speedy presence on the edge.

One reason to panic: Chris Ivory, one of the NFL's hottest running backs last month, has been reduced to a nonfactor. He was held to 26 yards on 23 carries, bringing his total over the last three games to 84 yards. That is unacceptable for a team that prides itself on running the football. Ivory called out the offensive line last week, claiming it missed too many assignments. The line, minus right guard Willie Colon (knee/inactive) and center Nick Mangold (neck) for most of the game, generated no push against the Jaguars' eight-man fronts. The Jets should have been able to exploit one-on-one matchups in the passing game, but that didn't happen -- other than a couple of long passes to Jeff Cumberland and Kenbrell Thompkins. They'll need to rediscover their running game with the cold weather coming.

Fantasy: Poor yardage total notwithstanding, Ivory delivered for fantasy owners, scoring on a pair of 1-yard runs. Eric Decker, continuing his success in the red zone, scored his sixth touchdown -- a team high. A banged-up Brandon Marshall, doubled most of the day, scored the game-clinching touchdown.

Ouch: Folk injured his right quadriceps, perhaps during pregame warm-ups, leaving all the kicking to Quigley. Folk was in uniform, but he was limited to holding on extra points. Mangold reinjured his neck and left in the second quarter, a major blow to the offense. As soon as he was replaced, by Wesley Johnson, the offense was flagged twice for false starts. This is a troubling injury, especially with a short week coming up. The Jets are not the same without Mangold directing traffic in the trenches. Cromartie (thigh) and safety Dion Bailey (foot) left in the fourth quarter, creating a makeshift secondary.

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-- Rex Ryan is bringing his Buffalo Bills to New Jersey on Thursday, an opportunity for us reflect on his six years with the New York Jets -- an entertaining, never-a-dull-moment period in franchise history.

Our top 10 Rex moments  :

10. Premature concession: After a heartbreaking loss to the Atlanta Falcons in 2009, a downcast Ryan -- his team at 7-7 -- raised the white flag. "We're obviously out of the playoffs and that's unfortunate," he said. Except they weren't. They caught several breaks, won their last two and snuck in as a wild card -- and nearly made the Super Bowl.

9. Rex vs. Brandon: After a crushing loss to the Giants in 2011, Ryan got into a heated exchange with Giants running back Brandon Jacobs. They were chest to chest, barking at each other. "It's time to shut up, fat boy," Jacobs yelled at him. Ryan later tried to downplay it, calling it a "private conversation."

8. Tebow Time: The Jets' trade for Tim Tebow in 2012 created a circus atmosphere around the team, an everyday soap opera in which Ryan was peppered with questions about the backup quarterback. One of the most memorable days occurred in training camp, when they conducted a clandestine practice to work on secret plays for Tebow, who barely played and was eventually released.

7. Snoop Dog: Ryan's biggest coaching blunder occurred in a 2013 preseason game against the New York Giants, when he inserted Mark Sanchez in the fourth quarter behind an offensive line filled with scrubs. Sanchez suffered a season-ending shoulder injury, causing Ryan to come unhinged in his postgame news conference. Responding to a barrage of questions about his decision to play Sanchez, Ryan said the goal was to win the Snoopy Trophy -- given to the winner of the annual game. At one point, Ryan -- rattled by the moment -- turned sideways when answering a question.

6. Tatted up: During the team's general manager search in January 2013, Ryan and his wife escaped to the Bahamas for peace and quiet. It didn't last long. A member of the paparazzi snapped a photo of him at the pool, revealing a most unusual tattoo on his right arm: It depicted his wife wearing nothing but a Jets jersey -- a Sanchez jersey, of all things. Ryan has since replaced it with a Bills-related tattoo.

5. Wigging out: During the run-up to a 2010 game against his twin brother, Rob, the Cleveland Browns' defensive coordinator, Ryan showed up to one of his daily news conferences wearing a long-haired wig under a Browns cap. Oh, yes, he also had a pillow stuffed under his shirt, emulating his brother's prodigious midsection. Rex probably didn't need the pillow; those were his pre-weight-loss days.

4. Temper, temper: Ryan was fined $225,000 for three emotional outbursts -- flipping off a fan at an MMA event in 2010, barking a profanity at a fan during halftime at a game at MetLife Stadium in 2011 and yelling an expletive at an unidentified person on the field that was caught on camera at the end of a 2014 game.

3. Belichick obsession: A few months after being hired, Ryan delivered his most famous quote. "I never came here to kiss Bill Belichick's rings," he told a New York radio station. With that, the soundtrack to his tenure was born. He spent six years trying to overtake Belichick and the New England Patriots. Ryan won only four of 13 meetings, but one of them was a playoff game -- the Jets' biggest win since Super Bowl III.

2. Let's eat: The Jets' appearance on HBO's "Hard Knocks" in 2010 produced several classic moments. It also created great ratings for the network and the exposure did wonders for the Jets' brand. The highlight of the series was the speech in which Ryan scolded the team for sloppy play, concluding his rant with, "Let's go eat a goddamn snack!" -- truly a memorable TV moment.

1. Hollow guarantees: Ryan started firing in his introductory news conference, predicting the Jets would visit President Obama at the White House as Super Bowl champions. At the 2011 scouting combine, Ryan -- coming off two straight losses in the AFC Championship Game -- guaranteed a Super Bowl appearance. It was an ill-advised comment, considering one-third of the roster was headed to free agency in a lockout year. Forget the roster; it was just a dumb thing to say under any circumstances. He never made it back to the playoffs with the Jets.

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I will, stand and cheer for rex when Buffalo is introduced then root like crazy to destroy rex and his team. I thank Rex for everything he did for our franchise.

Everything he did?

He backed into the playoffs, then earned a trip to the playoffs, then demolished a talented team and wasted almost half a decade.

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I will, stand and cheer for rex when Buffalo is introduced then root like crazy to destroy rex and his team. I thank Rex for everything he did for our franchise.

He didn't do a whole lot but mess things up. Made the playoffs with a team he didn't build, then tore it down and left it at 4-12. Yeah, Rex Thanks a lot.....for giving us a new front office and HC. 

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Everything he did?

He backed into the playoffs, then earned a trip to the playoffs, then demolished a talented team and wasted almost half a decade.

stop it.  there's no such thing as backing into the playoffs, you either win the required # of games for that particular year or you don't and once in he led us to the doorstep of the SB.

 

I am not surprised you would pick them to go 2-14. 

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He didn't do a whole lot but mess things up. Made the playoffs with a team he didn't build, then tore it down and left it at 4-12. Yeah, Rex Thanks a lot.....for giving us a new front office and HC. 

yep, he took over an incredible franchise that hadn't been to a title game in 11 years and led us to back to back title games.  damn him!

 

I love the "his team" nonsense , that always cracks me up.

 

 

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The Jets won't change their approach or the way they prepare this week. But facing Rex Ryan will add something to the game -- at the very least, in warm-ups.

"I'm pretty sure I'll talk to him before the game," said linebacker David Harris, who played six seasons under Ryan from 2009-14. "After that, it's business as usual."

Don't expect the emotions of a Rex-Jets reunion to spill over in between the white lines -- at least not for Todd Bowles' team. For them, Thursday's prime-time game against the visiting Bills is about winning the next game on the schedule and defeating another AFC East opponent."We love Rex here," cornerback Marcus Williams said. "He's a great coach. But it's not about Rex this week. It's about the New York Jets against the Buffalo Bills."

"Obviously there's some motivation, said receiver Eric Decker, "but I don't think that's going to change how we approach the week."Ryan and former general manager John Idzik were fired Dec. 29 after the Jets' 4-12 finish in 2014. But he won over his players with his fiery disposition, his tell-it-like-it-is attitude and his brash claims that the Jets eventually would dominate the division.

Brandon Marshall didn't play for the ultimate players' coach, but he knows all about Ryan."There are going to be some who look at their sideline and jaw back and forth. Rex will jaw back and forth," Marshall said. "Pretty much all of the guys in this locker room and most people in this facility love Rex -- great coach and great person. Hopefully things work out for him in Buffalo, just not when we play him."

Ryan, however, downplayed his return to MetLife Stadium."It's just another opponent right now," he said after the Bills' 33-17 win over the Dolphins on Sunday. "Will that change when I'm in there? That's a possibility . . . It's all about you're playing another team. And I know that team really well . . . And it's no more than that -- I can promise you. It'll be the same way I'm answering it right now until at the end.

"Now after the game, that might change."

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Rex is gonna have a field day if his D only has to cover 15/20 yards Thurs.

Hope Fitz is able to stretch the field even a little early next week so the running game can open up.  Like when Marshall got behind the Jags secondary... not only should that have been an easy TD, it would've opened the running game and changed the whole game.  

That throw wasn't even very deep.  Maybe 25yds?  If we can't take advantage of those situations, defenses will always stack the box and that starts a series of things.  Can't run, tight coverage, quick offensive series, tired defense...  

Rex has to be salivating.

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stop it.  there's no such thing as backing into the playoffs, you either win the required # of games for that particular year or you don't and once in he led us to the doorstep of the SB.

 

I am not surprised you would pick them to go 2-14. 

When did I say anything about picking them or wanting them to go 2-14?

All I said was that Rex didn't "do great things" for this franchise. He took us on a fun ride in the playoffs, but he truly only had one good season... and the rest of his time here it spent gutting the team from the inside out.

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I think we all know how this ends: Bowles, running it into the line with a six-point lead, punts it back to the Bills with 2:14 on the clock, after which Rex--having burned two consecutive timeouts to challenge the spot on the one-yard plunge that put Chris Ivory over 100 yards on the day, somehow manages to only get two plays off  in 134 seconds.

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Rex is gonna have a field day if his D only has to cover 15/20 yards Thurs.

Hope Fitz is able to stretch the filed even a little early next week so the running game can open up.  Like when Marshall got behind the Jags secondary... not only should that have been an easy TD, it would've opened the running game and changed the whole game.  

That throw wasn't even very deep.  Maybe 25yds?  If we can't take advantage of those situations, defenses will always stack the box and that starts a series of things.  Can't run, tight coverage, quick offensive series, tired defense...  

Rex has to be salivating.

The throw to Marshall was designed to be back shoulder, it was already out by the time Marshall gained a step. Stop with the shoulda, coulda, woulda... look at the throws he made to Decker and Thompkins, even the TD pass to Marshall. His ball placement was very good yesterday.

 

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The throw to Marshall was designed to be back shoulder, it was already out by the time Marshall gained a step. Stop with the shoulda, coulda, woulda... look at the throws he made to Decker and Thompkins, even the TD pass to Marshall. His ball placement was very good yesterday.

 

Simply put, Gailey has to stretch the field early.  Even if the first couple attempts aren't successful.  Especially if Mangold can't go, there's no way we win if Rex is stacking the box.  

Don't care who is the QB.  If teams can keep 8 in, we won't win many games vs decent opponents.

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When did I say anything about picking them or wanting them to go 2-14?

All I said was that Rex didn't "do great things" for this franchise. He took us on a fun ride in the playoffs, but he truly only had one good season... and the rest of his time here it spent gutting the team from the inside out.

Only one good season? you didn't like playing for the right to represent the AFC in the SB?

 

he wasn't the GM.  we went for it from '09-'11 and got close, 2012 was a disaster then we foolishly fired the GM and brought Idzik in.

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The throw to Marshall was designed to be back shoulder, it was already out by the time Marshall gained a step. Stop with the shoulda, coulda, woulda... look at the throws he made to Decker and Thompkins, even the TD pass to Marshall. His ball placement was very good yesterday.

 

a back shoulder throw to the middle of the field w/ 2 defenders in front of him?

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Simply put, Gailey has to stretch the field early.  Even if the first couple attempts aren't successful.  Especially if Mangold can't go, there's no way we win if Rex is stacking the box.  

Don't care who is the QB.  If teams can keep 8 in, we won't win many games vs decent opponents.

Meh, I think we need to move the ball early and often. I don't care if it's by "stretching the field" or by running the annexation of Puerto Rico. Even if Fitz does start dropping deep bombs, I don't think Rex's defense is going to just give us the run. At the end of the day, we should probably just score more points than they do. 

Only one good season? you didn't like playing for the right to represent the AFC in the SB?

 

he wasn't the GM.  we went for it from '09-'11 and got close, 2012 was a disaster then we foolishly fired the GM and brought Idzik in.

Yes, one season where he earned his trip to the playoffs and beat the Pats on his way to a pathetic loss to the Steelers in the AFCC game. The first year, we backed in. What he did once we were in was impressive, but it wasn't a good season by any stretch of the imagination. He had the same record as Mangini the year before him, he just lucked into the playoffs, while for Mangini he got fired. The notion that Rex wasn't involved in shaping the roster with both Tanny and Idzik is naive. The proof proving this wrong is extensive, to the point where it's not worth rehashing... if you still have the wool pulled over your eyes, then it's because you want to be wrong. Not because you haven't been shown otherwise.

a back shoulder throw to the middle of the field w/ 2 defenders in front of him?

The Marshall throw was along the sideline. 

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Meh, I think we need to move the ball early and often. I don't care if it's by "stretching the field" or by running the annexation of Puerto Rico. Even if Fitz does start dropping deep bombs, I don't think Rex's defense is going to just give us the run. At the end of the day, we should probably just score more points than they do. 

Yes, one season where he earned his trip to the playoffs and beat the Pats on his way to a pathetic loss to the Steelers in the AFCC game. The first year, we backed in. What he did once we were in was impressive, but it wasn't a good season by any stretch of the imagination. He had the same record as Mangini the year before him, he just lucked into the playoffs, while for Mangini he got fired. The notion that Rex wasn't involved in shaping the roster with both Tanny and Idzik is naive. The proof proving this wrong is extensive, to the point where it's not worth rehashing... if you still have the wool pulled over your eyes, then it's because you want to be wrong. Not because you haven't been shown otherwise.

The Marshall throw was along the sideline. 

pathetic losing by 5 on the road against Pitt which is the closest title game loss we have ever had.

how does a team back in winning 5 of their last 6?  I don't buy the backing in excuse anyway but when winning 5 of 6 how can anyone say they backed in?

 

was Rex involved? of course but he wasn't the GM.  Idzik destroyed us.  under tannenbaum we had an older, expensive team and were going to have to take some lumps before having a chance again.

the Marshall throw where we were up 14-3? does anyone have a clip? I don't recall that being down the sideline.

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pathetic losing by 5 on the road against Pitt which is the closest title game loss we have ever had.

how does a team back in winning 5 of their last 6?  I don't buy the backing in excuse anyway but when winning 5 of 6 how can anyone say they backed in?

 

was Rex involved? of course but he wasn't the GM.  Idzik destroyed us.  under tannenbaum we had an older, expensive team and were going to have to take some lumps before having a chance again.

the Marshall throw where we were up 14-3? does anyone have a clip? I don't recall that being down the sideline.

That's all very nice. Wrong, but very nice.

 

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this is why you post the nonsense you post, instead of paying attention and learning you spew nonsense. 

There's nothing you can teach me that I can't learn on my own from a bottle of ether, a Lavern & Shirley marathon, and sticking my tongue in the socket.

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