k-met57 Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 thinking about Mangold calling it a career and watching his little retirement video talking about wanting to be a jet for life, got me thinking about the great Jets over the years. who is that one player that makes you want to be associated with this team and its history? for me, this guy IS the jets for my generation. grind through ups and downs, but u couldn't get the guy to stop coming. P.S. the first minute made me remember how much i hated Kottite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T0mShane Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 Len Bias. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge4Tide Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Namath, Chrebet, Klecko, Curtis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lith Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warfish Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 If we had 22 Nick Mangold, Wayne Chrebet, Mo Lewis and Dennis Byrd's, nothing on this earth could stop us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crusher Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Eli Manning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoingToMyGraveGreen Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 9 hours ago, T0mShane said: Len Bias. I doubt there are many Boston Celtic fans here Tom...great college career though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigalbarracuda Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Chad Pennington -- guy made me a Jet fan (I honestly see a little of him in Baker Mayfield, same kind of fire, teammate admiration). Also because, like the Jets in my lifetime, he flashed greatness but bad luck, injuries, etc. derailed a lot of promise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shuler82 Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Are we being objective or letting our personal fan bias get in the way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoBowles Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Keshawn Johnson.... wasnt really that great, but was pretty good, so we thought he was better than he was. Pretty much the Jets in most non toilet seasons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HessStation Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Gilbert Godfried Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larz Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 One eye and man of gold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriot Killa Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 The infamous Greg F*CKING McElroy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RoadFan Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Aaron Glenn. Th Jets franchise, like Glenn, is a little smallish living in the shadow of their landlords. Both capable of occasionally playing at a really high level. Glenn played on some very good teams, and some awful ones. In typical Jets fashion, even some all-time great Jets live in infamy like Mo Lewis for breaking Bledsoe's ribs... Gastineau roughing Kosar... and rookie Aaron Glenn for getting pantsed by Marino with the fake-spike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuscanyTile2 Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Harris Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Josh. Rosen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAR I Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Mark Sanchez. Jets spend 40 years looking for a franchise quarterback and find one at the very moment they hire a head coach who thinks he can win a Super Bowl like the '85 Bears and treats his offense like a disease. SAR I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike135 Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachEY Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 7 minutes ago, SAR I said: Mark Sanchez. Jets spend 40 years looking for a franchise quarterback and find one at the very moment they hire a head coach who thinks he can win a Super Bowl like the '85 Bears and treats his offense like a disease. SAR I Agreed. Mark Sanchez. Objectively terrible, but a small handful of people every year will make the case that he’s actually good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYs Stepchild Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgb Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Gastineau. He was enjoyable to watch when his antics weren't frustrating as Hell. Dominant at times. Colossally bone-headed at others. He was also tabloid fodder. And often a punch-line. But when he was on he was on and did it with style and swagger. However in the biggest play of his career, he sabotaged the team with a legendary blunder. Always had a love/hate relationship with the fans and media. Alternating between being adulated and vilified. And abruptly walked away when he still had gas in the tank and destined to be overlooked by the self-proclaimed historians of the game and HOF voters. Now reduced to a shell of his former shelf, his mind wracked by the physical and emotional toll of playing football for the NYJ. If anyone embodies the Jets it's Gastineau or nobody for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20andOut Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 1 hour ago, Sarge4Tide said: Namath, Chrebet, Klecko, Curtis Add Mangold to this list and you pretty much nailed it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doggin94it Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 1 hour ago, Warfish said: If we had 22 Nick Mangold, Wayne Chrebet, Mo Lewis and Dennis Byrd's, nothing on this earth could stop us. Appropriate, since we still wouldn't have a QB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BroadwayBen Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 I feel as if i'm young compared to most of the posters on this forum, but this guy right here. Even though my dad was a giants fan, curtis martin was the first jersey I ever asked for, and a big reason why i'm still the jet fan I am today... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetsons Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 what player personifies the jets to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bla bla bla Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 I was a late bloomer, one of the shortest kids in school. I had to work 10x harder to compete with some of the bigger guys. When I finally grew I never lost that mentality. For me Wayne Chrebet is my hero, broke down and cried when he retired. I know he had all the concussions and is suffering mental issues because of it but man I wanted him to play forever. I think this is why I want Baker so badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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New York Mick Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Blair Thomas - destroyed hope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuscanyTile2 Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 8 hours ago, NYs Stepchild said: What about him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villain The Foe Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Aaron Glenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetfan13 Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 19 hours ago, k-met57 said: thinking about Mangold calling it a career and watching his little retirement video talking about wanting to be a jet for life, got me thinking about the great Jets over the years. who is that one player that makes you want to be associated with this team and its history? for me, this guy IS the jets for my generation. grind through ups and downs, but u couldn't get the guy to stop coming. P.S. the first minute made me remember how much i hated Kottite. agree 100%. He is from my hometown, Garfield, is friends with my cousin, and in case you didn't know, played basketball at Garfield High and could dunk the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-met57 Posted April 18, 2018 Author Share Posted April 18, 2018 Aaron Glenn Great Jet. Was one of my favorites and I think was a jet only right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetfan13 Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 4 hours ago, BroadwayBen said: I feel as if i'm young compared to most of the posters on this forum, but this guy right here. Even though my dad was a giants fan, curtis martin was the first jersey I ever asked for, and a big reason why i'm still the jet fan I am today... not a bad choice, class all the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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