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NIGHT STALKER

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Thursday night's AFC East showdown between the New England Patriots and the New York Jets has more at stake than just the division lead.

Credibility and job security are on the line. Also at stake is the philosophical debate of the right way to catch the Patriots, long the dominant team in the AFC East. Naturally, no AFC East team went into this past offseason believing the division title was open for competition. The Patriots were coming off a 16-0 season and a last-minute loss to the New York Giants in the Super Bowl.

Should the Jets beat the Patriots and eventually win the division, general manager Mike Tannenbaum could be the early leader for executive of the year. Whether you like the Brett Favre trade or not, Tannenbaum aggressively took advantage of the veterans available in free agency and trades, and he now has the Jets in excellent position.

This is the season for an AFC East team to steal a trip to the playoffs. The schedule offers eight games against potentially easy marks in the AFC West and the NFC West. During the offseason, that schedule offered hope for the Jets, coming off a 4-12 campaign, that they could make a playoff run if they made the right moves.

Tannenbaum might have pulled off the best trade of the offseason by acquiring nose tackle Kris Jenkins from the Carolina Panthers for third- and fifth-round choices. Cleveland Browns nose tackle Shaun Rogers might be having a better season individually, but the Browns rank 26th against the run. The Jets have gone from allowing 134.8 yards per game to allowing 76.4 in run defense. In a victory Nov. 2 at the Buffalo Bills, Jenkins had a bigger effect than Favre because his play at nose tackle helped make the Bills one-dimensional on offense, taking away the run.

Linebacker Calvin Pace cost $42 million, but he has helped the Jets' pass rush. Pace has only four sacks, but the Jets lead the league with 31.

Guard Alan Faneca has brought the type of leadership and toughness to the offense that was expected. Favre has been sacked only 16 times, and the rushing offense is averaging 4.6 yards a carry. Fullback Tony Richardson was signed for the minimum salary, but he has opened enough holes for halfback Thomas Jones that Jones is on pace for a 1,300-yard season.

Finally, the Favre trade has put the Jets atop the division in scoring at 28.3 points per game. The 103 points scored against the Arizona Cardinals and the St. Louis Rams naturally bloated that number, but Favre gives the offense the ability to win with last-minute drives and in big games.

Naturally, the moves came with a big price tag. Tannenbaum added about $185 million worth of contracts to the payroll, and the roster got older. And who knows what will happen at quarterback after the season; Favre still could retire.

The pressure will be on the Jets on Thursday night because they played all their cards to catch the Patriots, who made only minor patches during the offseason and have lost Tom Brady, Rodney Harrison, Laurence Maroney and Adalius Thomas since the start of the regular season.

Still, if the Jets win, it will prove making the right moves can work.

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Tannanbaum has the early lead for Executive of the year? How? Tuna has turned Miami around - a far bigger turn than the Jets. How 'bout Tennessee? How 'bout Atlanta?

@ least it isn't Pioli, or whoever the hell you guys got running things over there.....

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Tannanbaum has the early lead for Executive of the year? How? Tuna has turned Miami around - a far bigger turn than the Jets. How 'bout Tennessee? How 'bout Atlanta?

Atlanta wins it by a landslide!!!!

a rook QB leading the way from your favorite School no less;)

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Tannanbaum has the early lead for Executive of the year? How? Tuna has turned Miami around - a far bigger turn than the Jets. How 'bout Tennessee? How 'bout Atlanta?

i guess,,but is there a real big diff betwen 4 wins and 1 win,,boith are pathetic,,i think tha article was hinting that he felt jets would be in better positio nto win east as opposed to fish,,

but by lookin a fish schyedule i actually say that tyhey have greta chance to win east

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Tannanbaum has the early lead for Executive of the year? How? Tuna has turned Miami around - a far bigger turn than the Jets. How 'bout Tennessee? How 'bout Atlanta?

Agreed. Tuna has transformed the Dolphins in no time.

Key guy on all three of your examples is an ex-Jet (Mawae, Abraham, Pennington) so maybe Tannebaum is truly the Exec of the year :)

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Tannanbaum has the early lead for Executive of the year? How? Tuna has turned Miami around - a far bigger turn than the Jets. How 'bout Tennessee? How 'bout Atlanta?

Garb, this is John Clayton we're talking about and he always disses the Jets. It is surprising that he makes such a statement. But it's him saying it, so take it up with the Crypt Keeper.

But as to the Executive of the Year award? Who knows and who cares.

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You finally come to realize BC is a good school!!!!

Nice kid that mattie, a vermont boy i'm being told

I said I was wrong about Ryan's abilities.....not the school. Put it this way - BC is basically a mas sh*le factory with decent academics, not-as-good-as-they-think-they-are athletics, father flanagan posing with with a flask, slutty chicks, delusional males and putrid alumni. :P

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I said I was wrong about Ryan's abilities.....not the school. Put it this way - BC is basically a mas sh*le factory with decent academics, not-as-good-as-they-think-they-are athletics, father flanagan posing with with a flask, slutty chicks, delusional males and putrid alumni. :P

fess up..ya didn't get in..right?

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LOL!!!

I used to sneak into the BC dorm parties when I was a junior and senior in high school - about three miles from BC. Trust me, serious shmuckdom. Free beer though. hahahahahaaaa

The Academics are very good, very tough school to get in now

need 1400 on sats

Drinking at that age...tsk tsk!!!!

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The Academics are very good, very tough school to get in now

need 1400 on sats

Drinking at that age...tsk tsk!!!!

...I know people that have gone there with less than 1400. It is a very good school academically and the campus is beautiful. The attitude one develops there is amazing though - and not in a good way. I mostly bust chops on teh school - just ask Faba - 'cause it's my "thing" - but really - most of the alumni just suck dirt. Hate to say it. Well, actually, no, I don't hate to say it. LOL!

Yup, I drank on occassion at 16....shoot, I remember a bunch of us making a pact to get something out of the family liquor cabinet and bringing it to a junior high school dance. I remember I syphoned some Galliano and put it in a washed out jelly jar. How cool of me. :rolleyes:

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...I know people that have gone there with less than 1400. It is a very good school academically and the campus is beautiful. The attitude one develops there is amazing though - and not in a good way. I mostly bust chops on teh school - just ask Faba - 'cause it's my "thing" - but really - most of the alumni just suck dirt. Hate to say it. Well, actually, no, I don't hate to say it. LOL!

Yup, I drank on occassion at 16....shoot, I remember a bunch of us making a pact to get something out of the family liquor cabinet and bringing it to a junior high school dance. I remember I syphoned some Galliano and put it in a washed out jelly jar. How cool of me. :rolleyes:

I am talking about now, all these rich preppie schools have raised the bar with

the amount of applicants

You know what's coming next right.. a picture from SJ vault having you down

a bottle of Galliano or someone sucking a jello shot off ya belly.

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I am talking about now, all these rich preppie schools have raised the bar with

the amount of applicants

You know what's coming next right.. a picture from SJ vault having you down

a bottle of Galliano or someone sucking a jello shot off ya belly.

You know, sometime you "talk" like you live in the Ghetto or something. You're in Burlington, VT, right? Yo.....richie, preppie man..........:P

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You know, sometime you "talk" like you live in the Ghetto or something. You're in Burlington, VT, right? Yo.....richie, preppie man..........:P

Is there a pun in there???

Man I studied in high school didn't drink until 18 when i was legal.

WTF did that do for me? Should have partied like it was 1965.

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Is there a pun in there???

Man I studied in high school didn't drink until 18 when i was legal.

WTF did that do for me? Should have partied like it was 1965.

tune in tonight to Dr Drew's Celeb Rehab and take a look at ex-Guns and Roses drummer Steven Adler who started drinking and partying at 11 and thank your lucky stars you saved those brain cells

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tune in tonight to Dr Drew's Celeb Rehab and take a look at ex-Guns and Roses drummer Steven Adler who started drinking and partying at 11 and thank your lucky stars you saved those brain cells

Damn, that makes me feel better. I regularly started drinking when I was 16.

I had my first experience with hard liquor at 14 though. One day during the winter my freshman year in high school, me and my friend wanted to sneak back into school during lunch (the school didn't let you in until the end of the lunch period).

So we went through the back entrance and when we got it we were confronted by 2 big ass super seniors (those 20 year old Sophmores) and they gave us both a bottle of Jack and said we better drink or they'll kick our ass.

My friend and I drank it down and were tore up before class.

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I am talking about now, all these rich preppie schools have raised the bar with

the amount of applicants

You know what's coming next right.. a picture from SJ vault having you down

a bottle of Galliano or someone sucking a jello shot off ya belly.

look up a few posts above this dumb ass

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Thursday night's AFC East showdown between the New England Patriots and the New York Jets has more at stake than just the division lead.

Credibility and job security are on the line. Also at stake is the philosophical debate of the right way to catch the Patriots, long the dominant team in the AFC East. Naturally, no AFC East team went into this past offseason believing the division title was open for competition. The Patriots were coming off a 16-0 season and a last-minute loss to the New York Giants in the Super Bowl.

Should the Jets beat the Patriots and eventually win the division, general manager Mike Tannenbaum could be the early leader for executive of the year. Whether you like the Brett Favre trade or not, Tannenbaum aggressively took advantage of the veterans available in free agency and trades, and he now has the Jets in excellent position.

This is the season for an AFC East team to steal a trip to the playoffs. The schedule offers eight games against potentially easy marks in the AFC West and the NFC West. During the offseason, that schedule offered hope for the Jets, coming off a 4-12 campaign, that they could make a playoff run if they made the right moves.

Tannenbaum might have pulled off the best trade of the offseason by acquiring nose tackle Kris Jenkins from the Carolina Panthers for third- and fifth-round choices. Cleveland Browns nose tackle Shaun Rogers might be having a better season individually, but the Browns rank 26th against the run. The Jets have gone from allowing 134.8 yards per game to allowing 76.4 in run defense. In a victory Nov. 2 at the Buffalo Bills, Jenkins had a bigger effect than Favre because his play at nose tackle helped make the Bills one-dimensional on offense, taking away the run.

Linebacker Calvin Pace cost $42 million, but he has helped the Jets' pass rush. Pace has only four sacks, but the Jets lead the league with 31.

Guard Alan Faneca has brought the type of leadership and toughness to the offense that was expected. Favre has been sacked only 16 times, and the rushing offense is averaging 4.6 yards a carry. Fullback Tony Richardson was signed for the minimum salary, but he has opened enough holes for halfback Thomas Jones that Jones is on pace for a 1,300-yard season.

Finally, the Favre trade has put the Jets atop the division in scoring at 28.3 points per game. The 103 points scored against the Arizona Cardinals and the St. Louis Rams naturally bloated that number, but Favre gives the offense the ability to win with last-minute drives and in big games.

Naturally, the moves came with a big price tag. Tannenbaum added about $185 million worth of contracts to the payroll, and the roster got older. And who knows what will happen at quarterback after the season; Favre still could retire.

The pressure will be on the Jets on Thursday night because they played all their cards to catch the Patriots, who made only minor patches during the offseason and have lost Tom Brady, Rodney Harrison, Laurence Maroney and Adalius Thomas since the start of the regular season.

Still, if the Jets win, it will prove making the right moves can work.

Get yourself a chin, John

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Tannanbaum has the early lead for Executive of the year? How? Tuna has turned Miami around - a far bigger turn than the Jets. How 'bout Tennessee? How 'bout Atlanta?

Miami's and Atlanta's turnarounds are impressive, but what were the moves their GM's made in the offseason? Besides drafting a quality QB what else did Atlanta do during the offseason? And Miami had Pennington fall into their lap just weeks before the start of the season. What else did they do besides that and resigning Ricky Williams?

On the other hand Mike Tannenbaum acquired 8 major impact (and each one has made a considerable impact) players for spots that are difficult to upgrade and literally transformed the team:

QB Favre

LG Faneca

RT Woody

FB Richardson

TE Keller

NT Jenkins

OLB Pace

CB Lowery

Which other GM made as many successful moves as Tannenbaum in the offseason?

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