By Tom Rock
Welcome to the biggest least important game of the season for the Jets, where a win makes it huge and a loss (other than a Jacksonville-type spanking) can be shrugged off. Not that the Jets are already coming up with excuses or rationalizations here an hour before kickoff, but if the Bears prevail it’s certainly not the end of the road. Now, if the Jets win, and they can win, all of a sudden their credibility as a contender shoots up dramatically.
The inactives came out, and I was surprised to see B.J. Askew among those sidelined. He’s been hobbling around on a bad foot or ankle for the last few weeks, and has been listed as questionable during that time, but I figured he’d still manage to get in the game. That leaves James Hodgins to start at fullback and allows the Jets to have Cedric Houston active for the first time since he hurt his knee in the Colts game. Also, Anthony Schlegel is active for the first time this year. Maybe there was some kind of a bet about the OSU-Michigan game with Askew and Schlegel wagering playing time.
Other inactives include Derrick Blaylock, Ryan Riddle, Na’Shan Goddard, C.J. Mosley and Dave Ball. Clemens is still the third quarterback. For the Bears, former Jet Derrick Strait is inactive.
Comments (2)
It's Time to Replaced Chad Pennington !! he's awful and horrible. It's time to draft Brady Quinn next year.... He doesn't have strong and cannon for an arm. Pennington can't handle elite defenses.
The thinking on the onside kick went something like this, I believe. Nugent can not kick the ball to the end zone. If we kick off we risk a big return from a top return unit. Even if we prevent a long return, they likely will take possession on the Bears 35-40 yard line.
We see an opportunity for the onside kick on the tapes, and may never get another chance to take advantage since we can not move the ball, so lets try it here, worst case it costs us twenty yards in field position.
Any clear thinking person can see that the potential to take position and get he crowd into a frenzy is worth the risk.