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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – This summer, HBO broadcast five episodes of “Hard Knocks,” which served to further flame the hype of the New York Jets season. The Jets, in turn, opened the season with a hideous 10-9 loss to the Baltimore Ravens on Monday, exposing the bold Super Bowl talk as HBO’s biggest plot reach since Turtle started landing hot chicks.
You never want to bomb on opening night in New York and the Jets did it in spectacular fashion. Credit the Ravens’ defense for playing with its expected ferocity. The story of the night, though, was New York’s inept play: 14 penalties, 1-of-11 on third down, just six first downs and an inability to throw the ball downfield
It was so ugly that Jets fans showed no faith in their team. They began filtering out of the new Meadowlands Stadium with four minutes left and New York trailing by a single point. This was the first insurmountable one-point lead in NFL history.
“You could say we played a stupid game,” linebacker Jason Taylor(notes) said.
This was the exact opposite of nearly every bit of chatter that came from the show. And apparently “Hard Knocks” had plenty of viewers in Baltimore.
“You’ve got to write a check you can cash and starting 0-1 doesn’t cash it,” Ravens running back Ray Rice(notes) crowed.
Understanding “Hard Knocks” uses creative editing to fashion a story, we are here to apply the best quotes from the highly entertaining show to the reality of the actual season-opener.
“Let’s go eat a [expletive] snack.” – coach Rex Ryan, after delivering a poignant rant about the team not playing up to expectations.
That was on the eve of the third preseason game. Ryan sensed there was trouble on both sides of the ball and mostly didn’t like the frat-house intensity his team was displaying. Some players had been eating McDonald’s hamburgers while warming up for a scrimmage.
“You can be a world champion, but not like this,” he said. “We won’t win it. We’ll sit back and say, ‘Why didn’t we do it?’ We didn’t do it because where was our [expletive] priorities?”
So where were the Jets’ priorities? This week they dealt with complaints from a female television reporter who said that while at practice Saturday she dealt with cat calls, whistling and sexual harassment. Among the offenders was an assistant coach, who allegedly threw a football in her direction during a practice drill.
Regardless of what you think of the situation, it’s not exactly indicative of a disciplined team.
“No. 1, we never want anyone around our team to be uncomfortable,” Ryan said in a brief comment. “And you know we’re cooperating with the NFL. And we’ll get down to it.”
“Well the [expletive] details are slipping right now.” – running back coach Anthony Lynn to rookie Joe McKnight(notes), who was struggling in camp.
Not moving the ball on Ray Lewis(notes) and company is one thing. Playing bend-but-don’t-break defense is admirable. Allowing the Ravens chance after chance with 14 penalties – six of which resulted in first downs are the slipping details.
Ray Lewis (52) and the Ravens yielded only one third-down conversion to the Jets. "Their offense [is] not the Saints'," Lewis said.
(Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
“That’s not who we are,” Ryan said. “We pride ourselves on being one of the least penalized teams in the league. Today was a joke.”
Details? How about tight end Dustin Keller(notes) catching a fourth-down pass on the Jets’ final drive and inexplicably running out of bounds one yard before the first-down marker rather than turn upfield and get the actual first down.
“Your guess is as good as mine,” Ryan said when asked what happened. “I was shocked.”
Said Keller, “I had a quick glance, I thought I was at the sticks, I thought I was there for the first down.”
It’s not the arrow, it’s the Indian.” – backup quarterback Mark Brunell(notes) to starter Mark Sanchez(notes).
Sanchez has commercials, magazine covers and all the name recognition a second-year player could hope for. He did a fine job at times last year putting together the offense. What appeared to be a regression during the preseason, though, became an all-out concern Monday.
He went 10 of 21 for 74 yards and rarely threw downfield. That allowed the Ravens to set up a series of blitzes, especially on the familiar third-and-long. Ray Lewis said they game-planned against what they expected would be a plethora of Jets check-down passes.
Whether the blame goes to Sanchez’s arm or the play-calling of Brian Schottenheimer (who may feel Sanchez can’t handle more), it allowed the Ravens to tee off.
“Their offense [is] not the Saints’,” Lewis said.
[Expletive], he’s pretty [expletive] good. He’s pretty good, OK? But you know what, guys? It isn’t about one guy.” – Ryan on Darrelle Revis(notes), who was holding out during training camp.
The signing of Revis last week was supposed to solidify the defense. He’s a brilliant cover man. And the Ravens scored just 10 points and struggled plenty in their own right. However, as Ryan noted, he’s just one guy.
There was little doubt that up in Massachusetts, Bill Belichick and Tom Brady(notes) watched in glee as the Ravens feasted on the Jets’ other defensive backs – Antonio Cromartie(notes) and rookie Kyle Wilson(notes). Revis is good. He can’t cover Randy Moss(notes) and Wes Welker(notes) at the same time Sunday. And Joe Flacco(notes) is no Tom Brady.
“New England looked pretty darn good,” Ryan said.
The only thing worse than 0-1 is 0-2.
“Last year, hey, we were under the radar. That’s a good place to be. [Expletive] that, the best place to be is when expectations are high.”
“We know we’re better than you, we don’t give a [expletive] if you know it or not. We don’t give a [expletive] if you give us your best game, were going to give you our best game and were going to beat the [expletive] out of you.” – both from Ryan among about a million over-the-top quotes.
Here’s where the “Hard Knocks” experiment could haunt the Jets. While it’s not as if Ryan was going to be bland and boring and not express great confidence in his team, putting it on a big reality show only drew national attention to the trash talk. The show wasn’t about the Jets’ preparation for the season. It was about the Jets talking about how they were going to dominate this season.
Ravens players, who quietly prepared and in turn looked great, admitted it motivated them. The Patriots and everyone else likely will feel the same.
“HBO is not going to win the Super Bowl,” Rice mocked.
Ryan wanted that bull’s-eye. He still does. He always figured that in New York, the attention is always big. So why not embrace it? Big stage, big talk.
“I want to lead the league in [expletive] wins.” – Ryan offering his simplified offensive and defensive goals
So here’s the good news for the Jets. They still can go 15-1, which likely would lead the league in wins. The team was a mess but they did play the Ravens, who can make anyone look that way. And despite all of that, they lost by one point.
“This is a long season,” Ryan said. “It is one game. And I will say this: I’ve got confidence, as everyone knows, in every man in our locker room. There’s no question. … I know we can get better. We have to get better. And I believe we will.”
It’s notable he said all that without a [expletive]. Perhaps that counts as progress. Perhaps not. There is no doubt the Jets are the NFL’s most colorful team this season. The question is whether they’ll be any good
You never want to bomb on opening night in New York and the Jets did it in spectacular fashion. Credit the Ravens’ defense for playing with its expected ferocity. The story of the night, though, was New York’s inept play: 14 penalties, 1-of-11 on third down, just six first downs and an inability to throw the ball downfield
It was so ugly that Jets fans showed no faith in their team. They began filtering out of the new Meadowlands Stadium with four minutes left and New York trailing by a single point. This was the first insurmountable one-point lead in NFL history.
“You could say we played a stupid game,” linebacker Jason Taylor(notes) said.
This was the exact opposite of nearly every bit of chatter that came from the show. And apparently “Hard Knocks” had plenty of viewers in Baltimore.
“You’ve got to write a check you can cash and starting 0-1 doesn’t cash it,” Ravens running back Ray Rice(notes) crowed.
Understanding “Hard Knocks” uses creative editing to fashion a story, we are here to apply the best quotes from the highly entertaining show to the reality of the actual season-opener.
“Let’s go eat a [expletive] snack.” – coach Rex Ryan, after delivering a poignant rant about the team not playing up to expectations.
That was on the eve of the third preseason game. Ryan sensed there was trouble on both sides of the ball and mostly didn’t like the frat-house intensity his team was displaying. Some players had been eating McDonald’s hamburgers while warming up for a scrimmage.
“You can be a world champion, but not like this,” he said. “We won’t win it. We’ll sit back and say, ‘Why didn’t we do it?’ We didn’t do it because where was our [expletive] priorities?”
So where were the Jets’ priorities? This week they dealt with complaints from a female television reporter who said that while at practice Saturday she dealt with cat calls, whistling and sexual harassment. Among the offenders was an assistant coach, who allegedly threw a football in her direction during a practice drill.
Regardless of what you think of the situation, it’s not exactly indicative of a disciplined team.
“No. 1, we never want anyone around our team to be uncomfortable,” Ryan said in a brief comment. “And you know we’re cooperating with the NFL. And we’ll get down to it.”
“Well the [expletive] details are slipping right now.” – running back coach Anthony Lynn to rookie Joe McKnight(notes), who was struggling in camp.
Not moving the ball on Ray Lewis(notes) and company is one thing. Playing bend-but-don’t-break defense is admirable. Allowing the Ravens chance after chance with 14 penalties – six of which resulted in first downs are the slipping details.
Ray Lewis (52) and the Ravens yielded only one third-down conversion to the Jets. "Their offense [is] not the Saints'," Lewis said.
(Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
“That’s not who we are,” Ryan said. “We pride ourselves on being one of the least penalized teams in the league. Today was a joke.”
Details? How about tight end Dustin Keller(notes) catching a fourth-down pass on the Jets’ final drive and inexplicably running out of bounds one yard before the first-down marker rather than turn upfield and get the actual first down.
“Your guess is as good as mine,” Ryan said when asked what happened. “I was shocked.”
Said Keller, “I had a quick glance, I thought I was at the sticks, I thought I was there for the first down.”
It’s not the arrow, it’s the Indian.” – backup quarterback Mark Brunell(notes) to starter Mark Sanchez(notes).
Sanchez has commercials, magazine covers and all the name recognition a second-year player could hope for. He did a fine job at times last year putting together the offense. What appeared to be a regression during the preseason, though, became an all-out concern Monday.
He went 10 of 21 for 74 yards and rarely threw downfield. That allowed the Ravens to set up a series of blitzes, especially on the familiar third-and-long. Ray Lewis said they game-planned against what they expected would be a plethora of Jets check-down passes.
Whether the blame goes to Sanchez’s arm or the play-calling of Brian Schottenheimer (who may feel Sanchez can’t handle more), it allowed the Ravens to tee off.
“Their offense [is] not the Saints’,” Lewis said.
[Expletive], he’s pretty [expletive] good. He’s pretty good, OK? But you know what, guys? It isn’t about one guy.” – Ryan on Darrelle Revis(notes), who was holding out during training camp.
The signing of Revis last week was supposed to solidify the defense. He’s a brilliant cover man. And the Ravens scored just 10 points and struggled plenty in their own right. However, as Ryan noted, he’s just one guy.
There was little doubt that up in Massachusetts, Bill Belichick and Tom Brady(notes) watched in glee as the Ravens feasted on the Jets’ other defensive backs – Antonio Cromartie(notes) and rookie Kyle Wilson(notes). Revis is good. He can’t cover Randy Moss(notes) and Wes Welker(notes) at the same time Sunday. And Joe Flacco(notes) is no Tom Brady.
“New England looked pretty darn good,” Ryan said.
The only thing worse than 0-1 is 0-2.
“Last year, hey, we were under the radar. That’s a good place to be. [Expletive] that, the best place to be is when expectations are high.”
“We know we’re better than you, we don’t give a [expletive] if you know it or not. We don’t give a [expletive] if you give us your best game, were going to give you our best game and were going to beat the [expletive] out of you.” – both from Ryan among about a million over-the-top quotes.
Here’s where the “Hard Knocks” experiment could haunt the Jets. While it’s not as if Ryan was going to be bland and boring and not express great confidence in his team, putting it on a big reality show only drew national attention to the trash talk. The show wasn’t about the Jets’ preparation for the season. It was about the Jets talking about how they were going to dominate this season.
Ravens players, who quietly prepared and in turn looked great, admitted it motivated them. The Patriots and everyone else likely will feel the same.
“HBO is not going to win the Super Bowl,” Rice mocked.
Ryan wanted that bull’s-eye. He still does. He always figured that in New York, the attention is always big. So why not embrace it? Big stage, big talk.
“I want to lead the league in [expletive] wins.” – Ryan offering his simplified offensive and defensive goals
So here’s the good news for the Jets. They still can go 15-1, which likely would lead the league in wins. The team was a mess but they did play the Ravens, who can make anyone look that way. And despite all of that, they lost by one point.
“This is a long season,” Ryan said. “It is one game. And I will say this: I’ve got confidence, as everyone knows, in every man in our locker room. There’s no question. … I know we can get better. We have to get better. And I believe we will.”
It’s notable he said all that without a [expletive]. Perhaps that counts as progress. Perhaps not. There is no doubt the Jets are the NFL’s most colorful team this season. The question is whether they’ll be any good
