When you think of sports and New York, what's the first thing that comes to mind? Most likely, its the Yankees. Maybe its basketball and all the legendary point guards. There's also the New York Football Giants. The Miracle Mets maybe? Perhaps the Knicks and their ineptitude. Now ask yourself, how far down the list have the JETS always been? The have always been an afterthought. The have always been THE other football team in a city that loves baseball and basketball first and foremost.
All that has seemed to change in the last year. The Jets are front page news. Every move they make is watched and debated. There is no bigger proof of this than Braylon Edwards and his DUI. Have you seen the articles? Have you seen the analysts all clamoring for a suspension? They only care because now the Jets are relevant. No one would care if they were not. What Edwards did is wrong and I am not here to defend him. And as I've previously stated my wife thinks he is a douche. However, no one was calling for Ronnie Brown to be suspended when he got a DUI this year. What about Joey Porter? He got a DUI too. Will Allen and the team president of the Lions got DUIs as well. None of the these players were suspended, they all played week one as the Lions president was there watching the Lions lose again. The only difference is that the Jets are relevant. No one cares what a Dolphin does. We could care less about a Cardinal. Some teams just aren't relevant. So when a Dolphin gets a DUI, it's bad but we move on. But the Jet's have a player get one with their brash coach, bold GM and Johnson & Johnson heir owner and woooooooooooo, the sky is falling. This type of scrutiny is normally reserved the Cowboys or the Steelers not the lowly second rate Jets. Now they have moved up in status. The Jets are an A-list team now. Let's see how they handle the added attention.
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