It’s beyond me how Asante Samuel isn’t in the Pro Bowl. He only tied for the league lead of ten interceptions with Champ Bailey and was a bright spot in an otherwise dismal Patriots secondary. He also led his team’s secondary in tackles and generally just provided a Rodney Harrison-esque type spark to the defense while he was injured.
Anyway, I’m not even remotely worried about this game. I think the Jet’s last win was a fluke. The Pats were coming off a tough loss to the Colts and no one really looked at the Jets as a threat. Well, at least in New England. I remember the night before the second game, my buddy who doesn’t watch a lot of football wanted to put twenty on the Jets. I was fucking psyched. Everyone called him retarded, called me a genius. Money in the bank.
As it turns out, the Patriots were in my state of mind as well. They didn’t take the Jets seriously and they squeaked out a 17-14 win. That was then. This is January. In Foxboro. Game over.
I can’t say this game’s going to be a rape job, but I do think the Jets are going to look like bitches. Chad Pennington won’t throw a ball over 25 yards, Asante Samuel will have at least one pick and Lawrence Maroney’s gonna break a long one for a TD. However, this is coming from the same guy who said Larry Johnson was gonna go bananas on the Colts and well, we all know how that turned out. I’m half-retarded, sometimes.
NE: 31 NYJ: 16
