A Fitting Jets Poem

TWO WEEKS AFTER CHRISTMAS

by Unruly Jets Fan


'Twas two weeks after Christmas, and all through the city
The Jet fans tuned into Foxboro, and it wasn’t pretty;
Magnini had set his line up with care,
In hopes that a flight to San Diego soon would be there;
Barlow and Blaylock were not in the plans,
So visions of negative yard rushes could leave Jet fans;
And Benny in his Jets jersey , and me in my Jets cap,
we turned on the tube, for an afternoon to clap,
The kickoff happened and the Pats got the ball,
we buckled down to watch, Jets D to start to maul.
Right down the field, they flew like a flash,
Dillon tore up the running game, right down the hash.

The Pats on the 10th play of the opening drive
Handed it to Corey for an 11 yard dive,
They came down so fast, I wanted to shut my young sons eyes,”
But these are the NEW Jets”, I said with some pride,
And onto the field, they came on so quick,
I knew in a moment it’s all because of Er-ic.
More than ever it seems, the Ghost of Leon has answered our prayers,
Chad audibled, and shouted, and motioned his players;
"On Baker, on Crotchery, on Coles”, he pleaded”

Just follow the game plan, and we will not be defeated”.
On that warm winter day, the Jets were ready,
Nugent got a quick three, and the defense played good too,
and for 77 yards, down the field Crotchery flew.

And then they got a first down, and then got another
It was 10-3. “We might win this thing,” I said to my brother.
And yet the Jets manage to do again for another season,
the Jets beat themselves without any good reason.
Gostkowski kicked three field goals,
Daniel Graham caught a TD despite his loose traction;
Even Assante Samuel got into the action,

But Jet fans have got to stop.
We went 10-6 in a season that was supposed to be a flop.
Oh, Superbowl hopes, dim as a Christmas bulbs glow.
The Jets go to into draft mode, that is where the Jets go.
Oh we’ll watch the rest of the playoffs, there’s no doubt about that.
But my Pennington jersey goes into the closet, and so does my Jets hat.
A year ago, this young coach made all Jet fans squirm.
Now the consensus is. “Thank God we got rid of Herm.”
I hope Tannenbaum & Mangini scout wide and far,
Because unbeknownst to them, they have just set the bar.
Tonight, when I put Benny down to bed, he looked at me with eyes that said,
“The Jets are finally on the right track dad”.
I gave him a kiss, tucked him in and whispered back, “You may be right.”
But in my true Jet fan heart what I really was thinking was,
“We could have pulled it off if only Curtiss was healthy.”
And I turned off the light.

CONGRATULATIONS JETS! GREAT SEASON!!!!