Dear Rex

It started off as a nice story at the end of last season, your team backed into the playoffs after you said they were eliminated. You then brashly told everyone that your Jets are the team to beat on the road to the Super Bowl. This 9-7 team that barely squeaked in, then won two playoff games and held a halftime lead in the AFC Championship Game before Peyton Manning led his comeback and the Colts eliminated them. You were the loveable fat man back then Rex Ryan, but now you have become the fat uncle who drinks too much and doesn’t know when to shut up.

For me it started in the offseason when the Jets began to wheel and deal and sign every high priced, big name, player nearing the end of his career (LaDanian Tomlinson, Jason Taylor). Then there was Hard Knocks in which one of your new recruits, Antonio Cromartie couldn’t remember his kid’s names. I don’t see any father of the year awards being tossed his way any time soon. But your mouth was the worst part, are you capable of completing a sentence without using F*** or some derivative of it? But all of that was fine leading into the season.

Then it started, you were touting how the Jets are the team to beat, not that that is an issue but you put a huge target on your back. After an opening day loss to the Ravens though your men started backing it up with wins against New England and Minnesota and a road win over the Dolphins, at 5-1 and heading into the bye week the Jets seemed to be rolling. The Jets were outscoring their opponents by ten points per game, Mark Sanchez had nine touchdowns and only two interceptions, and LaDanian was on pace for almost 1600 total yards and had scored five touchdowns.

After the bye week though, you’ve had a different team. Since that Sanchez has thrown just eight touchdowns and 11 interceptions, LaDanian has found the endzone only once, and you’ve gone just 6-4 with overtime wins over the Browns and Lions. The team that had looked nearly unbeatable suddenly was average at best. But that hasn’t silenced you as it Rex? No, you are now baiting Peyton Manning. Despite the fact that when Peyton starts and finishes a game against a team you coach he is 8-0, you seem to want to give him bulletin board material. Go ahead, make the bed you are going to sleep in, because after this weekend I hope to have you run home with your tail between your legs and not have to hear from you till next season. J-U-S-T shut the hell up