The Jets made it two straight trips to the AFC Championship Game and two straight disappointing exits. Gang Green had so much respect for the Steelers that they paid homage to the team in the first half before deciding to actually strap it on in the second half. In the days following the game, you got the impression that the Jets were just happy to be in Pittsburgh for the AFC Championship while the Steelers were focused on taking home the hardware, which in this case is the Lamar Hunt trophy.
The Jets lost that mean streak that the team exhibited against the Colts and Patriots. Maybe the Jets came out of tunnel motivated to dominate the line of scrimmage in Indy and Foxboro because Rex & Co. had a personal vendetta against those two teams. Regardless, somebody needs to pull big Rex aside and explain to him that you don't get the opportunity to play in the AFC Championship game very often and you need to capitalize on it. The Jets may have made it to the Championship game two years in a row, but they may not make it back for the next twenty years.
However, that possibility did not stop Rex from announcing "We don't need to apologize to anybody. We'll be back, you'll see." Bets should be taken on how much longer Rex's brash talk can keep going before it loses its luster. You can only make guarantees for so long before it gets old.
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