Jets Head North To Meet Their Fate

Eric Mangini is known for getting his team up for big games with a little trickery. He likes to show his players legendary boxing matches or other motivational videos in order to raise their intensity level. We don't know what he will show these days but it better be something gutsy and heroic. That's exactly the kind of effort it will take this Thursday, when the New York Jets head north to Foxboro for a deciding clash with their long time rivals, the New England Patriots.

Both teams will enter the game with a record of 6-3, sitting at the top of the AFC East standings. With a win on Thursday night either team would take control of the division and propably wouldn't look back anymore. The loser will be lost in the wild card hunt and his playoff or Super Bowl dreams may be gone for atleast another year. Especially for the Jets this game is more than just another contest with a division foe. The Patriots have dominated the Jets for many years and now Gang Green has the chance to atleast make some of the pain from recent years go away. With a revamped roster that is developing better chemistry by the day and Tom Brady on the sidelines with a knee injury, the chances couldn't be better. This Jets team has one goal and that is go deep into the playoffs. The talent is there but there's one giant mountain left to climb, which is wearing blue, red and silver and is led by Bill Belichick from the sidelines. No matter what the gameplan is, no matter who will be out there on the field or not, this game will be decided in the minds of the 22 men on the field. And in the mind of the 2 men on the sidelines. The Jets cannot come out scared, they cannot wait for New England to make a mistake or hand them the victory. If they want to turn this campaign into a special season, here is your chance. Go out there and take this game with everything you got!

The great sports writer Grantland Rice once wrote: "For When the One Great Scorer comes to write against your name, He marks - not that you won or lost - But how you played the game." With Thursday night's affair being kind of a life and death situation for each team's season, nobody will care how you played the game. All that matters is the win. No moral victories, no excuses. Just win, whatever it takes!