Dear Jets Haters,

So fans of teams like the Dolphins, Texans, Steelers, Jaguars and Broncos are now all upset because the Jets are in the playoffs. Many of them feel as though we backed into it and the Bengals will beat us this Saturday.

GET OVER IT.

It's not the Jets' fault that Jim Caldwell decided to pull his starters in the 3rd quarter. Besides, although the Colts were up 15-10 at the time, it's debatable as to whether or not they would have held on. It wasn't as if Peyton & company were dominating us. It's not the Jets' fault that we needed four teams to lose in week 16...and guess what? They all did. Oddly enough, two of those teams I mentioned at the top (the Steelers & Texans) helped us with victories in Week 16. It's not the Jets' fault that the Bengals only had the ball for 5 minutes in the first half...tell the Bengals' D to stop us on 3rd down. It's not the Jets' fault that the rest of you bums equaled our "mediocrity".

-Steelers: losing to the Raiders, Chiefs, Bears & Browns get you no brownie points (pun intended).
-Texans: how many games this year did you blow opportunities?
-Dolphins: sure you guys swept us, but there were 2-3 games in which you couldn't finish yourselves.
-Jaguars: 4 game losing streaks at the end of the season don't get the job done.
-Broncos: way to crash back to earth after starting 6-0.

Sure, we have the worst QB of the bunch in Mark Sanchez...and we're not gonna thrill you with our #1 running game. Thomas Jones is no Chris Johnson to excite you, sorry. We play a thing called defense. If you don't like it, watch college football. You want shootouts? Watch Arena Football on Youtube. People think low-scoring games are boring and that's all well and good...but as a defensive player, it ain't about the highlights; it's about the final score. You wanted the Texans in? For what, a 28-24 game? I'm sure you saw Baltimore-Tennessee last year the 13-10 game and that was a barnburner.

Sidenote: assuming the Colts went for the win & won...they'd be going into Buffalo 15-0. Citing the weather conditions there (Lake Effect Snow- about 6 inches fell in that game); do you really think the Colts' starters would have wanted to play in that and risk potential injury? Who knows, but as a Jets' fan...I don't care.

Did you guys think the 2000 Ravens team with Trent Dilfer at QB was boring? They got a world title. DEFENSE BITCH. The 2001 Rams with the greatest show on turf...so exciting right? Lost in the Super Bowl, oops. 2007 Patriots- exuding greatness blah blah blah. 18-1. What do you want? Ultimately, it's to see YOUR team win the Super Bowl; much less get into the playoffs. Would you complain if breaks went your teams' way? Nope. Perfect example- last year's Philadelphia Eagles. They needed to win their game at 415...but before that needed Chicago to lose and Oakland to travel 3,000 miles to upset Tampa Bay. Guess what, they got both and that energized them to their 44-6 blowout victory.

Long story short, you play to win the game. You can't worry about who the opponent throws out at you, no matter if it's their B-team or if you're facing the Lions & Browns back to back (like the Bengals did earlier this year). You need to worry about YOUR own momentum, no one elses. Don't like the Jets? Turn off your station 4:30pm Saturday. Simple.

And so on.