The Battle For New York

 Max Miceli

   Tomorrow the war of words that seems to manifest itself before every New York Jets game will end (hopefully), and a fight for New York will ensue.
   Both the New York Giants and the New York Jets are looking to make a move towards the playoffs Saturday in New York, but it's not going to be too good for one of the teams. With two games left, the Jets and Giants simply need to "win baby win" as only Al Davis can put it. They both control their own destiny.
   In a game that pits New York against itself, you can imagine the media that has surrounded the matchup. I could talk for a while about the trash talk going on, but I want to focus on something Victor Cruz said about Darrelle Revis.

Cruz said, "Teams aren't really scared anymore."

Revis responded, "The only thing I remember about this guy is preseason."

   I think it may be appropriate to give Cruz a little bit of advice.
           Don't mess with Revis.
    I'm sure you have heard of a little place called Revis Island, but you aren't even good enough to be considered for an invitation. You have a lot of work before you will even get a chance to get locked down by  Revis. So this weekend when you are wondering why your teammates aren't catching passes, remember they are playing against the great cover man in league since Deion Sander and Dick "Night Train" Lane.
   Because of Cruz's trash talk, watch for Revis to have a big (-ger) game (than usual). My suggestion to Giants quarterback Eli Manning is "don't throw to Revis... EVER". It can only end poorly.
   No question, both teams haven't had the seasons everyone expected them to have, but it seems as though the Jets already have the Giants playing their game with all the trash talk going on.
   Since they lost last week to the Redskins pretty embarrassingly, I don't really see them showing up this week either.

   I have the Jets winning this game.


Jets        24
Giants   10

 

Not On The Clock Quite Yet

Max Miceli

Colts     19
Texans  16


That's what the Colts are saying after winning a Thursday Night Football game at Lucas Oil Stadium to improve their winning streak to two.
   With 24 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Colts fans were torn between rooting for the #1 overall draft pick and a win against a rival they had never lost against before at home. Even though before the game owner of the Colts Jim Irsay said that he "wouldn't hesitate" to take a great quarterback early in the draft, the Colts didn't play like they wanted Andrew Luck joining their team next year.
   On the Colts last drive of the game, Houston penalties put Indianapolis within five yards of the goal line, and star wide out Reggie Wayne took the game into his own hands from there. All week long Reggie told the Colts quarterback Dan Orlovsky to "throw left", and that's exactly what Dan did. Reggie caught a game winning pass that improved Indy's record to 2-13.
   This puts a lot into question though.
   With the Colts 2-13, who is going to get Andrew Luck in April?

Here is all you need to know about the Colts status with the #1 overall pick in the draft:

If the Colts lose against Jaguars next week, they will officially on the clock.
If the Rams and Vikings win either of their two games left, the Colts will get the pick.

So what did this game show us?
   The Colts haven't quit. This Indianapolis team has shown a lot of heart by playing hard despite being 0-13 through week 14. This two game win streak has shown that Jim Caldwell hasn't given up on his players, and his players are returning the favor. Unfortunately this may just lose them Andrew Luck.
   This game also proved to us that the Texans are by no means ready for the playoffs at all. If they want to have any chance to win in the playoffs they, are going to need to get their star receiver Andre Johnson healthy, and even then, without Matt Schaub playing quarterback, they don't have much of a chance to make a deep run into the playoffs.