Winning in December

You’d think the approaching of the holidays and the New York Jets absolute creaming of the Green Bay Packers would be enough to put Bad Dog in a good mood but…

Bad Pup tries to start things off right, singing the praises of a great win at a time when seasons can be made or broken – the cruel month of December. But before she can even get rolling the Bad Dog is growling.

“I’m asking the Jets to stop playing like this.” Why?! Because who needs NYJetsTherapy when you’re a winner! Bad Pup went through her usual pre-game ritual consumption of antacids and anti-anxiety meds all for nothing. Bad Dog is so upset over his lack of reasons to be upset that he actually calls for the firing of Mangini, “he’s too smart, he’s too good, he’s a genius!”

So, onto the player of the game and the winner is Cedric Huston and Bad Dog is quick to take the credit for having sung his praises all season long. Bad Dog is so sure of Huston he doesn’t think the team will need to pick up any backs in the off-season.

Bad Pup, as seems to be a trend, is quick to credit the Jets’ fine offensive line for setting Huston up.

Some finger-wagging at the Packer’s AJ Hawk for celebrating a bit too soon after his first tackle of the game, though it seems like the Jets shut him up pretty well soon after.

Back on the love-train, Pennington is cited for his strong contributions and for finding eight different receivers during the course of the game. Cotchery is also singled out, as is Coles, Smith and Baker – who Bad Pup is sad to have left on her fantasy teams’ reserve list.

And after weeks of pounding by the Bad Dog has to give Dyson credit for making the interception, though it was faint praise at best. Even more shocking, he struggles to come up with anything negative to say about the zebras.

So, with Bad Dog at a loss for complaints, Bad Pup tells us what made her happy. Just before the half, up over four possessions, the Jets took the ball into a true 2-minute offense – playing to win, not to just hold on.

With things going so well for the Jets, our poor therapists are left to pick on those outside the usual circle and they landed on Seattle Seahawks’ coach Mike Holmgren. Bad Dog, commenting on the teams five false starts asked, “Where does he coach from, the beer hall?”

After a brief return to praising the Jets defense and lacking anything left to be upset about the Dogs look ahead and see the Bills up next – not the toughest team in the world but they strike me as spoilers and Bad Dog agrees with me…