In Which We Welcome the Defensosaurus as Our Head Coach

It took the Jets approximately an hour to call Rex Ryan after the Ravens lost on Sunday and agree to him being hired as the Jets new Head Coach. Considering he's pretty much a defensive guru here are a few quick things that I hope he can solve with the defense.

1. Motivate Kris Jenkins in the offseason to get in shape so that he doesn't fade over the final weeks of the year.

2. Get something, anything out of Vernon Gholston.

3. Find someone, either through draft or free agency or magical development, able to cover a receiver opposite Revis.

4. If not able to find a cornerback, find a way to consistantly rush the quarterback to alleviate pressure on the secondary.

5. Start utilizing Kerry Rhodes in roles other than doubling the receiver that can't be covered by the shitty other cornerback.

6. Develop someone on defense who can take a leadership role and motivate his teammates.

7. Develop defensive toughness and pride. In key spots the Jets defense faded in 2008.

8. We gave Calvin Pace a ridiculous contract, I think it's safe to ask for more than 7 sacks if he's supposed to be our go to rusher.

And for the offense, let's hope that he hires someone with a little better play calling skills. Or kicks Schotty in the head to knock some sense in him if he sticks around.

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M E T S = Mercifully End The Season

Do it before David Wright gets Hurt!

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Numbers On Steroids: Mickey Mantle

Numbers on Steroids is a look at baseball players during the 90s to see if anything screams out at you. This week it's throwing a curve ball and looking at All Time Great Yankees. Players that we know did not take steroids to see if this gives a defense to any of the players 'convicted' by Numbers on Steroids. Time to look at my dad's favorite athlete of all time, Mickey Mantle. Averages Say: What's with the mysterious dip at 27 and then the uptick? At Bats Per Home Run Says: That's a mighty jump from 22 to 24 Explaining As If It Was the 90s If you take a look at the numbers there are two time frames which in the 1990s would be questioned. First would be the incredible leap he took from his first year in the big leagues to his first MVP season in 1956. His batting average jumped 50 points. His slugging percentage jumped 90 points and he hit 15 more homers than his previous high. This wouldn't merrit a conviction nowadays though because the young age he...

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This Is Why the New York Mets Can't Win Anymore

It's pretty simple why the Mets can't win games anymore and are morphing into the second worst team in the National League, they can't score runs. The below chart shows exactly whats happenned to their offensive output since each of the major devastating injuries. The blue line shows runs scored for each game through out the season. The pink line shows the average runs the Mets scored when they had everyone, the yellow when they were missing Delgado, the light blue when they were missing Delgado and Reyes, and finally the purple when they were missing Delgado, Reyes and Beltran. In the abscence of Reyes, Delgado and Beltran the Mets are averaging barely over 3 runs per game. In stark contrast, with everyone on the roster the Mets were scoring just over 5 runs per game. That's a wholesale difference and why their roster now equals a lot of losses and a day by day progression further out of a playoff spot.

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