Wildcard weekend is rematch weekend

Three out of the four games played next week will be a rematch of games played this week, pretty crazy. Even crazier is that all three were ass-whoopings and if it weren’t for an interception in the fourth quarter that set up a gimme touchdown for Arizona, all three would have been shutouts.

Having said that I think it’s pretty clear that the three rematch games, and the Patriots-Ravens rematch from earlier in the year, will be great.

The most intriguing in my book is the Bengals-Jets rematch. The Bengals looked horrible last night and the Jets took major liberties with it. A lot of people will say that this will motivate the Jets. I say the Jets don’t need any motivation. This is a team that lacks no confidence, if you watched the game last night you’d see that.

The point in the game that strikes me, and may just motivate the Bengals, was when Rex Ryan decided to challenge the spot of the ball on a fourth down attempt by the Jets. It happened at the beginning of the fourth quarter with the Jets holding a 27-0 lead. The spot was poor and the call was reversed, giving the ball back to the Jets. They added one more touchdown and it was the last points scored in the game.

The game was clearly out of reach for the Bengals and the fact that Ryan challenged the call doesn’t surprise me, considering what type of coach Rex is. But this is where the Jets confidence starts moving into plain stupidity.

Running up the score with brash arrogance on a team that you have to play in their stadium the following week is about as poor strategy as you can have. I know the Bengals looked bad and I know Ochocinco is a little banged up right now but don’t count them out. The game plan for the Bengals looked pretty vanilla, while the Jets needing to win threw everything but the kitchen sink at them. The Jets were telling anybody who would listen before the game how they thought they would physically beat up on the Bengals.

A lot of people say the Jets could make a deep run into the palyoffs. I say the Jets are going to find out what happens when you kick a Bengal in the back.

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