How good does that sound, Jets fans?
Well, enjoy it, because it may be the last time you hear those words.
Little did the Jets know that when they were having a nice little end-of-the-season run, winning two of their final four games, not only were they losing out on the Reggie Bush sweepstakes, but on the Vince Young and Matt Leinart sweepstakes as well.
Young, who put on a reasonable impression of John Elway, Randall Cunningham and Brett Favre rolled into one against the USC Trojans on Wednesday night, has surely jumped into consideration, along with Bush and Leinart, to be among the first three players selected in the draft -- assuming of course, he doesn't go back to Texas for his senior year.
And wouldn't it have been sweet if the Jets held one of those top three picks? Just four weeks ago, 2-10 Gang Green seemed a lock for that.
But as gambling sage Eddie Mac put it, "Fate wouldn't allow it."
Instead, the Jets find themselves behind Houston, New Orleans, and Tennessee, three teams in desperate need of playmakers -- none of them likely to pass on the Big Three. The poor Jets may be one spot too late to pick one a potential franchise player.
I hope you all like offensive linemen, because it looks like D'Brickashaw Ferguson will be your man.
Ahh, but who will he protect? Well...
There was the brief possibility that Philip Rivers might find his way to New York, until Drew Brees tore his labrum in the last game of the season. Now the Chargers may have to keep Rivers as insurance.
I hope you all enjoyed Chad Pennington's comments Tuesday that he's not ready to "throw in the towel." (An obvious headline, by the way, since he can't throw much of anything). It may be time to start waking up to the fact that Chad may well be your quarterback in 2006.
Unless Terry Bradway makes the move he has to make. If he has to beg, steal, and cheat his way into a trade for one of the top three picks, it would still be worth it. Vince Young must be a Jet.
He's the passer Michael Vick isn't, the champion Michael Vick isn't, and the winner Michael Vick isn't.
Tired of living in the Giants' shadow, playing in their stadium? Vince Young can change all that, just in time for the team to begin playing in a stadium that no longer bears the name of another team.
Can there be any doubt?
Bradway has taken a lot of heat in these parts. Young is his shot at redemption. He's a shot for the Jets to matter again. If Bradway shows the gumption, the willingness to part with big-time draft picks and maybe a star player (John Abraham?), perhaps they will in the not-to-distant future.
Or the Jets can simply wait and hope Young goes back to Texas -- an appropriate alternative for a franchise whose motto is "Wait 'till next year."