By Tom Rock
Driving up to the stadium this morning, it was impossible to see the place through the cloudiness. Welcome to Fogs-boro.
Typical Patriots slog here with a steady rain, fog, and some unpredictable wind. The best part about the weather is the temperature – it’s in the high 50s. Those conditions should keep both teams on the ground and the score low, which is probably bad and good news for the Jets, respectively. The field looked in pretty good shape this morning, but the rain is already creating deep puddles in the end zones and down the field around the numbers. Yuck.
According to Randy Lange, who keeps track of such things, the last time the Jets played in the rain was in the 2002 home opener against the Patriots, and they lost that one, 44-7. Double yuck.
No shockers among the Jets inactives. Clemens is the third QB, as Mangini said would be the case this week despite having Ramsey listed on the injury report. Derrick Blaylock and Cedric Houston – the two players who were supposed to comprise the Jets’ running back tandem this season – are both inactive. Houston said earlier in the week that if he didn’t play, it wouldn’t be due to his injury, so chalk that up to a coach’s decision. FB James Hodgins, LB Anthony Schlegel, OL Na’Shan Goddard and DT C.J. Mosley are also inactive. The Jets roster is still at 52 players, so they only have seven inactives. Rodney Harrison is inactive for the Patriots, but as Mangini said this week, we’ll believe it when we see it. DL Ty Warren is also inactive for the Patriots.
They installed new HD televisions in the press box here. It makes it much easier to watch replays than the old setup, which had monitors outside the glass hanging from the roof of the stadium.
Comments (2)
They won that playoff game in San Diego in the rain if you remember Tom. Look's like Lange's not on his game.
Thanks Matt, but I'll take the hit on that. Randy did say later that it was only regular season and I forgot to add that caveat to the blog. Never doubt the numbers of Lange!