Obtaining Jets Tickets has always proven to be a very difficult process, with many people settling for sub-par seating far away from the action - hardly worth even going to the game! We know you want to get down close and support the Jets, and the tickets are out there, you just have to know where to look...
2007-08 New York Jets
Tickets for the Jets will definitely be exciting this season - their schedule this year is up against six playoff teams, thanks to their NFC East draw. Fans may not need to worry though - The Jets have a strong coach in Eric Mangini this season, who has the team on point. He made solid draft picks in the o-line with Ferguson and Mangold last season, and knows how to trade to get the players he wants - like Revis and Harris, great picks for the Jets. Thomas Jones is another example of a great pick - and the guy can play in terrible weather. The AFC is tough this season - an exciting one for fans, and they can only hope their Jets tickets stretch to the playoffs.
Previous Seasons
The 2005-2006 New York Jets suffered through a losing season that ended with rumors of head coach Herman Edwards leaving the team. The year’s initial hopes for success were lost with injuries to running back Derrick Blaylock and cornerback David Barrett, and veteran wide receiver Wayne Chrebet retired after his season ended. Starting quarterback Chad Pennington missed nearly the entire season, and fans at The Meadowlands hope that the off-season will allow the Jets to recover from their worst season in nine years.
While the shining star in the Jets’ history is Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Namath’s promise to win Super Bowl III against the Baltimore Colts and the team’s ability to hold to this guarantee, the Jets have not enjoyed any major success since they joined the NFL in 1970. After Namath’s strong season in 1970, he was plagued by injury, and the Jets did not have a winning record for an entire decade. The team made it to the AFC Championship in 1982 and then suffered through seven seasons under head coach Joe Walton, during which the team moved from their home at Shea Stadium in Queens to the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Oddly, the Meadowlands is also known as Giants Stadium because the Jets and the New York Giants, the city’s NFC team, share the stadium for their home games.
The first half of the 1990s continued in the same miserable fashion to which the Jets had grown accustomed with one trip to the wild card playoffs followed by six seasons that offered fans nothing more than a regular season. In 1997, Bill Parcells, fresh off a Super Bowl appearance the previous year with the New England Patriots, assumed the head coaching duties for the Jets and helped the team improve in dramatic fashion. Parcells and the Jets picked standout wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson in the draft and began adding to the offensive arsenal by signing running back Curtis Martin and quarterback Vinny Testaverde. Under Parcells’ guidance, Jets football tickets enjoyed rising status among the fans in New York and New Jersey. The addition of Martin and Testaverde helped spur the Jets’ playoff run in 1998 where they eventually lost to the Denver Broncos. The Jets went through a few coaching changes before settling with Herm Edwards in 2001.
Edwards’ coaching techniques have proved beneficial for the Jets’ organization, but the team has struggled to last through a season unmarred by damaging injuries. Fans’ frustrations with Pennington grow with each game he misses due to an array of health problems. The young quarterback’s surgery on a torn rotator cuff this season will hopefully prepare him for a full season in 2006-2007.
Despite three playoff appearances in the last five seasons, the Jets have been unable to capitalize on any of them, never making it past the divisional playoffs. While Edwards’ plans for next season appear uncertain, the Jets will have the fifth selection in the NFL draft and an opportunity to repair injuries before next year. Fans hope that a team whose history is littered with playoff appearances can return to being a legitimate Super Bowl contender.
