"They chirped and yapped to anyone within earshot, boasting about the big things in store for them. For the better part of eight months, the Jets' ear-splitting chatter grabbed the headlines. The coaches and players stretched their vocal cords and spiced up the off season with one grandiose claim after another. Rex Ryan's Super Bowl-or-bust directive quickly turned his team into the most polarizing bunch in the league. For all the self-imposed hype, the Jets didn't deliver on the first chance they had to back up all the bravado. The offense was inept and the defense committed untimely penalties in a season-opening 10-9 loss to the Baltimore Ravens Monday night. To further the misery, nose tackle Kris Jenkins' status is unknown after he hurt his surgically repaired left knee in the first quarter. "No team's going to go undefeated this year," Ryan said. "Our goals stay the same. We think we can win the Super Bowl." Maybe so, but the Jets will have to eliminate the sloppy, disjointed performance that stained their first game at their new stadium. Consider the carnage: The Jets committed 14 penalties for 125 yards and converted just one third down - on the ill-fated final drive that ended when Dustin Keller went out of bounds one yard short of the first down. The Mark Sanchez-led offense gained just 176 total yards and their six first downs tied a franchise low set in 1976." http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/f...st_downs_team_is_penalized_14_times_in_1.html
