Greatest Jet Ever

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  1. Acad23

    Acad23 Well-Known Member

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    Player, Coach or Front Office.

    Consider achievement.
    Consider effect.
    Consider heart.
    Consider on the field of play.
    Consider off the field of play.
    Consider your favorite.
    Consider the man.



    I say Curtis Martin.
     
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  2. FJF

    FJF 2018 MVP Joe Namath Award Winner

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    In before champ champs this thread up.
    I say joe klecko
     
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    matt robinson 17 Well-Known Member

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    Don Maynard, Joe Klecko is really close
     
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    Joe Klecko, sack exchange is why i love the Jets, god help me.........
     
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    dman928 Well-Known Member

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    +1. Klecko
     
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  6. NCJetsfan

    NCJetsfan Well-Known Member

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    Man, that's tough! CuMar definitely deserves consideration, but then there's Maynard and Klecko, and possibly some others who were great players and who played with a lot of heart, but I don't know anything about their off-field contributions.
     
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    Cman69 The Dark Admin, 2018 BEST Darksider Poster

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    Klecko personifies everything I thought the Jets should be. He defined "playing like a Jet.."
     
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    Jets_Grinch Well-Known Member

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    Curtis Martin to me is the definition of a football player. It was watching him in '98 that brought me to this team. Hands down my favorite player and favorite Jet.
     
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    seanofthedead Well-Known Member

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    Before my time but from everything I’ve read and seen he seems to fit the bill!
     
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    MurrellMartin Well-Known Member

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    Curtis Martin.
     
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    Curtis Martin. Everything on the field that you could ask for, but off the field as well. Tough, durable, low key and classy, and, by the way, a Hall of Famer...
     
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    Unhappyjetsfan Well-Known Member

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    I feel like it's Namath and nobody else is even close. If I was going to make a Top 5, it would probably be ...

    1. Joe Namath
    2. Joe Klecko
    3. Curtis Martin
    4. Mark Gastineau
    5. Wayne Chrebet

    Honorable Mention: My favorite player all-time is Al Toon and I met Don Maynard once and he was a really nice guy (let me try on his Super Bowl ring).
     
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    playtowinthegame Well-Known Member

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    Joe "I Wanna Kiss You" Namath. YEAH!
     
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    ColoradoContrails Well-Known Member

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    Player: Joe Namath
    Coach: Weeb Ewbank

    No one else even close.
     
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    statjeff22 2008 Green Guy "Most Knowledgeable" Award Winner

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    That’s the answer, alright. If Joe Willie hadn’t gotten hurt it would be him by a wide margin, but he did.

    Always loved Toon also.
     
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    Plus several million
     
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    Can't think of anyone besides Namath.
     
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    I love chrebet as much as the next guy, but I don’t think he was ever the best WR on the jets when he was on the field
     
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    statjeff22 2008 Green Guy "Most Knowledgeable" Award Winner

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    I didn’t say anything about coach but obviously there’s Weeb, and then there’s everyone else.
     
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    Agree. The name of the game is to win the Super Bowl and Joe did that for the Jets. I know Matt Snell probably should have gotten the MVP for that game, but it was the play of Joe that got them there. My second choice will probably generate some controversy but for me, it's Mark Gastineau. Take away the ass-hole personality and selfishness, on the field he was a terror to opposing QB's. In his prime he was the dominant pass rusher around and caused nightmares for opposing offensive coordinators game planning to stop him. When considering for the HOF, it should be based on who excelled at their position. Gastineau excelled at his.
     
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