Blog #3

September 21st was my third day of observation. Towards the end of last week the Jet’s were having problems with their special teams, specifically the punter. They dropped their punter from their roster that they have had for the past few seasons, and picked up a new player to fill that position. Now, the only problem with that was, that the new punter, Hodges, had not played a game since the 2005 season. User, ‘greybeard’ was well aware of this and started this topic of conversation on the forum. He listed Graham’s career stats, (the player who was dropped) and the newly acquired Hodges. With doing this he caused confrontation because the player that they had released still had better numbers than the new player. He got many reply threads to his original post agreeing with him, and also many users asking, ‘why?’ Greybeard seems extremely efficient, and not only brought the topic to light but answered the question as well. He posted another comment a few hours later, quoting coach Eric Mangini from a team press conference. He quoted him saying that, “Not only is Hodges a punter, but he also gives us other options at the spot kicker position.” (From, NY Daily News) There was also a lot of hype surrounding the big Monday night football game against the Chargers that takes place tomorrow night in San Diego.