So I was getting my oil changed…
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- November
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Monday must be a popular day for Jets players to take care of those little errands. When I think Victory Monday, it conjures up images of smoking fat stogies, drinking expensive champagne and maybe a deep tissue massage. But apparently it’s more about auto repair.
Nick Mangold, Tony Richardson and Darrelle Revis were the three players the Jets made available today by conference call. After a win they have to come in and lift but there’s no practice and no media availability in the locker room. So we diligent reporters asked all three if they had noticed any more joy in the Jets nation.
And they had.
Mangold was getting his oil changed and there were two dudes at the water cooler talking about whether the Jets or the Giants were a bigger story. Richardson had car trouble on Sunday night on the way back from the game and when he took his truck in, the guy behind the counter was wearing a wrinkled Jets cap. He told Richardson he hadn’t wanted to wear his Jets cap in a long time, but dug it out after the 34-13 win over the Titans.
Interestingly, neither player told the fans who they were.
Revis, on the other hand didn’t have to. He was recognized at the Garden State Plaza mall in a shoe store, and fans gushed and took pictures with him.
Here’s an audio clip of Revis talking about the experience.
In other news…
Jets coach Eric Mangini, who said he hasn’t been approached because he never visits anyplace that isn’t the home or the office so he hasn’t been approached by fans, said there might be an Eric Smith sighting this week. The Jets safety suffered three head injuries in four weeks earlier in the season.
I asked if he thought Smith’s injury had been properly managed.
“Yeah, I think that we’ve gone through all the steps that we had in place, and we continue to work through those steps. I think Eric’s making progress. We’re hoping to kind of see more of him here this week, maybe into the weekend.”
Still, Smith sustained a concussion (called “grogginess” at the time) and played almost immediately, where he was again hit in the head.
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Jane McManus 
Didn’t the individual who took their name for the work order recognize the names….guess not. Are we sure they were Jet fans?
I would have thought that a grourp of wealthy atheletes would never have car trouble, or would have one of their minions take care of such trivial issues.
And if Richardson now feels its ok to wear jets garb, I guess its ok for the rest of us…
Whats the story with Bubba???
Miloslav,
I guess it’s pretty safe to classify you as a “glass half empty” kind of guy.