No love for New Jersey

Let's get to the bottom line: wins are all that is important in sports.

We are halfway through the NBA season and the Nets are sitting at a record of 3-38. Quick math, that projects to 6-76, easily passing the 1973 76ers for most losses ever.

So far they already have losing streaks of 18 and 10 games, and are currently in another 9-game skid in the middle of a road trip.

How did they get so bad?

Devin Harris is their best player, but he's probably the 25th best point guard in the league. And yes, they traded Jason Kidd to get him.
Vince Carter was traded for Tony Battie, Rafer Alston (no longer on team), and Courtney Lee.
Speaking of trades, how about Richard Jefferson (Nets' highest-scoring player) for Bobby Simmons and Yi Jianlian a year ago?
Simmons is making $11M this season, averaging 5 points (when he does play).
Yi is starting at power forward, and the 7-footer from China has reached 10 rebounds in only 3 games.
(Richard Jefferson is now starting for the San Antonio Spurs and Carter starting for the Magic.)
Tony Battie is also getting paid $6.6M to sit on the bench.
The starting lineup of Harris, Brook Lopez, Lee, Douglas-Roberts, and Yi is worse than the bench for the Celtics, Mavericks, Lakers, Magic, Nuggets, and probably half the rest of the league.

So yes, they have some "young talent," with "future potential," but 5 years down the road this team won't have 30 wins as it is now assembled. This team is in the running for worst team in any sport in history. They will lose 75 games this year.

NFL

Meanwhile, I'm rooting for those J-E-T-S Jets Jets Jets. They are the local team and they are the likeable underdogs, the Cinderella story, but let's be honest. What have they done? To reach the AFC Championship game, the opposing kickers have missed 5 straight field goal tries. That has never happened in history. And to get into the playoffs, Peyton Manning got pulled, and the Bengals took a day off in Week 17. The Jets boast the #1 defense in the NFL. Cedric Benson ran for 169 yards on them in the first round. Last week the Chargers outgained them by 80 yards. And the reason they have the #1 ground game in the league is because they have the #31 passing game led by a rookie who threw nearly twice as many interceptions as touchdowns.

The Jets are lucky, and sometimes lucky is better than being good. But facing the Colts with a Super Bowl waiting, the Jets really have no chance. The Colts have a statement to make, Peyton is trying to cement his place in history as the greatest QB in history, and the Jets are dancing and talking like they are the best thing since swiss cheese. This is not a team of destiny, this is a team of cocky overachievers that will get embarrassed on Sunday. Matt Stover ain't missing any kicks in the dome, Dwight Freeney will harrass Mark Sanchez all day, and the Colts receivers will have the best game the Jets have given up all year.

The Jets are one win from the Super Bowl but they are still one of the worst playoff teams ever. The Colts could be 17-0 right now if they wanted to be. This game will reflect that. Shonn Greene might break through for a big run, but this game will finish Colts 24, Jets 10.