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I just finished watching the season premiere of Hard Knocks featuring the New York Jets. For those of you who do not know, Hard Knocks is an HBO sports series that follows an NFL team during its training camp. Besides the obvious appeal of getting behind the scenes of an NFL team and its management, you need to watch this show because HBO does an incredible job of filming and producing everything. You feel like you're watching a movie, and it's amazing.
The first thing I noticed is Rex Ryan and his ridiculous charm. The guy has a personality rivaled by only the size of his gut. He is surprisingly vulgar, as well (he has since issued a public apology for this). In one scene, he goes around each player's dorm room and says good night. He walks into an empty room and says, "Revis? Revis where areeee yoouuu?" Him and his staff repeatedly make light of the Revis situation, which brings me to my next thought...
The show mentions the absent Darelle Revis a lot. Probably more than it should. The Revis contract-negotiation saga has been drawn out for quite awhile now. And I think the Jets, through this program, are bringing a lot of attention to it. Although I think it's an interesting topic (contracts in the NFL), I will save that discussion for a future post related to the collective bargaining agreement.
Finally, it's great to see Mark Sanchez growing into the leader that we got a glimpse of last season. It looks like he is really maturing under the tutelage of offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer, veteran Mark Brunell, and, occasionally, legend Joe Namath. It should be interesting to watch him as not only the show progresses, but as the season does, too.
All in all, the first episode was very entertaining. The Jets are one of my favorite teams in the league because of the Sanchez, coach Ryan, and the way they play football (smash mouth, defense). But most of all, I really enjoy the show production. I encourage you to watch at least one episode and see for yourself. The show is on every Wednesday at 10:00 p.m.
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