Rex Guarantees Super Bowl Win...Again

Rex Ryan at NFL Combine
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Rex Ryan has led the New York Jets to back-to-back AFC Championship games. And both years, he has fallen short of his Super Bowl guarantees. Would this year be any different?

If there is a 2011 NFL season, Rex Ryan wants everyone to know, he still believes the Jets are going to win it all. In fact, Ryan guarantees it. Yes, again. Ryan enters his third year at the helm of the Jets, bringing a winning tradition to an organization that is starving for a title. It has been 42 long years for fans of Gang Green and the past two seasons have brought them oh so close and yet so far.

Ryan believes that the Jets will "lock arms and get it done" in 2011. I'm not sure what that means, but he has his players and the fanbase believing. The only thing that may stop them - a lockout, which looks like a certainty when the collective bargaining agreement expires on March 3.

Writers and other members of the sports media have begun to feel that these Ryan rants are getting old. Some wonder if Ryan's job will be in jeopardy if the Jets don't win it all this year. I disagree with the notion that the Jets' front office will be looking in another direction. However, Ryan is setting the bar awfully high.

Hopefully, the players and owners can agree on a new labor deal before September. Then, we'll see how Ryan's Jets live up to Ryan's mouth.