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The New York Jets have had a roller coaster season up to this point. It has been a season of ups and downs, of winning streaks and losing streaks. The Jets strung a pair of W's together to start the season and followed that by a three game skid. Then they manage to win three in row to put us in contention with the Patriots for the top of the AFC East. They blow that with a pair of losses and now are riding a 2 game win streak for the third time this season.

Is this the road map for post season football come January? Not for most teams, but the Jets aren't most teams. We're 7-5 heading into a crucial 4 game stretch, but three other AFC teams share the 7-5 record. The kicker is if the season ended today, the Jets would miss out on the playoffs. We don't control our own destiny. Even if we do win out the rest of the season and make it to 11-5, usually a shoe in the playoff, there's still a good chance that we're on the outside looking in.

The good news is that of the four remaining games on the Jets' schedule, each of them are very winnable. This Sunday, we take on the struggling Kansas City Chiefs at MetLife Stadium and then hit the road to take on the even more embarrassing Philadelphia Eagles. All of the sudden it is Christmas Eve and the Jets welcome our inter-stadium rivals, the New York Giants. Tough to say the Jets will have home field advantage even though it is a Jets home game. I expect a lot of blue shirts in the stands of JetLife stadium that night before Christmas. We finish the season at Miami with a Dolphin team that has managed to put up some good fights in their disappointing season. And considering they haven't been in playoff contention since Chad Pennington, they are used to playing the spoiler.

All in all, I'm confident an 11-5 record will get the Jets into their third straight post season. I even see the possibility of a 10-6 record doing the job maybe. However, that's leaving a lot to chance. There's too much chance involved even if we finish 11-5. But this is what Jet fans live for. We live for the drama, the suspense, and the stress. It is a long history of suffering, with brief moments of success, like heroin, that keep us coming back for more. I've said it a million times, if you're going to be a Jet fan, you have to be a glutton for punishment.