It was a beautiful September football Sunday, when the air was electrified with the promise of another new era, another new beginning for a franchise and a tortured fan base trying yet again to keep hope alive an eternity removed from their lone Super Bowl championship.
Offensive mastermind Adam Gase calling the plays for Sam Darnold, aka the Samchise, three minutes remaining to engineer a field-goal drive that would make everyone forget about a blown 16-0 lead.
“That’s what we wanted,” Gase would say.
And this is when the Hollywood director of the wildly hyped Jets movie “Take Flight” frantically yells, “Cut!