Maybe, just maybe...

Today’s game was the one the Jets always lose.

But today a strange thing happened; they actually won it.

The Jets had not won two straight playoff games since 1982. This is a franchise that never gets on a roll in the playoffs. When they have a high one week, it always comes crashing back down the next. It was the Same Old Jets, year in and year out.

Today, the Jets took the SOJ mantra and crippled it. For once, they exorcised all of the playoff demons of the past. Usually it is the green and white missing multiple field goals, playing conservatively, choking away these important games.

Today? Nate Kaeding: 0-3, Jay Feely: 1-1. Norv Turner choosing an onside kick, instead of pinning the Jets back. The Jets going for the win on 4th and 1…and getting it.

It is an odd journey being a Jets fan. It is very easy to be pessimistic; very. It’s why I was not comfortable until the clock ticked under a minute and San Diego had no way to stop it.

But over the past five or six weeks, everything has gone right for the Jets. It’s the Jets’ Summer of George; the opposite of everything that fans have come to expect. It's a bit surreal.

The Jets got all they help they needed to get into the playoffs. Curtis Painter was sent down to make Week 17 mean something. Then the Jets crushed the Bengals first in a game that did not mean much to Cincy. And then came back it did again the next week in the playoffs. They beat the Chargers when it seemed completely improbable.

Right now, it all feels really good. But there’s still that worry that Jay Feely will turn into Doug Brien. Rex Ryan will become Eric Mangini. That these Jets that are playing with the moxie they did the first three weeks will become the team that couldn’t beat Buffalo or Atlanta at home. That it will all come crashing down. But right now, another week of watching it all unfold sounds pretty fun.

A few more thoughts from today's game:

- Kerry Rhodes finally looked like the player Rex Ryan wanted him to be in this defense. Getting to the quarterback, forcing a fumble and then leaping to catch that onside kick. For all the grief he has gotten, he showed up today.

- Rookies. Three rookies are playing integral roles in the Jets' success. Shonn Greene ran through that Chargers D and the Jets' run offense looks even better with him in right now than Thomas Jones. Greene just will not go down. Mark Sanchez only threw for 100 yards. But he was only picked once and his scramble then TD throw to Dustin Keller was clutch. Finally, Rex Ryan, rookie head coach, has transformed the mentality of this franchise and brought an unbelievable defense.

- Defense. Unbelievable. This defense is for real. Shutdown LaDainian Tomlinson. Jackson and Gates had good games but did not do enough. They were all over Rivers in the second half, flustering him and forcing mistakes.

- Does any coach do less with more talent than Norv Turner has done with the Chargers?

- Funny that it now all comes back to Colts vs. Jets, as the Colts' pulling of their starters gave the Jets life. Ever since Peyton Manning came out of that game, the Jets have looked stellar.