Minutes after the Jets cemented the most surprising upset of this N.F.L. season, before travel plans for the American Football Conference championship had been booked, linebacker Bart Scott stood defiant at his locker, mouth running, faster than ever.<\/p>\n
Scott loudly listed the slights, the dozens of so-called experts who picked against the Jets, who said they backed into these playoffs, even the Chargers, who Scott said spent the first half reminding the Jets they did not belong.<\/p>\n
On the Jets\u2019 joy ride to the game before the Super Bowl, their loquacious linebacker and the rest of his teammates have clung to their underdog status. Even after they topped the Chargers, 17-14, in front of the 69,498 they silenced at Qualcomm Stadium, the Jets sounded the same theme.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverybody can say we don\u2019t deserve to be here,\u201d\u009d Scott said. \u201cThat we snuck in. That we\u2019re a fluke.\u201d\u009d Then Scott added, \u201cWe haven\u2019t even cracked the seal on how good we can be.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n Update<\/b>: Agony in San Diego–“Bolts’ bitter end: Miscues derail hopes of Chargers \u201d\u201d and fans.” Read it all also<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Minutes after the Jets cemented the most surprising upset of this N.F.L. season, before travel plans for the American Football Conference championship had been booked, linebacker Bart Scott stood defiant at his locker, mouth running, faster than ever. Scott loudly…<\/span><\/p>\n