1. Fireman Ed is plain ol' Ed now. The man who symbolizes the J-E-T-S fan shows just how tiresome that fan is by saying he's quitting his helmet-wearing, shoulder-riding, stadium-rising cheerleader ways because some fans are just too unruly about him wearing a Mark Sanchez jersey. In a story in Metro, Ed explains why he left the Jets' turkey-gobbling loss against New England at halftime.

"I decided to leave Thursday because the confrontations with other Jets fans have become more common, even though most Jets fans are fantastic,'' he wrote.

And in my favorite paragraph of the story, he wrote: "Although I can “hold my own,” I do not want to lose my temper and make a stupid mistake. I have a responsibility to the families and kids that enjoy the game and Fireman Ed."


Fireman Ed not only offers his testosterone level there. He refers to himself in third person! And talks of not wanting to let down all those kids who wish to grow up and be like him!

For Jets-hating Dolphins fans, this is the cherry on top of their season.

He was a dirt bag anyway.

Look, I find his chanting ridiculously annoying, but dirt bag? Why is that?

Dolphins’ top fan rips Fireman Ed: “You’re a disgrace, man”


Fireman Ed stepping aside as the Jets’ most visible fan has not gone unnoticed by one of his AFC East rivals.

The Dolphins superfan who goes by the name Big Papa Pump told 790 The Ticket in Miami that he’d never quit on his team, and doesn’t respect a fan who would.

“If you’re stepping down because of what you see, getting your butt whupped week-in and week-out and you haven’t been to the Super Bowl since Super Bowl III, that is a wuss. That is a wuss,” Pump said, via ESPNNewYork.com. “You don’t back out of your team like that. That’s something you don’t do. You don’t step down from being a super fan. You don’t do that. Fireman Ed, you’re a disgrace, man.”

For the record, Fireman Ed didn’t say he’s stepping down because the Jets are losing. He said he’s stepping down because the atmosphere at MetLife Stadium has become so poisonous that he can’t go to a game without having nasty confrontations with other fans. But Pump says Ed is sending the wrong message to the team.

“This team is looking up to him and this is what he’s telling them? You quit? You just give up? If you’re winning and you quit, it’s another thing. But you’re losing and you quit, that’s even worse,” Pump said.

Pump’s loyalty to his team is admirable. But if he’s right that the Jets are looking up to Ed, then that team is in even bigger trouble than any of us realized.

Look, I find his chanting ridiculously annoying, but dirt bag? Why is that?

Big Papa Pump has spoken.



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I agree Dave. Sanchez will lead to Rex Ryan's eventual demise as head coach if he continues to stay with him. Jets may be back at the drawing board drafting another QB. It is a pure Goat Rodeo for that ball club right now.

Honestly though. What does he have to work with on offense? No running game & his Wr are crap. Hill has big time potential, but that does not help right now. Outside that they have less than Miami.

I seem to remember people on here freaking out because Hill had an amazing first practice against Revis. LOL

The guy has ability, he's comes from the same system that Demaryius Thomas and Calvin Johnson come from. It's just a matter of the kid developing his game. If he does that he could be every bit as good as Thomas, well, if the Jets ever find someone capable of getting him the ball consistently.

Except for that issue with dropping balls.