So there is the silver lining. With the offense not there to save it, "the defense stepped up, did what we had to do to win the game," as defensive end Rob Ninkovich put it. And, though it might not feel like it, recordwise the Patas are actually ahead of where they were a year ago.."I figured one of us was going to lose the fight and it wasn't going to be me," Zimmer said. "They're much easier to mold the way you want them molded when they're young rookies. Michael was not as bad as Carlos.

Thank you to sponsor Colm Duggan. There will be a presentation night in the hall for all the juvenile teams before the end of the month and we will launch our club website that evening. The girls' under14 team play this weekend in the championship semifinal at a venue to be arranged.The Jets have drafted a running back each year under Rex Ryan: Shonn Greene in 2009, Joe McKnight and John Conner in 2010 and Bilal Powell in 2011. But with veteran LaDainian Tomlin