Apparently, some folks in the Jets organization are taking Rex Ryan's Super Bowl calendar a bit too literally.

They're already selling gear indicating that the Jets have won the AFC title. (Via Deadspin.)

Posted by Mike Florio on January 21, 2010 4:44 PM ET
As it turns out, the Jets aren't the only AFC finalist taking advance orders on gear that boasts to the world the achievement of a goal that the team has yet to achieve.

The Colts are doing it, too.

Dungy's warning to Jets: Manning rules in rematches

Don't book those Super Bowl flights to Miami yet, Jets fans.

Former Indianapolis coach Tony Dungy remembers the Broncos taking advantage of his Colts reserves late in 2003 and '04 just to get pummeled when the teams met again in the playoffs a couple of weeks later.

"You look at Peyton Manning's history when he's played teams the second time around and we've had this experience a couple of times before in '03 and '04," said Dungy, now an analyst for NBC's 'Football Night in America.'

"We played Denver in games that didn't mean a whole lot to us, but Denver had to win them to get in. Peyton saw the defense, and even when it was Jim Sorgi [Manning's backup] playing, he saw how they were going to play us. Then the second time around he generally knows what he wants to do and is able to execute some things, learn from that first time and they'll have a pretty good game plan and I think they'll score some points."

Denver won those regular-season meetings 31-17 and 33-14, but got manhandled in the rematches 41-10 and 49-24 with Manning and the starters playing the full game. The Jets used a similar script to get into the playoffs -- scoring the final 19 points against Indianapolis' backups in Week 16 to pull out a 29-15 win and begin their run of four straight wins that took them to Sunday's AFC Championship. But a rematch in Indianapolis is where coach Rex Ryan's dream season ends, according to Dungy.

Actually those shirts are always pre printed. All 4 teams left in the playoffs do it but usually they do not start selling them until after the games. The losing teams shirts usually goes back to the printers. If you get your hands on what is perceived to be a mistake shirt it might be worth a little something in the future.

I hope that whomever bought them get real good use out of them as dish rags. It was their downfall. It seemed like whenever Rex Ryan talked trash his team lost, but when he said that his team didn't have a chance they won. Tip for Rex Ryan. Don't sell Championship gear 3 days before the game.

I always heard that the pre-printed shirts for the losing teams always get shipped to a 3rd world country.

That might be true but how it goes with the Printer is something like this. Usually the cost of the stock & supplies (shirts , Ink) are paid for while the labor might not be,
Either way I agree it would be nice to see the shirts go where they are truly needed.

lol oops.

I think the Jets made a good showing. They weren't even suppose to make the playoffs. To loose in the Championship game to the Colts is quite an accomplishment.

Traitor!!!!!! Lol. Jk, I give them props for beating the chargers, but MAKING it into the playoffs, no way. They got in because the colts rested.