Mike Tannenbaum: ‘No doubt in my mind’ Jets could have completed 2010 comeback

A decade later, Mike Tannenbaum still hasn’t gotten over the 2011 AFC championship game. The former general manager of the New York Jets confirmed looked back on the contest during an appearance on the Around the NFL podcast earlier this week. On that cold January afternoon, Tannenbaum witnessed what’s remained the last Gang Green postseason contest. In that game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Jets nearly overcame a 24-3 halftime deficit to earn their ticket to Super Bowl 45 in Arlington, Texas. Despite a pair of Mark Sanchez touchdown throws to Santonio Holmes and Jerricho Cotchery, the Jets fell by a 24-19 score. It was their second-straight defeat in the AFC title game, having fallen to Indianapolis the year prior. In a video released by Around the NFL’s Twitter account, Tannenbaum is presented the game’s climax by hosts Dan Hanzus, Gregg Rosenthal and Marc Sessler. With the Steelers facing a 6-yard third-down shortly after the final two-minute warning, a New York defensive stop would’ve afforded th