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I wrote a similar post before the Jags game,  hoping this one gets the same results, meaning a freaking win. 

What I don't want to see

I don't want to see a quick slant, bubble screen, or any three step drop pass. I can't remember the last game when one really worked. If you gonna throw one, throw it over the middle, if the defense gives it to you. 

I don't want Mark throwing the ball at their best corner, you know, the fat one that usually lines up in the middle.

I don't want to see the other Ellis lined up across from Wayne Hunter. He just might get a sack or two going against Hunter. That would hurt!!

I don't wanna see Eric Smith PERIOD.

After this game, I might feel the same way about Jim Leonhard

What I would like to see!! 

Would like to see the offense score some points.

Would like to see Sanchez act like a third year seasoned QB

Would like to see more of our elusive players like Kerley and McKnight get some burn on offense

Would like to see Maybin play more on first down. Would like to see if he can play the run by setting the edge. 

Would like to see this team play a complete game on all phases. The last time I've seen that the Jets were, that's right, they were in NE.  

Would like to see for the first time this year Mark attempt to throw a pass over the top of the defense.

Anyway, I did my part. The Jets are assured a win now. Do your part GGN, and contribute what you would like to see or don't want to see Sunday. 

One thing I took out of yesterday debacle the explosive returns by McKnight and Kerley. Kerley had two great punt return while McKnight had a much needed kick return when Cro went out of the game. 

McKnight

Green and LTD had pretty decent games running and catching the ball, especially LTD with his 74 yard catch.However, this offense needs McKnight to not only be given some runs (preferably outside),  he also needs to  have some plays in the passing game. I see McKnight in the backfield on first down, motioning out of the backfield being matched up with a LB too slow to hold him. This is guaranteed to happen mainly due to teams being in their base defense trying to stop the run on first down.

Kerley

The Jets have no receiver that can stretch the field. They had one last season, but I've learned to move on. Kerley could possibly be that deep threat this team needs. I believe his 40 time was around 4.6, so he's not a burner, but do you only have to be fast to take the top off a defense? Well, yeah, you do, but not if you can learn to be deceptive in running your 9 routes. To tell the truth, the best way to use him is to try end around and bubble screens. The object of these plays is to make the first tackler miss, then let your blockers help you get in space. Kerley is elusive enough to have these plays called for him. 

If these two become successful in making the Jets more explosive, it will open up the offense for the Jets other players due to teams now game planing for these two.  So come on Jets, add these two to the game plan while no team is thinking about them. 

What I  want to see

There's a post about the Jets first quarter issues, so I'm not going to get into that, however, I would love to see this team take the opening drive down the field for a TD, not a FG, a TD. Scoring a TD on your first drive is telling the other team we came to play, which is what Dallas did to the Jets last week.

Some pitch runs with Joe McKnight and to a lesser extent LDT. I don't recall the Jets trying at least once to run off tackle or outside last game. This seems predictable, really would like to see our most elusive backs get a chance to make the first person miss and then take it to the house, or at least get a twenty yard gain. 

More balance, however, I have no problem attacking a team weakness. So if the Jags are weak at corner, go for it, but don't forget about the run. 

More Mo Wilkerson. I thought he was non-existent last game, however, I believe the Jets are asking him to hold up his blocker to create lanes for the LBs. So I would like the Jets to get the Jags in more passing situations meaning the Jets get to let Mo loose. 

More two, three tight end sets. I believe this was done because Conner was hurt, so we might not see it that much this week. I find it difficult at best to find any two LBs or even safeties to stay with Keller and Cumberland.

What I don't want to see

Any quick out passes. They may be bubble screens, don't matter what they are call, I've never seen one get more then 5 yards. In fact most of them are stopped for losses. 

Eric Smith man to man on any tight end, nonetheless Mercedes Lewis. I would give this job to Kyle Wilson he did a great job when he was on Witten. Of course if the Jets are in their base defense, then Smith will attempt to hold the tight end.

A close game. Enough already, the jets need to put these inferior teams away. It would lead to more turnovers due to teams having no choice but to pass. 

Feel free to add your own wants or don't wants.

Can the Jets develop a high power offense like most of their competitors have?

From what I seen in the preseason this don't seem very likely to happen. The key is getting off to fast starts. Something as fans we really endure last season. The other issue is red Zone efficiency. The Jets feel Plaxco Buress is the answer to this issue. I disagree, I think its more play calling. The Jets need to learn to go after mismatches more often then trying to keep defenses off balance. The third factor is Sanchez raising his completion percentage. Starting games with quick slants or outs should help Sanchez in this department, it also takes the game out of his hand giving his receivers the chance to make plays with YAC.  He got four good/great proven receivers inccluding Keller, however, they need to do their part and help Sanchez too. 

Can Cromartie do his part and shut down his assigned receiver making the Jets corners the top duo in the league? 

There is a lot of dislike towards Cromartie among Jet fans. I'm not one of them, I believe he played great at times for the Jets last season and at times he played stupid. I can think of only one game where he got dominated  and that was the first Miami game against Brandon Marshall. My answer to that is that was against Brandon Marshall. He shut down Brandon Lloyd who was tearing the league up before he met Cromartie. I can also add Randy Moss, Chad Johnson, and a few others who had average days or worse against Cro. As Jet fans Revis has spoiled us. We feel either or the Jet corners should give up passes. As the other corner opposite Revis, Cro was challenged a lot last season, I feel he did a great job and will be better this season. The one thing I hope  is Cro  holding when his man gets a step on him, seems like he gets caught every time. 

Can Pace be that double digit sack specialist the Jets crave?

Didn't see too much out of Pace this preseason. Pace had 8 sacks in 2009. Not bad considering he only played 12 games missing the first four due to suspension. Last season after missing the first four games again because of an injury to his foot, Pace only had 5.5 sacks. It was told he never recovered fully from the foot injury and was only 20% healthy last season. So its put-up or shut-up for Pace this season. I personally think Pace is an decent pass rusher, but he needs that animal on the other side that could crave most of the O-lines attention. Westerman is not that animal, sure hope he proves me wrong (Westerman). 

Can the Jets establish a home field advantage at Jet-Life stadium?

The jets lost three games last season where they gave up 10 points or less.They lost a game against Atlanta the season before 10-7 What makes this more embarrassing is all three games plus the Atlanta game were at home. If they win those games, they would had finish 14-2, probably still had to go to NE, but Pittsburgh would had to come to new  meadowlands stadium. I remember a game two years ago at the meadowlands against NE where Brady had trouble hearing, couple with a great defensive effort, the Jets won 16-9. I hear the new stadium is not as loud as the first one. Thats a shame,  because if they go 8-0 at home and 4-4 on the road, that's 12-4 and a great season in my opinion. I really like opinions on this one, can the Jets establish a home field advantage?

First post in quite some time, but just got a few thoughts I like to share.

Not so fast on the Freeman > Sanchez talk

All I hear is how Josh Freeman is a better QB then Mark Sanchez. I admit he had better year and I also admit the Bucs had probably the easiest schedule in the league last season. The played the two west division, the AFC and NFC west divisions, probably the two worst divisions in football. Now I'm not hating, I think Freeman is gonna be a good QB. However, he has regressed greatly this season, so really waiting to see who will have the better year between the two this season.

The Pats have trouble with physical teams.

If you looked at their last three playoff losses, the Pats have lost to teams that were more physical at the point of attack, IE. Giants, Ravens, Jets. Their lost to Detroit this weekend, even though only preseason showed they will still struggle against teams that are designed to hit them in the mouth.  However, I will agree, I think they own the Steelers. Also, their defense looked like it couldn't stop a nosebleed against the Lions. Had to get that in. 

Speaking of the Lions,

I'm dying to see how their season will turn out, because while they have probably the best D-line in football, what happens when they face an elite O-line that slows them down. Last I check their corners suck. Mathew Stafford is > then Mark Sanchez, hence him being the number one pick that season, but can he stay healthy?

The Steelers look like they are the best team in the AFC right now.

Well on offense, Big Ben and his receivers look very fluid as their #1s beat up on the #1s of two pretty good teams, Atlanta and Philly. However, the Steelers are still weak on the back end on defense. Which is why the best way to beat them is to throw the ball.

Based on preseason the Jets defense looks like it will be as good or better then their 2009 season.

Thats not really a promising statement. However, the Jets are probably the only team on the planet that can slow down and at times stop these high flying teams of the NFL.. Strong statements, but I can back it up with recent results. Remember when Green Bay shut the Jets out. What no one is talking about is how the Jets held Arron Rodgers without a touchdown that game. That game was 3-0 entering the forth quarter. What about the game against the Saints, the year they won. The defense held them o 10 points, however, Sanchez gave the Saints 14 points and the Jets lost 24-10. Their wins against the Pats and playoff win against the Chargers proves this defense has the potential to be great. ONLY, if Rex continues to keep these high power teams guessing by switching coverage and not always staying in man to man D. I do believe teams will run on them early in the season because I feel the D-line is not as stout as last seasons, but younger and will get better. One thing that looks better is the pressure being applied to QBs this preseason. I know people want SACKS, however, I rather have turnovers and I believe pressure is better then SACKS because pressure forces rushed throws and so far this preseason we have witness how pressure is gonna improve the interception total from last season. However, a sack fumble is just as good. Lets face it the Jets don't have that 10-15 sacks a season guy, but I do believe Calvin Pace is good for 8-10. From what I witness Westerman, Mauga, and maybe Maybin have shown glimpses of explosion and you never know, maybe one of them becomes that double digit sack guy. With this said, I believe this defense will be great this season.

I'm not ready to say the same thing about the offense

The offense has potential, but I've heard they have struggled all preseason. Of course going against the Jet defense, has a lot to do with that. Still can we honestly say Sanchez has chemistry with Mason and Plax. Right now, it doesn't looked like it. Also, haven't seen the same running holes we seen when  Big Woody was on the O-line. Right now I feel the Jet offense is a work in progress. I hope they prove me wrong.  

Thanks for reading, comments are welcome!!

Oh yeah! there's something I would like to try with GGN Jet fans. I want this website to be more like a prestigious club we all are a part of. So I have an ideal that would separate us from other SB nations blogs. Instead of writing lol(Laugh out Loud) when you see something funny, how bout LOJ (Laugh out Jet), or JOL (Jet out loud). Lets take a vote on it.  

Sorry for the delay. I wanted to make sure I didn't  pick someone whom was taken earlier. I asked JB to list the previous picks and of course he was receptive and accommodating. Acho is ranked as the 6th best linebacker and the 67th best player overall. So taking him at this spot is a no brainer (reminder: this is the pick the Chargers received from the Jets for Cro). As I stated when I made the Chargers first round pick, the Chargers needed to shore up their run defense and also an OLB opposite Shaun Phillips. My first round pick of Cameron Jordan should help the run defense, while Acho should help the pass rush.  Also want to add, this was my first ever mock. I'm not a fan of college football, so all my picks were based on a lot of research on the Chargers needs. After hours of watching the NFL network and visiting Bolts from the Blue, I found the Chargers main needs were DE/DT, OLB and WR. And this is what my three picks were based on. Any feedback on my picks will be much appreciated. 

This pick is a reach. He is projected to go in rounds 2-4, but he has character concerns. So he probably would go in the later rounds. However, since I don't give a shit about character, I believe this kid would help the Chargers make a decision on Vincent Jackson. Jackson still has contract issues, so drafting a potential replacement is probably the right thing to do at this pick. If I had my way, Id probably would had traded up to get Jon Baldwin. since that wasn't happening, it came down between Little and Leonard Hankerson of Miami.  I picked Little because of his 40.5 vertical leap, 4.5 inches better then Hankerson's 36.

First off, a question? If th Knicks win their last two and the Hawks lose their last two, their records would be tied. Can the knicks take the fifth seed? OK, you're the coach of the knicks. You lost to the Bulls (knock on wood). Philly is still alive for the sixth seed.  If the Knicks beat Boston, they get the sixth seed and will play Boston in the playoffs. If the Knicks lose, and Philly wins, the Knicks will play Miami.  As the coach of the Knicks, how do you approach the last game of the season against Boston? Do you play your starters many minutes because you want to play Boston? Or do you play your bench, because you don't care about whom you play, you want your team healthy  for the playoffs. Do you try to win the game because you want the Knicks to enter the playoffs with a lot of momentum ? Lastly, do you lose the game, because you feel your team match up better against Miami? Thanks in advance to anyone who responds to these questions.

After a lot of research, I discovered the Chargers are/were looking for OLB, and/or defensive line help, probably a DE. Well, I consider this task fairly easy with all the OLBs and DEs in this year’s draft.  So I had to find which position was in greater need. A young stud OLB opposite Shaun Phillips would make this defense formable in passing situations. Yet I felt the greater need is along the defensive line. Again, not a lot of work needed with all the young DEs in this draft. However, I was quite surprise the two I really wanted and had to choose between were still on the board when it was my turn to make my pick. The two were Cameron Jordon and JJ Watt. The two are the third and fourth rank defensive ends in the draft, visa versa depending on whose draft board you are looking at. Here is their scouting reports copied from CBSsports.com

Cameron Jordan

J.J. Watt

I highlighted what I felt was the best attribute of each player. As you can see this was not a easy decision and I came very close to choosing JJ Watt due to his height (Very good at knocking down passes) and pass rush ability. However, I choose Jordan because of his stout run stopping ability. The Chargers were the #1 rank defense for most of last season. This was misleading. The Chargers were very weak against the run. In fact the Chargers best defense was their offense. Their offense, because of its explosiveness and the ability to get big leads made other teams’ one dimensional. However, if their offense struggle early, their run defense was exposed. One game that comes to mind was their late season game against the Raiders. I watched that game and saw the Raiders stuffed the ball down their throats. I went back and checked the stats and the Raiders rushed for 251 yards that game. I believe Jordan with his run stopping ability will be a bigger addition to the Chargers. 

Remember before the divisional playoff  game, one of the Pats fan asked a pretty good question to us Jets fans. He asked with the game on the line, who do you trust more the Jets defense or offense. I don't remember the results of the poll, but I believe an overwhelmingly amount of Jets fans choose the defense. I choose the offense and explained why. The Jet offense won five games (including the wildcard game) in their final possession. The Jet defense won two games when they was the last unit on the field, the Miami game and the first Pittsburgh game.  Both games the other team drove down the field and had chances to win or tie the game. Also, the Jets defense let a rookie QB (Colt McCoy) drive down the field 90 yards to send a game into overtime. So why am I bring this up? While I was keeping hope alive, i did not feel confident that the defense would get the ball back for the offense. There were other factors that contributed to the end of the Jets season. Special @#$%^ teams letting a guy with no blockers down the field return a punt to midfield, and I can't blame the defense Big Ben made to great throws to extend that last drive (although Pool almost got his hand on that first pass).  Special teams and great QB play aside, this team failed again to get a key stop. In the biggest game of the year mind you. 

The Jets need playmakers on this defense. They need at least one in each level of the defense. Revis is great, but he is not a playmaker. I believe Cro is a playmaker, but he needs a pass rush to make him more potent. Pool deserves another year, based on how he played at the end of the season. Bart Scott is done and need not be retained. Harris is a beast (but you have to catch that interception, sorry had to get that in). A young stud next to Harris would help improve the range of the Jets inside LBs. As with Cro, I believe Pace would be better if he had a dominant pass rusher on the other side, so keep him, but the Jets need a young stud on the other side of him. The front three needs to get younger. Ellis, I have mix feelings on him. At this time, I don't know if the Jets keep him or let him go. Jenkins, I want to keep him. He is a playmaker the defensive line was missing all season. Pouha should be retained but he is 31. Devito is a no brainer, keep him. I know I'm missing a lot of other players but this post is about adding playmakers to this defense. 

Again, this post is about how to improve this defense. So opinions would be greatly appreciated. Also which level of the defense needs improving.

Also want to point out, out of  the four QBs who played Sunday, Sanchez outplayed all of them. 

Whats up GGN. You may have notice or probably not that I have not been blogging this weekend. First great game from the Jets. They did it. They shut them _astards up. Rex Ryan out coached BB.  However, this post is not about the Jets alone. On Friday, my wife whom is pregnant with my first child had labor pains a month earlier then my son was due. She was having complications with the pregnancy all week.  Throwing up, being lite headed. We wrote it off as late pregnancy morning sickness. Well I drove her to the hospital where they confirmed she was about to have the baby. To make a long story short, they had discover that she had a somewhat common pregnancy disease that i could not fathom to pronounce it.  Because we did not realize she was sick, her liver and her kidneys had stop functioning. Due to this happening her body forced her to have the baby a month early. The baby due to the added stress poop inside his little protective bag. The doctors had to make sure the baby did not cry because breathing his poop was toxic.  Again, to shorten this story, my son was immediately was put on a respirator and my wife was also fighting to get her organs to work again. Again, I need to speed this up so I can celebrate this victory. As of this writing, son is off the respirator and wife organs are starting to function better. They both are still in the hospital getting better by the day.Again, I consider this weekend the best of my life. My son was born, my wife whom I love dearly is going to live, and the Jets told the rest of the world _uck y'all and the Patriots. Anyway guys, I love going back and forth with all of you.

Wrote a post a few weeks back after the Packer game trying to predict the Jets final record. I picked the Jets to finished 12-4 and I'm sticking with it, even though the two losses i picked were to the Dolphins and the Steelers. Hate the fact I was right about the fish game, but knew that team would play over its head against the Jets. It's what they do. Now, I also thought the Jets would beat the Pats, so shows what I know. Not trying to be overconfident against the Bears, but I feel the Jets need that game more then the Bears, even though they fighting for that second seed. The Bills will not be a cake walk either; but I feel the Jets will win their last two. 

http://www.ganggreennation.com/2010/11/2/1789523/the-jets-final-record

Recent history has shown us that Super bowl winners have had there ass handed to them like the Jets did Monday night.  The Giants lost their last November game to the Vikings 41-17, also losing a December game to the Redskins 22-10. The 2008 Pittsburgh Steelers lost their next to last game of the season to the Titans 31-14 also getting manhandle earlier that season by the Eagles who only beat them 15-6 but held them to 224 total yards and sacked Big Ben 9  times that game. The 2006 Colts lost to the Jaguars 44-17 letting the Jags gash them for 375, yes I said 375 yards rushing. All these teams went on to win the Super Bowl. The 2008 Arizona Cardinals whom lost the Super Bowl that season lost games 47-8 to the Pats, 48-12 to the Eagles, and 56-33 to our Jets that season. 

                                                             Why the Jets will not win the Super Bowl 

The one thing that all these teams have in common was good coaches whom made the require adjustments to turned their teams seasons around. Do the Jets have the coaching that can help perform similar turnarounds. That remains to be seen, however, I've notice a disturbing trend. The Jets last three opponents have not loaded the box daring Sanchez to throw the ball. Teams are now daring the Jets to run the ball. You don't believe me, watch the tape of those games. How has the Jets responded, they still are throwing the football more then they are running it. Still, I can't put this all on the coaches. The Jets had a good game plan to come out in the no huddle. It was smart  because it kept the Pats base defense on the field, while giving Sanchez a chance to get rolling. Well Sanchez came out very ineffective, throwing very inaccurate passes that prevented his receivers from getting yards after the catch. Also, Eric Smith could had turned this game around. On the PI, he seen the ball coming, but instead of going after the ball, he went after the receiver instead. Brady under threw it, it was a sure interception. Also on Deion Branch  touchdown, he was suppose to jump that slant route but somehow got caught up. He was suppose to be there for that slant pass. The point is even with the best game plan, the Jet players need to perform. Thats all I got, I could give 100 reason either way, but I really feel this team still has a chance to be special.

Been a lot of talk about LDT slowing down and the Jets need Kerry Rhodes; this is just a comparison between the players the Jets let go and the players that replaced them. Just a note, LDT has slowed down, but it seems like the Jets have changed the way they are running him. I could be wrong, but I feel like the Jets were running him outside earlier in the season. I do know, that in the last few games SG has gotten all the pitch runs, while LDT has run more between the tackles. I believe LDT is the running back the Jets need more in space. Also, he was averaging 5.5 yards a carry earlier in the season. There was no way he was going to keep that pace. No poll, just would like to hear some opinions on this matter. 

Thomas Jones

LaDainian Tomlinson

  Thursday’s game not included due to Thomas Jones not playing his 11th game yet. As you can see the two players numbers are similar when it comes to rushing the ball. You really can’t measure this stat due to the players having played against different opponents. However, LDT receiving stats show why it was a great decision to pickup LDT and let go Thomas Jones. Combined LDT already has over 1000 all purpose yards, while TJ receiving yards + rushing does not even add up to LDT rushing yards alone.

Leon Washington

Shonn Greene

Ok, this is no contest. Apparently, Leon is not in Seattle running plans. He does have a great 5.9 rushing average, but only 18 rushes in ten games is about 1.2 rushing attempts per game. I did think Shonn Greene would have a more productive year, but now hearing reports that he came to camp out of shape.  Also, see John B. article on Brad Smith replacing Leon Washington.   

Brodney Pool 

Kerry Rhodes 

Again, statistics can be misleading. Rhodes has an unordinary amount a tackles for a safety. To have this many tackles means either as safety you play a lot of run support and is getting to the ball carrier; or it means the defense you on is terrible and most of the safety tackles is deep in the back end. Either way it seems like Kerry is having a decent season in Arizona. Brodney Pool, while disappointing he has not been more of a factor in the Jets secondary, seems to come up with a game saving/changing play every now and then. Back to mister Rhodes, I probably was one of the first people on this site who insisted the Jets miss him. However, miss him or not, my beef with the Jets for trading him was they could have gotten more for him. He was a cancer whom seem like he was jealous of the players Rex brought in from Baltimore. I admit the Jets probably miss him in the secondary, but as a fan, I don’t miss him

First, you called an ok game, but Mark Sanchez played a great game. I'm writing you because this offense needs to improve. Much as I hate to admit this, I can't trust this defense (five interceptions all season). I can't trust the kicker and the jets return team is average at best. That means, I need this offense to take off. You have the players, two good running backs, three really good receivers, one might be great (Holmes), and a really good tight end, also not to mention a really good offensive line. So why does this team struggle to score? Because when the Jets get in the red zone, your play calling gets crazy.  You know what, I take what i wrote about the defense back. The defense was lights out in the second half; but the offense let the browns stick around by scoring 3 points after two long drives. So what happened. The jets offense and Nick Folk, gave the Browns offense the life they needed. So Schotty, I need you to get this offense in gear, so i can stop having heart attacks.  Please Jets can we win an easy one for once. 

Even though football is a team sport, some individual match-ups are why the game is so great. These are five I would never miss watching. 

.5 Ed Reed vs Peyton Manning 

Wait a minute I seen this show before, however, seeing it again and again is worth the price of admission. Ed Reed pretty much is the only player on the planet that  makes Peyton Manning looks ordinary. How is it that a person with about 40 yards of length and 53 yards of width to cover can out think/react probably the best thinker in the game today. Too bad the two teams don't play this year. Would be a great playoff rematch. 

.4 Clay Matthews vs Micheal Vick

Again another match-up already played. Judging from the oxygen Clay was sucking up from chasing Vick, Vick may have won the battle (By TKO) but lost the War. In fairness to Clay, the packers didn't game plan for a full dose of Vick. So this is a match-up I would to see from start to finish. Hopefully we get a rematch in the playoffs. 

.3 Julius Peppers vs Jake Long and D'Brickashaw Ferguson 

This is the best OLB/DE tackle match-up I can think of. Long gone are the days when you had a LT, Reggie White, or Bruce Smith. Guys who played 90% on one side of the field and dominated everybody in their way. Peppers is a beast, but he probably won't stay on the left side of the quarter back. He probably will do some stunts up the middle and also line up on the other side of the d-line. Still, I believe these are the two best tackles in the league, with Long getting a slight nod over D-Brick. The best part about these match-ups is we get to see Peppers play them both later this season. 

.2 Darrelle Revis vs Brandon Marshall

Cro had a pretty good game vs Marshall, but Marshall still lit the Jets for ten catches and over 160 yards. The next time around Mr. Marshall gets to visit Revis island. Revis showed last week he's 100% and back to putting opposing teams #1 receivers in his back pocket. The only problem is the Dolphins quarter back situation makes this match-up a mismatch for Revis. Lets hope Marshall and Chad P. develops some chemistry by time they see the Jets again. 

.1 Darrelle Revis vs DeSean Jackson  

If I'm correct, we get to see this match-up next season unless they meet in Dallas in February. Jackson is probably the most explosive wide receiver in the league. I don't have the numbers, but i believe over the last two seasons he has 5 to 10 catches over 50 yards per reception. Now add in how accurate Vick is throwing the long ball, this would be a tough match-up for the island.  Hopefully we get to see this sooner then later.

Honorable mention: David Harris vs Peyton Hillis, Cro vs who ever Revis don't hold when the Jets play Cincinnati, Steelers d-line vs the Jets o-line.

Quite sure I might had miss someone out there, but if I did, sure would like to know whom.

Bad game, great win by the jets. Just want to address some issues that will and should help improve this team.

Kyle Wilson

Have to admit, i'm pretty apprehensive about him playing nickel back. Can he do better then Drew Coleman, probably so; but he scares me just as much. However, he has to start returning punts on a regular basis's. Yeah he fumbled, but he also was very elusive in his two punt returns that sandwich a whole lot of ineffective Jim Leonhard returns. Say what you want about the offense, but it is hard to score in this league and even harder when you have to go 80-90 yards every time you get the ball. The jets have been losing the field position battle the last three games. 

Mark Sanchez 

Getting tired of defending this guy, he is a good QB. Does he need to be more accurate? of course, will he be the next Dan Marino? who is. What frustrates me is people are not watching how poise he has been in the pocket. On that pass to Santonio Holmes he made that happen by stepping up in the pocket to avoid the rush. He still needs to stop looking down his receivers, but he is noway as bad as hes been last season. He also does panic when it comes to screen passes, a lot of times throwing them too fast and short of his receivers. However, he's a second year quarterback. I'm comparing his career right now to Big Ben in Pittsburgh. Big Ben Went to the AFC championship his first year and won the super bowl his second year. However, it was more the team then Big Ben. He played good enough to not lose his first two seasons (Remember the Jet playoff lost to them). He actually played terrible in Pittsburgh super bowl win.   Now Big Ben is a super bowl caliber QB, because he played in a sytem that brought him along slowly, then let him develop. 

Coaching Staff

If you really follow the jets, you know Rex is not good when it comes to coaching challenges. Really not him, his coaches up stairs are not getting him the right information to him fast enough. I really believe the lions got away with a fumble, but to be fair, they got to the line real fast and called the next play. Remember last season in the first Miami game, they clearly fumble, but Rex never got a chance to challenge. His staff needs to get better at this. 

The coaching staff has to stop with this child like rule of if you fumble you don't play. I believe it hurt Shonn Greene confidence early in the year and it hurting Kyle Wilson confidence now. Fumbles are very costly, but don't act like this team is going the rest of the season without a fumble. Also, the stupid fines giving to Mark Sanchez for body language. They are depriving their QB from becoming a leader. He should be able to let his receivers know if they are running poor routes, not playing or practicing hard enough, and/or not fighting to aviod interceptions (thought Santonio could made an effort to come back and break up that interception, I could be wrong though).

Defense  

Second straight game without a turnover (almost had two), third straight game without an interception. Is the jets defense too predictable? I really can't answer this. I think Crackback made the reference that how is it the line gets so much penetration on run plays but not on pass plays. They have dial down the blitz and have played more coverage on long third downs.  The front four is getting some pressure but not enough. What's happening is the QB's are getting off pretty good runs. Is it the scheme? they have some good players rushing the QB's. Think how great this defense would be if they start generating sacks and turnovers. Until this start happening, I will refer to the Jets defense as good not great. 

Steve Tasker 

Really hated the way he was calling the game. He seem anti jet or pro Lion on some of his remarks. One of his first uninformed comments were "Jet fans think they going to have an easy win here, but this Lion team plays hard". Ok, you need to do your research before you comment on a fan base. The majority of post on this site and other jet sites were the Jets need to respect this team. He also said " the Jets are going zone now because they now see how explosive the lions are". Again, anybody who follow the Jets know most of the times the defense is inside the twenty, they play zone. Should this really bother me? I just want to listen to someone who is impartial to wherever the team is from. 

Same Ole Jets

Jesus, I seen someone put this up before the game was far from over. While I know this is not the last time I will see this unfaithful slogan, its sad that I seen the same slogan at the Lion site.  That organization has had a far worse past then the jets, and I'm not just talking about recent past. Yet, fans of this team has the same ideology of that franchise. I blame the media for indoctrinating this belief in the jets fans. I see a lot of the sport casters on SNY who should be less judgmental with this ideology.  Win or lose, a real fan going to stay with their team through thick and thin. I'm not one who try to tell people what to posts, but can we do without this lame slogan.

Schotty   

Need I say more?

Great win by the Jets, lets hope some of these things improve. 

I started to write a post about how the Steelers and Giants in their Super-Bowl years had bad losses and played their best ball in December and January. Unfortunately, I can be very lazy at times and didn't feel like doing the research. Plus the way some of you been acting, I'll probably would be wasting my time anyway. So this post is about predicting what the Jets end of the season record will be. First off the AFC is stacked and most of the good teams play each other this year, so I believe there will not be any 14-2  or 13-3 teams this season. Secondly, the jets played a very tough first half of the season and came out of it 5-2. Its tough that both loses are at home and the Jets mostly beat themselves more then their opponents beat them. However, 5-2 is pretty good.

The Jets have nine games left, 5 on the road and 4 at home. Their next two ball games are on the road against the Lions and the Browns. Not counting my chickens, but I believed the Jets win these two games. After that two more at home against the Texans and the  Bengals. Again two more games on paper the Jets win and should win. 

December is where the schedule gets tough and the Jets have two tough aways games (Pats, Steelers) , three weeks apart sandwiching a home game against the Dolphins.Ok, my predictions get a little dicey at this point in this blog. I predict the Jets beat the Pats in their first December game, lose to the Dolphins and then lose to the Steelers on the road. I think the Pats are going to have a hard time scoring on the Jets and their defense, which has gotten much better is gonna have a difficult time stopping the Jets. The Dolphins is a different story. First off, I believe the Dolphins are much better then I really though they were. They probably had the toughest schedule in the league and to be 4-3 is incredible. But thats not the reason I'm picking the team I hate the most to beat my beloved Jets. If my predictions are right to this point, then the Jets will be flying high. They also might be looking past the Dolphins because they will have a big game in Pittsburgh the next week. Also with this game against the Dolphins, you just throw out the records. The're always close and any team can beat the other. 

The next two would be 1 on the road against the Bears and 1 at home against the Bills. I predict two wins, no reasons needed. Two easy wins unless the Bills come into the last game 0-15, then that game will tough, but still a Jet win. 

So there you have it. I'm predicting the Jets will go 12-4, AFC champs, and a first or second seed in the playoffs. I know some of you don't see this and believe the season is lost by now. Thats why I'm including a poll with all possible records that don't include ties. 

Caught a little of the top 100 players last night and saw something I surely don't agree with. Tom Brady according to the people who voted for this group, is considering better then Dan Marino. I find this ludicrous, as a football fan since early 80's, there was nobody who put fear in my heart or did not want to see on that field then Dan Marino. I'm not going to kill you with stats, but I want to look at Dan Marino record year of 48 touchdowns, Payton Manning year of 49 touchdowns, and Brady year when he had 50 touchdowns. Tom Brady had a future hall of famer in Randy Moss; whom caught 22 of those touchdowns. Payton Manning also had a future HOF in Marvin Harrison in addition to Reggie Wayne and Dallas Clark. Dan Marino threw 48 touchdowns with his receivers being Mark Duper and Mark Clayton. Of course Brady's three super bowls definitely factors in people considering better then Marino, but seriously Dan Marino was probably the first and only quarterback in the history of the NFL you could not blitz because his release was the quickest I ever saw.

Ok, I left this post very vague. If you want to come with your research and stats, you welcome to do it. Lets let go of our Jet biases and please share your opinion on this one or any of the top 100 hundred so far.

After watching the Jets victory twice over the fish Sunday, I seen quite a few things that stood out; but none of them stood out more then the two plays Vernon Gholston looked liked he be nothing more then a special team player. The first play was when Jake Long threw him around like he was a high school rusher. Ok, Long also did the same thing to JT; and I'm quite sure Long probably does that probably at least twice a game against opposing rushers. The second play was when Cromartie was attempting (attempting is an understatement, but the Jets didn't get him to tackle), a tackle on Ronnie Brown. This play stands out because the next or closest Jet defensive player was Gholston, and  in my opinion Gholston should have got there to make that tackle while Cromartie held Brown up. Now it's easy to say while I'm sitting on my couch what play a player should have or not made; however, anybody who played football knows while a player is being held up the next or closet players job is to make the tackle or even strip the ball. Brown got I believe eight yards after being contacted at or behind the line of scrimmage. I believe Gholston was not running hard enough to get to that tackle; and this lack of ferocity is why he will be nothing more then a special team player.     

The Jets go into Miami not only missing three defensive starters, they go into that game missing their three best defensive players Darrelle Revis, Kris Jenkins and Calvin Pace . Lucky for the Jets, they have experience playing without all three players at one time or another and did play the second half of last weeks game without all three players. While this is disappointing because I feel with these players we got the best defense in the league, I still feel the Jets can slow the fish down due to them being somewhat predictable, although they do have an all pro wide receiver. Which leads to the question, do the players make Rex Ryan defense works, or is it the system or scheme?

I know it was one game and I'm not one to overreact about  a player having one good game. However, lets look at what we got. Shawn Green is a good runner and if he gets to day light, he can take it to the house if he runs through the last line of defense. LaDainian Tomlinson is a great runner and if he gets to day light, he has the ability to make the last line of the defense miss.  

Shawn Green is much younger but has a history of fumbling and getting injury. LaDainian Tomlinson has a history of injuries in his past too, but most has come late in the season, which leads me to my reasons to start him over green.

OK, it would be stupid to run LaDainian Tomlinson more then 15 times a game, this would wear him down in this 16 game schedule. Yet, with LaDainian Tomlinson ability to find the hole faster, plus his ability to catch the ball out of the backfield, gives the Jets offense a much desired punch. And we should all agree, the Jets need to put some points on the score board. Green should carry the ball more in the second half of games when defenses are more tired and are more likely to miss tackles on his punishing running style. So while LaDainian Tomlinson would and should start, most of his runs should come in the first half.  With his ability to break the long run, the Jets should be able to put up more points in the first half, with Shawn green helping them play keep away with him doing most but not all his running in the second half. 

One other thing. Ray Lewis had two plays where he blew up the Jets run game. One when he stop Shawn Green and one when he blew up the fullback. There's no doubt, Ray Lewis is a future hall of famer; however, when a line backer gets that much penetration on run plays, it's because he most likely know what the play is before its called. Which leads me to think/feel that the Jets running game is too predictable. I believe both runs were their bread and butter play where the running back runs in the four hole or between the tackle and the guard. The same play they beat the chargers with.    

I'm sure a lot of you guys share in the feel of ultimate frustration of last night game. While the offense was inept, the defense allowed an alarming nine first downs on third down, with most of them being third and long. There was nothing worse then having the Ravens at the goal line, then letting them complete third and long when field position was desperately needed. Say what you want, the corners had no chance because the Jets famous blitz was not getting to Flacco. The sad thing about the continuing blitzing is I felt the D-line was getting good penetration. The Ravens first pass of the game became a sack because of the coverage of the Jets. Why not show some trust in our front three or four? It's funny because I seen this game played out before. Last season against Indy, the colts stayed away from Revis and picked apart the other corners.This happened due to Indy picking up the blitz, leaving the corners out on a island. My question is when do we dial back on the blitz. Why not show blitz and drop back to zone, or do some zone blitzing. With New England coming to town, it makes me wonder, has teams caught up with the Jets famous blitz? 

Maybe because of Rex Ryan or just a dislike for New York, New Jersey area, there is an increasingly amount of hatred towards the NY Jets. If you feel the Jets deserve it or not is not what this blog is about. I’m creating an imaginary blog about what should we do to the Jets biggest haters based on the Jets hazing ritual seen on Hard Knocks, with an added twist. Listed is a few of the Jets biggest haters. At the end of each hater’s description is what I would like to do to them, either tie them to the goal post or if the hatred is that bad, then tying them to the tacking sled, fully padded up to prepare for the practice  tackles we would use them for. The main purpose for this blog is to express your feelings for the people out there who can’t stop back lashing the Jets. Remember, I’m in no way promoting or advocating violence towards any individual mention. Just express your feelings; and feel free to add anyone I did not mention.

Michael Lombardi 

Ok, this is one guy I can say I hate. He has not even tried to hide his hatred of the Jet organization. I’ve counted at least twenty times he reminded the NFL network viewers that the dolphins have swept the Jets, and he was doing this last season. To tell the truth, I don’t know if I will just tie him up. I would more likely try to pry Bill Parcels nut sack out of his mouth. Much as I would like to give him the tacking sled, I’ll give him the goal post.

Skip Bayless

Seriously, who is this guy? He actually has a segment on the ESPN first take where he’s the self proclaim champion of the sports opinion. He’s another guy who has not hidden his hate for the Jets. Last season he picked the Jets to lose against the Bengals and Chargers: only to make excuses when the Jets beat both teams. He finally got his wish when the Jets lost to the Colts, claiming Payton Manning tore the Jets secondary up because of the Jets talking. Look like Payton being Payton to me. He now call the Jets the not Yets. After tying him up, he needs to be feed a steady diet of jaw jackers. (Yeah, I made up the word jackers), Goal Post.

Mike Francesa

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Ok, I wonder if my triple A would cover dragging this fat piece of shit to the goal post. Mr. Francesa needs no introduction. This guy is an arrogant piece of shit. He’s another so called sports expert who doesn’t hide his bias for the other NY football team. I guess the best punishment for him is to have a conversation with him with his mouth taped up, or worse removing his tongue. This bum gets the tacking sled.

Darrell Revis

So what is everybody favorite corner doing on this list. Mr. Revis has embarrasses himself and the organization that I love. It does not matter what the Jets gave him; the Jets will forever look like an organization that don’t pay their top players. The fact that he is back softens my feeling towards him.. He gets a pass, he’s the best Jet player, enough said.

Dolphin fans, Tom Brady, Howard Cross, and fill in the blank ___________

I have friends that are Dolphin, Patriots, Giants, and Bills fans. Out of all these rivals, nobody is more irritating then my one friend that is a dolphin fan. After joining this site, I realize it’s not him; it’s the fact that he is a dolphin fan.  Out of these teams fan base, we are only subjected to the phin fan bravado. To tell the truth it can be fun going back and forth with one of your rival, and not all phin fans are bad; however, we have come across plenty a-holes who have reminded me of my sorry ass friend. The dolphin fans get the goal post. I would probably repeatedly hit them with a fly swatter to remind them how much of a pest they are.  

Tom Brady

Before I start on Mr. Brady, I have to remind the readers, I feel he’s the best quarterback in the game today. With that said, don’t think I did not see through his attention grabbing, Jet hating rant. I detected a hint of jealousy in his announced hatred of the Jets. He could not stand all the attention the Jets were getting and had to defuse the Jets thunder. Of course I have no evidence of this, heck, he’s Tom Brady, don’t have too much to say about him but only he’s a cheating Patriot. Because of the later sentence Mr. Brady gets the tacking sled, with Vernon Gholston doing the honors. Release the Kraken!!!

Howard Cross

Giant lover, Jet hater, tries to act like he’s not bias, but its hard not to see right through him.  He gets the goal post.

What you think GGN, if there’s anybody I miss, feel free to add them to this list

I've played competitive sports all my life. While I never played at the professional level, I've played against pros in basketball and football. One thing I always notice in both sports is if players don't respect another player, this would in fact initiate more aggressive play from the player with the lack of respect. Another way to put it is if a point guard with a suspect dribble was bringing up the ball, the player guarding him would look at this as an easy steal and would play this player more aggressive; even if this player normally don't play defense. Similarly, if a quarterback is not respected, most corners would play the quarterback's initial movement feeling the quarterback will telegraph an easy interception.  

Based on Sanchez preseason play, you would guess he fits the no respected quarterback profile. This may be true; and this is why Sanchez will have a pretty good game Monday against Baltimore. You see, Sanchez did not do any play-action, use any pump fakes, and/or do any misdirection plays during the preseason. If Baltimore wants to play overly aggressive because they feel Sanchez will hand deliver a pick, then the pump fake will put Braylon or JC behind their corners. The key is the line giving him time, or Sanchez buying himself some time to make the down the field throws. 

While Baltimore played good preseason defense, they actually had issues stopping the run. Maybe this is due to the vanilla schemes used during the preseason, the age of their linebacker core, or the injury to mount Cody. The point is, if the Jets have success running the ball, it will open up chances for Sanchez to go down the field with the ball. With that said, ground and pound should not take effect until late third early fourth quarter with the Jets in the lead.  

I'm surprise Sanchez don't get enough credit for being able to throw on the run. I don't know his completion percentage when he's out of the pocket (feel free to look it up if you choose), but i feel it has to be pretty decent. Naked bootlegs, misdirection quarterback keepers should open some underneath throws, maybe some down the field throws. Lets not forget, he also now have LDT to catch the ball out of the backfield. The Jets have to throw the ball early and at times often to keep the Ravens honest. 

There you have it. Preseason withstanding, Sanchez has to improve and open up the passing game, if the Jets expect to win this game as well as the rest of the season against good/great teams like the Ravens. While I have my doubts on Sanchez ability to play at a high level, if the Ravens don't show Sanchez no respect and play eight in the box or go for his pump fakes, then Sanchez will have a good passing day against the Ravens.

Of course there is other factors to beating the Ravens, but Sanchez is the key. 

I really hate what the Knicks have become. We have move from a defensive oriented team dating back to the early seventies. Now we pick shoot guards, Danilo Gallinari,   over good big man Brook Lopez . The system we have now leads to people referring the Knicks with the S-word (soft). Now we going to let or hardest working, toughest, do the dirty work player go for a player who is clearly more talented, yet do not do half the dirty work that David Lee does. Now I do admit Stoudemire is a great pick up but should he come in at the expense of David Lee. Lets look at the stats of both players the last three years.

Amar'e Stoudemire

David Lee

Notice Stoudemire has a clear advantage in points, blocks,and  field goal percentage. David Lee is better in rebounding, assists, and durability. If stats tell the whole story, then we  should get Stoudemire. However, are we going to love this guy when he don't hustle for a rebound or rotate to the basket on defense.  I don't know if i proved my point,however, if I had to choose a player between the two, I would choose David Lee. Anyway, let me know how you feel.

I personally don't support something that looks like an excuse for racial profiling; however, that's not why I'm writing this post. You have to say Feely have some big kahunas being a place kicker and speaking out about hot social and political issues like this one. With the offense Arizona has, he'll probably be lining up for a lot of field goals. Don't miss any thirty-seven yarders.  Any opinions? 

The answer to that question is the follower, because you can't lead unless you have followers. What I'm about to say is my opinion and only my opinion; I'm not trying to change how some people feel about certain issues. However, I have a problem with Jet fans trying or wishing to pursue what seem like every washed up veteran that is available. My thinking is most of these guys are career leaders and if we keep bringing in guys with giant egos, we going to have many leaders and no followers. We have I believe to be a great roster, with a great coach, a great system and great management. I feel this preseason is very crucial because we have to get several new players to implement Rex's system. We lost at least two games last year because our safeties were not on the same page. I know we lack a potent pass rush, but the Superbowl champion Saints did the same thing we did to get to the quarterback, disguise a blitz and play good defense in the secondary. Also, I understand about gearing up for a Superbowl run, but if we get to and win the Superbowl with the young talent we have, it would be more satisfying because most of these young guys would be still be with us for a title defense. One more thing, nothing is promise in the National Football League, all our rookies can be bust (which i seriously doubt), but even worst is giving a veteran money and he don't give us what we expect. We already took two chance with LT and JT. I'm by no means am saying fans should not post who we should pursue, but we can't have everybody.