Final Score: Packers 9 - Jets 0
By the numbers:
Passing
Sanchez : 16/38 - 256 yds 0 TD 2 INT - 43.3 Passer Rating
Rushing
NYJ : L. Tomlinson - 16 car 54 yds 3.4 ypc
S. Greene - 6 car 22 yds 3.7 ypc
Receiving
NYJ : D. Keller - 2 rec 45 yds
S. Holmes - 3 rec 43 yds
B. Edwards - 1 rec 32 yds
J. Cotchery - 4 rec 89 yds
First Downs
NYJ - 13
GB- 15
3rd Down Efficiency
NYJ - 7-17
GB - 2-14
Turnovers
NYJ - 3
GB - 0
Penalties
NYJ - 7-55
GB - 3-15
Time of Possession
NYJ - 31:23
GB - 28:37
There's no other way to put this one. This was one of the WORST performances by an offense I have seen in a long time. The numbers in this case don't lie, but here are a couple of numbers that truly tell the story.
1) 3 for 3 turnovers. ALL IN GB TERRITORY
2) 7 for 7 dropped passes
3) 42% for Sanchez's completion percentage
4) 24 for 24 rushing attempts
5) 38 for 38 pass attempts
There was so much wrong with this game offensively that it's almost impossible to assign blame on just 1 person. I however am placing the blame on 3 people and I think you know who they are.
1) Mark Sanchez
2) Brian Schottenheimer
3) Rex Ryan
For the 2nd straight game Sanchez played like SHIT! He has regressed from his hot start. His accuracy is just dreadful right now. Up, Down, Left, Right. Almost every throw took a circus effort by the receivers to catch. WHEN THEY ACTUALLY CAUGHT THE DAMN BALL! It's time for Sanchez to stop talking about needing to get better with his accuracy and ACTUALLY GET BETTER! In his defense, when Sanchez did throw the ball well his guys couldn't bring the ball in. These guys couldn't have picked a worse time to suffer a case of the dropsies. And as far as his 2 picks go. Those really don't fall on him either. They were simply a case of a tie up and the DB's winning the wrestling match for the ball. The only thing I would say about the picks is that the throws were not as sharp as they should have been. The decision making wasn't too good either. The 1st interception was a 3rd down and 11 and Sanchez threw the ball to Cotchery for a 3 yard slant. That decision makes no sense whatsoever.
So the passing game wasn't clicking maybe they should have tried....
RUNNING THE BALL MORE!!!
Once again Schottenheimer got too cute with the playbook. It's no secret that the Packers front 7 resembled a hospital unit. The Jets claimed to have the league's best running game well WHERE WAS IT???? 24 rushing attempts? UNACCEPTABLE. It may not have been working well early on but you can't just abandon your best strength on offense even if it's taking a while to get going. Maybe it's just my initial anger coming through here but I'm really getting sick and tired of this out think your opponent style of playcalling. Just line up and smash the ball in their face. That will open up the passing game and help Sanchez get the ball to the right guy. The stats didn't lie last year. When the Jets ran the ball more than passed, they were much more successful on the scoreboard and in the win column. I realize that there are more toys for Sanchez to play with in the passing game but you have to stay with what your identity really is. This team is a running team. HANDS DOWN!
RUN THE GOD DAMN BALL!
This is the perfect segue to Rex Ryan. He needed to lay down the law and tell Schottenheimer to run the ball more. Instead he let him call the game and this is what the end result was. Sadly, this wasn't the only thing that Rex did wrong on this day. His game management was very questionable.
The fake punt he ran in the 1st quarter was just a terrible call.
Now I know what you are all gonna say. "It's a bad call because it didn't work. If he got it, it was a great call."
9 times out of 10 you would be right but here is why this is the 1 time it was the wrong call. Weatherford was punting inside his 20 yard line on 4th and 18. You just can't take the risk of allowing a short field for GB if you don't make it. Now it has come to light from Rex's press conference that Weatherford had the Punt/Fake option depending on what he saw from the GB coverage. Clearly Weatherford thought he could make it and he took off. I don't know if this was Rex throwing his punter under the bus but the real point is simple.
HE NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE OPTION IN THE 1ST PLACE!!!
Just punt the ball and play defense which was awesome all game long.
Rex also did a poor job with his challenges. I have no problem with him challenging the fumble but the 1st interception he needed to keep the flag in his pocket and save it.
Here's why.
He just lost a challenge on the Brad Smith fumble. The defense forced a 3 and out. Now you have this questionable interception play. Just hold on to the challenge and play defense. The Packers clearly had a hard time moving the ball all day long. You trusted your defense to hold on if the fake punt didn't work. The defense held up after the fumble so trust them to hold down the Packer offense again. Finally, the Jets had nothing to gain if they won the challenge. The pass wasn't close to a 1st down so Rex was challenging the right to punt the ball instead of having the turnover. Of course the Jets never needed the challenge due to the pathetic offense but it would have been nice to have it just in case.
The biggest factor for Rex in this one was the simple fact that the team was coming off their bye week. They had 2 weeks to get healthy and prepared for a Packer team coming off a Sunday night game against Text Favre. Rex needed to have this team better prepared for this one.
AT HOME!!!!
Just a bad job all the way across the board.
That's it for the recap.
Now it's time for some quick hits.
1) LT makes history....With his 54 yards rushing today. Tomlinson became only the 2nd player with over 13,000 yards rushing and 4,000 yards receiving. It's a shame that he didn't have more yards rushing in this game. Thanks for nothing Schotty.
2) The ghosts of the old meadowlands came out today....One of the biggest factors/distractions for the Jets and Giants playing in NJ is the swirling winds. This time the wind helped and hurt the Jets. On Mason Crosby's 50 yard FG attempt, me missed it badly due to mostly the wind taking the ball and sending it wide left. So when Folk made his only FG attempt of the day from 37 yards away on the sae side of the field. He clearly compensated for what he thought was going to be a swirling wind and he pushed the ball to the right missing the kick by a mile. It was just a terrible attempt but I think the wind and how bad Crosby's kick looked got into his head. He still has to make that kick.
3) Bad after the bye....The Jets are now 0-2 coming off their bye week during King Rex's rule. The two things that both games had in common was that the team came out flat and were just 1 play away from winning the game despite the poor play.
4) Props to the Packer's "D"....I know I have spent most of this blog ranting about how poorly the Jets were on offense but a lot of that has to do with the Packers defense. They showed up and played very well. The 8 man coverages gave Sanchez very small window's to throw and forced bad decisions. I still think the Jets should have been better on offense but the Packers defense does deserve some credit.
That's all for quick hits. Now it's time for King Rex's quote of the game.
This is another daily double
"We let one get away from us. We were in great position to the way our defense played in particular to win this football game. We just never got it done."
"With this football team you gotta win the close ones. We gotta win these games, I don't care who we play. You play at our place you should win. I thought our fans gave a great effort. Left a little early but that was our fault, not theirs."
That pretty much sums it up when it comes to this game. This team looked out of sync and poorly prepared coming out of the bye week. What really steams me about this one is the fact that in spite of all the poor play on offense, the turnovers, the missed FG. They were still in the game until the very end.
The defense was great today shutting down one of the NFL's best quarterbacks who plays for a team that lives and dies by the pass. Rodgers' was non existent all day. The pressure wasn't as strong but when they needed to dial up the blitz they got to him. They also did a great job of containing him between the numbers. One of Rodgers' best skills is throwing on the run. The "D" took that away.
All it took was just ONE FUCKING PLAY! And the Jets would have escaped with an ugly win instead of dealing with an uglier loss.
Now they go to Motown to take on a Lions team that's not as bad as last year. Should the Jets dominate? Absolutely but Detroit will not go down quietly and they have some weapons so the Jets have a lot of work to do to get the shitty taste of this game out of their mouths.
That's all I got. No chant this week. They don't deserve it.
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