Honest Review #2.8

Honest Review 2.8: “A bad weathere dome team”
The Jets just got out played on special teams by a dome football team. The Jets played a 45-minute game against the defending NFC Champions. The Jets turned the ball over yet again in the 4th quarter in a crucial situation. All in all, just another typical Jet performance.

I’d rather the Jets get blown out by 50 than stick around in these close games, and slowly wither away because they don’t have the mental fortitude or conditioning, or whatever to finish all 60 minutes of a football game. On top of that, the Jets are playing a bad weather football game against a DOME team, who is on the road for the second straight week.

The Jets are now 3-5 and have to turn around on a short week to play a very hot Buffalo team who just rolled over the Raiders at home.

Special Teams (while being my second favorite thing about football) is extremely important part of a game. And, to allow Matt Bryant to go 4/4 on field goals and Matt Bosher to continuously flip field position against the Jets, while the Jets went 2/4 on field goals, muffed a punt, and ALMOST gave up a return for a touchdown (thankfully Atlanta had a block in the back) it is not a good recipe for success. Add all that up with a 33% third down percentage, six key penalties for 50 yards, and a lack luster 44 yards on the ground you—you get another fantastic way for the Jets to lose a football game.

The Key play for me in this loss is the sack at the beginning of the 4th quarter that Josh McCown took. Instead of throwing the ball into the dirt or onto the sidelines, the Jets QB decided to take the sack, thus testing the range of Catanzaro. The Cat-Man already missed from 46-yards earlier in the game and the sack pushed the Jets back to the 48-yard-line. Catanzaro would miss again; while the reigning MVP would drive the Falcons down the field (much thanks to a 52-yard run from Tevin Coleman), score a touchdown to completely flip the momentum, and give Atlanta their first lead of the game.

It wasn’t all bad however, Robby Anderson had his 1st 100-yard receiving game (burning Atlanta’s secondary a couple of times), Muhammed Wilkerson actually showed up with five tackles and his first sack of the season, and Demario Davis and Darron Lee played extremely well (seven total tackles for Davis, four for Lee with some great coverage from the 2nd year man as well).

Like I said earlier, the Jets will have a short week, as they host the Buffalo Bills on Thursday Night football, and will try and stop LeSean McCoy. McCoy is coming off a 27 rush, 151-yard, a touchdown, and six catches for 22 yards against the Raiders this afternoon. McCoy last week, had 91 yards on the ground, five catches for 31 yards, and two touchdowns. While also rushing for 110 yards against the Jets back in Week 1.

This  season is headed to exactly where we thought we’d be through nine weeks of football, and honestly, the tank should be completely back after the loss this week. Even when the defense causes two turn overs, one of your young receivers has a career day, and we catch a dome team on their second consecutive road game (and a bad weather game), the Jets cannot get out of their own way. See you all on Thursday, LET’S GO J-E-T-S.  


   

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