Honest Review #2.9

Honest Review #2.9: A confusing 4-5 start
4-5. One game under .500 and I don’t know where to go from here. With everything going on with the trade deadline and all the chips that fell in place for the Jets to capitalize on one of the best quarterback classes in the last few years—what do the Jets do?

The way that every Jet defender swarmed the ball is something that just confuses me. Why did the Jets take this long to get all the players to buy into the culture? Why did it take the 4th time entering the 4th quarter to actually close a game. If the Jets flipped the past three games from losses to wins the Jets would be a 7-2 team. The Jets would be leading the division and looking at a possible playoff run.

Instead, the Jets are stuck in the mud, not really having a plan for the rest of the season. There is no question that the Jets need a quarterback. There will be a quarterback sitting within the top five in the draft this coming April and they need to go get him. Josh McCown is not the long-term answer for this team.

The defense played extraordinarily well. The Jets came out and punched the Bills in the mouth from the moment the ball was kicked off. From Demario Davis (six tackles, a tackle for a loss, a fumble recovery, and a sack), to Darron Lee (five tackles and a sack), Marcus Maye (four tackles and a forced fumble), Jamal Adams (four tackles and a fumble recovery), and yet again Muhammed Wilkerson (three tackles, a pass deflection, and a sack).  This team will now probably win six or seven games this year and completely mess up the tank for a franchise quarterback. You called it dad.


The Jets now have 10 days to prepare to go on the road to face the Tampa Bay Bucs. The Bucs have been streaky this year, so you don’t really know what you’ll get with Tampa Bay. But, for now the message will remain the same; Let’s go J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS. 

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