Honest Review #2.13: You have to show up everyday

It’s not often that I just turn a Jet game off in pure disgust, I’ve done it before but this is the first of 2017. It has nothing to do with what happened the week before against Kansas City. That is irrelevant as soon as the clock strikes midnight on Sunday night. Once Monday rules around the Sunday before doesn’t matter.

After a 38-point performance against Kansas City the Jets get shutout by the struggling Denver Broncos. The game against Kansas City doesn’t matter at this point because it’s irrelevant—it’s in the past. This Jet performance just shows all the Jet fans that watched this game that the team didn’t get off the plane. The Jets just they’d come into Denver, walk in, and walk out with a win. That’s the ONLY way you can justify a performance like this. Because this team has talent, this team has beaten playoff teams and has been in games against playoff teams. They just played down to their competition.

I said last week that the win against Kansas City was a culture building win. Well, you can also establish that same culture after an embarrassing loss like this. If any other Jet team from this past year walked into the building against the Broncos; Denver would have lost no question about it. The Jets thought they were too good to be put on the same field as the Broncos and got a good old-fashioned butt kicking. That’s really the story.

Yes, Josh McCown did suffer a broken hand late in the 3rd quarter. McCown shouldn’t have been in the game because of the back injury that he previously suffered in the 2nd quarter. McCown just wasn’t the same after that. The game was still in the balance when McCown stepped out for three plays. Those three plays went to Bryce Petty who looked good when he stepped in only to have McCown throw an interception the very next play that he came in for. Petty looked comfortable and had the Bronco defense on their heels. If the Jets just took the time and let Petty play out the half maybe this game would’ve been different. Petty would come back in and finish the game and the box score doesn’t tell the whole story. 2/9 isn’t good but a few of those incompletions were just dropped by Jet receivers.

With McCown’s broken hand, maybe Bryce Petty will get some reps. With Petty and Hackenberg both on roster; one of these two quarterbacks has to stay on roster after the season. Like Geno Smith not being in the long-term plans of the New York Giants, Josh McCown isn’t a part of the long-term plans for the Jets. Let McCown rest up his hand, he has another contract in the NFL coming next year, it’s just not with the Jets. Josh McCown has done enough for a contract next year. I am not discounting what Josh McCown has done for the Jets this season. At the beginning of the year this was a team that was look at as a only win team tops. He has turned this team into a team that fought for a playoff spot but just wasn’t able to pull it off in the end. He will get another contract in the league because he is a pros pro. But, I’ve seen this swan song before. The 2015-16 with Ryan Fitzpatrick as he lead the Jets to a 10-6 season (just barely missing out on the playoffs) and held the Jets organization hostage throughout the offseason looking for that next contract only to return to the form that landed on his then 7th team in the league. There is a reason why guys like McCown and Fitzpatrick last so long in the NFL. They are great locker room guys and they are a good enough backup to carry a team for some time. Josh McCown has carried the Jets for long enough in 2017.  

What Todd Bowles should do is let Bryce Petty play for his job. If you have watched Bryce Petty throughout his short career you can see that Petty has the arm talent that you cannot teach. He just needs to play against live action to fine tune reads and get more knowledge in his head. Petty can go against the Jets defense and watch tape until his head pops off his shoulders, let him play. He will be a fantastic option for the Jets moving forward. With what has been going on in the league with all the injuries to quarterbacks you need two good ones. Bryce Petty has the stuff you can’t teach—he needs to be taught in a baptism by fire situation. The Jets will let a great talent walk through their franchise without a blink of an eye if they don’t give him a chance.  


The playoffs were a long shot to begin with so now that those dreams have come crashing down to reality, it’s time to continue to build for the future. Full steam ahead with Bryce Petty. On to New Orleans (dear god) but the message stays the same LET’S GO J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS! 

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