http://www.nj.com/jets/index.ssf/2011/09/jets_coach_rex_ryan_says_groun.html Can't wait to see the running game beat up on JAX. I think it'll help the OL get into a rhythm. Last night was very out of the norm for the Jets offense. In terms of runass
Our RBs should be in much better game shape than Johnson, who just got on a field for the 1st time in 9 months last week.
To finally see what he's made of? So the playoff games don't tell us anything? This is a run first team.
Maybe, but CJ off the couch might be a better back than Shonn Greene or LT. We can't run it much worse. I do think Dallas has a better front 7 than Jacksonville for sure though.
I'd like to hear your reasoning on why this is a "run first team". While I would certainly agree that the Jets have been a run first team the last couple of years (with good reason), I'm not sure that I see why it's such a given that we stay stuck in that mold?
I'm anxiously awaiting Greene's emergence as a top level NFL RB. Hopefully he gets started this week.
Why would Rex deviate from what's worked for 2 years? Schotty isn't going to get his way of throwing the ball 40 times a game. His style of offense is run first. That's what its going to be. Not 60:40 runass, but the run will be established like usual. Sunday night was an anomaly due to the weak secondary.
I don't care what he says it will only be back if they can open some holes. They couldn't against Dallas.
As long as EL Capitan keeps dropping 300+yd games on teams, eventually they will have to respect the pass and stop stacking the box. That's the only way our Gnd and Pnd will succeed. Right now, the league still doesn't respect Sanchez enough to do that so its a work in progress.
I don't want to overreact to one game, but at the same time I would not say that Greene has yet (in past years) shown himself to be, in terms of being a starter, even an average NFL RB. If you can't think of 14 or 15 better RB's, you're not trying very hard. Hopefully he picks it up. Otherwise no matter what Ryan said I doubt we see many Jet stats with more runs than passes.
Maybe being behind 7-14 points in the game and not getting the push against the DL might influence play calling in a game. Not an expert- I'll check with junc on that.
"So, yes, he still loves the ground-and-pound. But Ryan said he learned in last year’s comeback win at Detroit to never lock the team into one style... The bottom line is flexibility, to be able to go after the area of the opposing defense that is most vulnerable." I think that's good advice right there.
They smothered the line of scrimmage last week Their front 7 is solid...... but their best DB is an overrated Rasheen Mathis. Derek Cox is solid, yet slow (and may be injured). Coleman is now their #3 guy, and Lowery at safety. Tennessee's yards mostly came through the air, and that's with Hasslebeck looking like shit, and being out of sync with his receivers (and trying to force passes to Kenny Britt) I want to see the JETS reestablish the run game, but don't be surprised if we see a similar game plan next week.
It's one thing to say "We're going to run the ball!" if you have an OL that blows every opponent off the line, even with 8 or even 9 in the box, and RB's to get it done against that kind of pressure. But if you fall somewhat short of that, and an opponent gears up their D to take away the run, you have to be flexible enough to make them pay by changing it up. I think most here expected the Jets to pass the ball somewhat more this year. Even last year LT came in and brought with him the option of the halfback pass that the Jets did not have much of since Leon broke his leg, and imo even better than that. Sanchez's development is the obvious factor. So maybe the Jets won't always be passing over 70% of the time, but I doubt it will be accurate to call the Jet O Ground and Pound, either.
The funny part is it looked like (again) Sanchez was doing much better in the hurry up where he was calling the plays rather than Shotty. The Jets were run first a lot in Sanchez's rookie year, but last season Sanchez had 14 games where he threw over 30 passes, and 5 games where he threw over 38 passes.
Out of curiosities sake, why makes you think that Schottenheimer wants to pass 40 times a game? I dunno what more Schotty would have to do to prove that he's committed to the "ground and pound." Nobody in the league has called more running plays since he became offensive coordinator.
