I can say with supreme confidence that if Mangold does not play against Baltimore, Sanchez will probably be incapacitated by the middle of the first quarter. I had seen it mentioned when the Jets acquired Caleb Schlauderaff that in the event of an injury, Matt Slauson would play center and Schlauderaff would slide to guard. I wonder if that's in the works?
Might be but since nobody had any experience at all yesterday Baxter was the obvious choice with the the Jets and Chargers systems being similar.
TheJetsStream Manish Mehta Here's some sobering news re: Mangold's injury. I'm told "it could be awhile" before he returns. Likely out minimum 2-3 weeks. #nyj Two of those weeks will be tough. At least we won't be doing much running up the middle.
As long as we beat the Raiders, we'll be in decent shape even if Mangold misses the 2 games after that. Going into the Dolphins game 3-2 could be the worst case scenario, and not that bad.
Not that bad? 2 afc playoff contenders one which we will battle for division champs. We need to beat ravens and patriots more than raiders
great, if we dont have him for the Pats and Ravens games were fucked. i can only watch his stunt double get is fuckin ass kicked so long.
Relax everyone. Mangold going down is a blow but we are supposed to be a championship calibre team- getting injuries is part of the game, it's how we deal with them that counts. Baxter looked pretty comfortable to me. We'll get by.
we need him back for the Patriots...Ravens looks tough, but i hope his beard strengthens his knee in time for some patsy whoopping
if Mangold is out for this game i honestly dont expect a W. Ray Rice is a MJD clone on an actual contender. Sanchez already has enough to worry about Hunter getting schooled. let alone Mangold's mini me getting eaten alive by Ngata
Kris Jenkins could be replaced cause of scheme, Rex, pouha, devito. clogging holes is different than making blitz pickup reads and calls. let alone blocking the Ravens and Patriots front 7's
This is bad, but Baxter looked OK against JAX and Moore can provide the double-team against Ngata and Wilfork. Tomlinson can pass-protect and provide a last line of defense against guys like Suggs and Mayo. DeMarcus Ware did WORK against the Jets and they still came out with the win. Don't write us off just yet.
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I am more worried about Ngata going against Hunter than Baxter. I think he plays DE more than on the inside. You can put Ngata on Hunter and a wide body on Baxter and collapse 2 parts of the line...........ugh. Sanchez needs a body double like Sadaam Hussein, quick.
after getting spanked around by DAL and running for his life from JAX Sanchez has the potential to get fuckin crushed by BAL. i love people around here downplaying the loss of our All Pro C for upcoming games against SB contenders especially when we havent shown we can pass protect or run the ball dont worry though, im sure Mangolds unfinished early release from the development pod failed clone will succeed.