Four weeks into a season with Super Bowl expectations, the locker-room complaints have grown louder in light of the Jets' offensive struggles. The Daily News has learned that wide receivers Santonio Holmes, Plaxico Burress and Derrick Mason have individually gone to Rex Ryan in the past few weeks to question offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer's system. Gang Green, losers of two straight entering today's game against the Patriots, ranks near the bottom of the league in total offense (25th) and rushing offense (30th). Despite the fact that the Jets have been pass-heavy during the first month - they've thrown it 62% of the time - the receivers clearly aren't happy with the offense. Their decision to meet with Ryan at different points in the past month is a clear indictment of the offensive philosophy. Holmes and Mason average three catches per game. Burress only averages 2.5. The trio has combined for 35 receptions for 432 yards. Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker, on the other hand, has 40 catches for 616 yards. "We just grind for everything," a source told The News. "Nothing's ever easy." Despite the organization's efforts to surround Mark Sanchez with plenty of weapons, the offense has sputtered. Gang Green had only seven first downs, 150 total yards and three points from the offense in the 34-17 loss to the Ravens last week. Only the Broncos and Steelers have had more turnovers than the Jets' 10 giveaways (five fumbles, five interceptions) through the first four games. Baltimore scored 24 points off four of them. The offense is tied for 24th in the league in third-down efficiency and first downs and 30th in yards gained on first down. "Underwhelming," a source said. Schottenheimer accepted the blame for the meltdown last week. "We were really just kind of struggling, calling bad plays and not executing as clean as we need to do," Schottenheimer said. "I take responsibility for that … I think there have been cracks throughout certain times of our play." The offensive woes against the Ravens prompted Holmes and Mason to speak out. "Obviously, there's things that have to change," Mason said after the game. "There's some cracks. And don't nobody really want to identify the cracks. Until we identify the cracks, we're going to keep having the same problems. Whenever somebody wants to seal up the cracks, then we'll continue to move forward as an offense." The receivers' decisions to approach the head coach during a season when the Jets are throwing it more than ever under Ryan speaks volumes about their feelings about the play-calling. Wideouts don't typically want to change when they're part of a pass-friendly offense. However, all of them recognize the importance of re-establishing a ground attack that has lost its way. To that end, Ryan admitted that his team will lean more on the ground-and-pound attack moving forward to re-establish a more physical mind-set. "I'm not going to make any calls, any play calls or whatever," Ryan said. "I'll certainly give my opinion. I'm there to help." After the loss to the Ravens, Holmes pointed out multiple failures on offense. "We got to do a better job of running the football," Holmes said at the time. "That will be the key to jump-starting our offense... We definitely have to focus more on what we have to do running the ball and get the ball in the hands of the playmakers. Give our guy (Sanchez) a little bit of time so he can deliver the ball to the guys that can make plays for us." Sanchez told reporters that any future critical comments by his teammates would stay in-house. Despite the subpar start, the Jets' offense will likely have opportunities to exploit the Patriots, who rank last in total defense. Although Gang Green only averages 4.6 yards on first downs (30th in the league), New England is giving up a league-high 8.8 yards on first down. If the offense sputters again Sunday, the dissension may become more widespread. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/f...burress_santonio_holmes_ma.html#ixzz1aH6Txjiq
1. fuck Schotty etc etc etc 2. Holmes, Burress & Mason have all been whiny bitches in their career... hope it doesn't come to bite us in the ass eventually.
I still think we need to shit can Schotty and get someone in here from Green Bay. No matter what wideout they bring in they all seem to perform. They have a built a team around Rodgers that does not compare with many in the NFL today. Granted you have them assholes in New England but we are not taking anyone from that team, really all thats left is the Saints. If it was up to me I would pry away the QB coach in Green Bay or another offensive assistant.
Maybe Tanny's obsession with "star power" will finally end now. I know he has to sell PSL's but dammit, we're not the Yankees and at some point, we gotta stop playing musical stars with our offense..
I miss the days when our trio of WRs would stretch their arms out to their sides and run around in circles like autistic kids.
Tom Clements is the current Green Bay Packer QB coach. He's been their QB coach since 2006. He was the Buffalo Bill OC from 2004-2005. Per Wiki: I know nothing else about him but that sounds pretty decent.
Shottys talent is there. His consistency is another matter. Rex needs to get involved in this before it takes the team down this year.
As bad as New England's pass defense is, the Jets certainly will be tempted to pass a lot, even though they want to revive the run game. To be honest, their run defense isn't great either. I'm no offensive coordinator, but I don't think it would make a ton of sense to rely too heavily on the run against such a crappy pass defense. However, an INT after an 80 yd drive makes a bad defense look good. I guess the Jets should just try to increase the running game, but not necessarily revert to a 2009-type runass ratio. Not against the Pats anyway. Schotty will look like even more of a moron if he ignores the passing game against the worst pass defense in the league. I'm just speaking strictly from a playcalling standpoint. Obviously if the offensive line continues to suck balls, it doesn't matter what he calls and he'll be blamed anyway. So perhaps Callahan and Mangold's ankle might be more important this week than Schotty. The Jets can win this game, but a lot more has to go right for them than the Pats because they have Brady. The o-line has to keep Nacho upright, the playcalling needs to be better, the run game has to resurface, Nacho needs to make sure he doesn't make the Pats DBs look better than they really are, and Rex and Pettine need to find a way to keep Brady uncomfortable and at least tone down his passing success a little. Brady's going to get his stats, and the Jets won't win if they don't at least put up 20 pts. It'll truly be a chess match to see which coach puts up the right gameplan and which one can adjust the best on the fly. The Jets have the ability to win or get blown out of the water.
Shotty's "talent"? What exactly is this talent he has, other than being born from the sperm of a respected long-time NFL head coach?
Finally the players are questioning this piece of shit. There is no reason he should be coaching a 6th year with this team. Almost as inexplicable as Bryan Thomas still being a Jet. If the offense shows nothing today, Schotty needs to be fired. No if's, and's or but's about it...
He should go back down to the college ranks...where he belongs. And I'm not basing this over this year with that terrible O-line...its the entirety of his tenure here...anemic.
as usual, most of you idiots are making this another thread about Schotty, when the real problem is we have 3 cunts for wide receivers who never get open and now theyre trying to completely derail the whole fuckin team. 3 pieces of shit. You think fat Rex can keep order in this lockerroom? We've already heard Jenks sayin how all the character guys and leaders on the team have been thrown outta there or retired. This smells really, really bad
Look, if we had 3 other wr's, 3 guys who were not "cunts," I would have a problem with them not questioning this non-sense that goes on with this offense. For years, it has looked like this offense doesn't even practice on offense. The gameplan is awful, the execution is even worse, and these guys are supposed to sit there and not say something? Maybe these guys want to win something, and they realize it isn't happening because the OC sucks donkey dick...
youre missing the point. We dont need ANOTHER Schotty thread. Regardless of whether he sucks or not, once this shit starts happening, it can be really difficult to stop the snowball effect.
