this is good news In other injury news, nose tackle Kris Jenkins didn't appear to be favoring his back, which kept him out for most of the game Monday night. The run-stopping veteran ran through agility and defensive line drills without incident, and Mangini also anticipates him playing against the Cardinals. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3606598
While this is great news, I wonder how one could favor there back? I mean, I know he's a huge guy but does he actually have two backs so that he could favor one of them?
Hahaha, yeah, sometimes I wonder if they require writers to have a strong background in the English language.
This is my first time posting here I've read this message board for a long time. I was thinking since Kris Jenkins is the most important player to the Jets defense and without him they can't stop a high school running back why don't the Jets take a look at bringing in Ted Washignton or some other monster NT for a tryout. I know Washignton is 40 but hes a good insurance plan for this season and when Kenkins gets winded you could bring him in for a few snaps and not give up 7 yards per carry on the ground. Washington is very familiar with the 3-4 and is the ideal NT weighing 350 plus and can take up multiple blockers. Idk just a thought I had what does everyone think?
The fact that he's practicing is great news. They probably held him out of the Chargers game as a precaution since the game was out of hand pretty early on. My only worry is that these back problems tend to linger, especially for a big man like Jenkins.
favoring your back..i would guess that the way he was standing, stretching, moving etc you could tell...ever have a bad back and have to sit or stand one way to help with the pain?
I see he played in Cleveland last year, went out with a knee injury. It does not say if he is still a Brown. I would guess not.
What I want to know is, how can the Cowboys run a 3-4 so well, with linemen who weigh around 300 LBS. not to mention their NT, but then the Jets sub in Pouha for Jenkins who is 325 at NT, and he gets blasted off of the line?
i wouldn't know, i have no idea how much weight actually matters and how much it is just something these scouts and coaches have a hard on for. but obviously it works for the cowboys, maybe we should spy on them and learn how to play it correctly
The Cowboys use Wade Phillips' one-gap penetrating 3-4, which is different from the Jets, who use a two-gap read-and-react 3-4. The main difference is that in the one-gap system, the DL penetrates and attacks, while in the two-gap system, they maintain gap integrity (hold their ground and occupy blockers) while the LBs make all of the plays. That explanation makes it sound like our system is passive and the Phillips system is aggressive, but that's really not true; NE runs a 2-gap system to perfection. Needless to say, however, we don't have the DL horses that they do. I'd love to see us combine some more attacking/one-gap stuff into our scheme.
Excellent description of the two 3-4 systems. Since the two gappers have to hold their ground, they must be much larger than penetrating 3-4 DL. That's why the Jets have 300 lb DE and a 360 lb NT. It's great if you have the beef on the line (NE, Pittsburgh, soon to be Miami). But the scheme falls apart if your NT doesn't have the size and strength to demand double teams every play. Pouha sure didn't show that on Monday.
Good stuff. Sometimes you can read endless trash in threads and then come over a great insightful nugget with superb knowlege of the technique and variations which highlights why we love this game so much.
Yep read down in this link & you will clearly see Jenkins himself confirms he had previous back problems http://weblogs.newsday.com/sports/football/jets/blog/
