If the Jets are for real they would be favored in both games, being the home team and all. Even if they're not a real contender they have a shot to win both games that is more than just a longshot. Now if the Jets are a bad team, then they have no real shot at winning either of the games. I think the Jets are a very average team at this point and while I don't expect them to win either game I wouldn't be at all surprised to see them win either or both.
I think the Jets can definitely split these next two games, if not win them. The reason I say this is because our teams under Rex Ryan have always played better when the chips were down, and no one expected anything of us. I think we play better in these situations. - In Mark We Trust
No question. The goal for most teams is to get pressure with just your basic front 4 and we couldn't do that so our corners got exposed. McCourty got picked on and while he made some plays (and botched an interception or two he made some really bad plays too. Arrington wasn't great although he wasn't abused like McCourty. We can't give any decent QB that amount of time and expect them to not to connect. Certainly not with Fitzpatrick. We just may have throw some blitzes in. We'll see. The key is whether you can do that without blitzing and/or with effective blitzing. Yep. 4 weeks is a long time.
Any given Sunday. I do think Houston will give us more problems though. Good weapons on offense. A top WR and a good qb, and a good rb. They have the players to move the ball. On defense I see them as a good overall team. Now I do think we have a shot at SF. In my eyes they are a better defensive team than Houston. Not to say they are that much better defensively but I will give SF the edge on defense. However on offense its where they can fall off a bit. They don't have a good qb. Yea he doesn't throw picks but SF isn't a team that will use their qb to destroy your defense. It really comes down to how teams match up. They have a strong defense and a good running attack. Similar to how the Jets have built their team the past years. I understand our defense is losing its identity but they are still a defense first team. Should be a low scoring game if our defense can step up and the offense can comes out to play. We have home field these two games and that's a key. Or maybe I'm being too optimistic ............
I don't expect the Jets to win any of the two games ahead - I will be very surprised if they win any of the two, for a following reason. Ok. SF lost against Vikings. That's not a sign of SF being weak; did you see the Vikings play during that day? They could run very well (thanks to Peterson) and Ponder was playing very sound. With SF defense playing the way they do (bend-and-don't-break, with exclusive 2-deep shell), they could impose their will from the get-go. Does that mean SF is weak in any stretch? That's hardly the case. SF still plays very sound football - their players do not miss their assignments, and they do not miss block or tackle. Jets? You can only wish. And don't even get me started on Houston. Their defense will be coming after Nacho. It will get pretty ugly very early. Key point? Both teams feature proficient rushing attack - that Jets D have real hard time handling. With Revis out, once the game reaches out of hand, expect a lot of ugly shit to happen. I practically guarantee it.
Don't even talk about the refs. There were so many bad calls and missed calls that for you even to call out some single bad call as if THAT was significant is beyond RIDICULOUS. The reffing was just Terrible for both teams and both got helped as well as screwed over and over again. You just didn't know when. I couldn't even keep up. There were penalties on Gronkowski and Spikes to name just two that had those same announcers scratching where the penalties were. Typical. Drive killing penalties, automatic 1st down penalties for the Ravens etc. There was one play where Lewis practically tackled Gronkowski in the open field and nothing was called. Terrible. Yes he had plenty of time for much of the the game and they made plays. 31 points ain't chopped liver. The Pats had to punt 4 times in the game, 3 of them in the 4th quarter. But they needed to blitz and so will the Jets. I didn't think the Jets had a good pass rush, do they? Especially without Revis controlling half of the field. That's always been why Revis was so important the Jets defense. I think you're going to need to blitz and as you're saying below I don't know if they have the speed. Agreed. Yes, exactly. If Hernandez was healthy I think they would have won both games. Welker is certainly good but Hernandez is too much of a matchup problem. I'm confused. I thought you were going to tell how the Jets are going to beat the Patriots. BTW Coples looked good in the pre-season. He's not there yet?
If you didn't know by now, I am a darksider (that every Jet fans criticize.) The catch here is - if I see a weakness that "can" be disguised, then I usually give it a pass. The team, as a whole, still functions so I have no gripe toward that. After all, you cannot fill the roster with 53 pro-bowl quality players. Now, what pisses me off is these glaring holes that 1. are constantly ignored and 2. severely affect the entire integrity of the team. Jets have that all over the board. The quality of talent at OL and LB corp is nothing short of laughable - and I am being very, VERY generous with that assessment too, mind you. Also, if you read any of my post in this thread, you would have easily noticed how apprehensive I am over the future of this franchise, and how little confidence I have in them.
3 probowlers on the line. Slauson is very average as is Howard but it is still better than most lines and far from laughable. Can't blame the line for the run game when Greene is struggling so badly. 3 of the 5 were on the O line 3 and 2 years ago where they completely carried the run game. Its not like the run blocking is so much worse than it used to be.
