I didn't think the running game was very impressive today and I don't have much of a problem with them going away from it. I would have to go look at that numbers to confirm this but my impression from watching the game was that the 1st down running game was awful and consistently had the Jets in 2nd and 7 plus. The third down play call wasn't good, I agree. You can't ignore the fact that the bad call came right after a good call that worked and totally changed Schotty's mindset. How are we to even know if he knew he was going to get a 4th down playcall? If he was calling the third down play thinking that they would kick on 4th the play call doesn't look as bad. It's always easy to blame Schotty when the offense sucks but there are just too many other factors for me to throw him under the bus.
All of them should have been caught. It would be nice if Sanchez could put everything on the money but he is a second year QB and can only be expected to do so much. You want leadership? That 44 yarder to Keller was a great play on his part, one that your franchise QB makes when he needs to put the team on his back. He didn't get any help from the WR's today.
It was to get a play off before GB could challenge...they weren't sure if Sanchez stepped over the LOS before throwing and couldn't take the chance...hindsight is 20/20 but it was a perfectly fine call...the other playcalls afterwards though are head scratchers.
I felt that they went outside the tackles too many times which played to the strength of the Packers, Hawk and Matthews are fast and playmakers. I think they knew they would be going for it on 4th down regardless so why not through on run by Greene up the middle in there? It's not like that is going to lose yards.
Someone please explain to me how we throw the ball 38 times against a team that is ranked in the bottom 9 of the NFL in rush defense. It doesn't add up. The play calling was absolutely atrocious. What does Schotty think we can line up and pretend we have Peyton Manning back there? COME ON MAN! RUN THE FOOTBALL.. EAT UP THE CLOCK.. RUN A PLAY ACTION PASS.. The entire gameplan for this game was "Pass, run for 2 yards, pass, PUNT". It was actually pathetic.
So give up on the #2 rush offense in the NFL, behind the best o-line, against a beaten up defense with no depth up front and don't try to wear them down and break them in the 2nd half? Instead, let's go with an inferior passing offense over and over and over, even though it's not working? And they were behind by THREE points most of the game.. that takes the run game out?
Yeah, that was a bigtime play in a bigtime moment. And rather than riding that wave of momentum, the game came to a crash&burn halt in the ensuing two plays due to the playcalling.
Yep. Pathetic. Completely inexcusable and I can't fathom how some people here can defend that. 38 passes and 6 rushes for Shonn Greene vs. a bad run D that is banged up and has such little depth up front they had to use an o-lineman to play.
That may be my biggest gripe... they continued to ignore the strongest part of their offense for something that was working in spurts. It's like they conceded that were unable to run the ball and only chance to win was the big play.
38 passes to 26 runs, only 6 of which went to Shonn Greene. Today was a great example of everything that Brian Schottenheimer could do wrong.
you know Schotty is off his game...when he calls a double end around...and it blows up in his face. That's the calling card for a shitty day of calling plays.
They could have ran it there and it obviously wouldn't have been any worse than the play they ended up running. It may have worked or it may have gotten stuffed and put the Jets in the same 4th down situation. I am still way more inclined to look to the plays the Jets left on the field today. Even average execution today gets the Jets one or two scoring drives.
Shotty had too much time (by week) to think, ala the Ravens game. Seeing this though increases my fear as to what happens if we make it to the Super-bowl. :drunk: Other than that, I totally agree.
Ignoring that a guy you just cut who had probably seen it 50 times in practice is on the other side. I don't think it was coincidence that Howard Green absolutely destroyed that play.
