Over the past few days, I've seen wayyyyy too many doom and gloom posts, most of which are hammering home the same points and problems about our team ad nauseam. I think we as Jet fans already know what the various problems are with the team, but how about a solutions thread? I'll start with a couple solutions, hoping some of the other posters here can list theirs. Problem #1-The running game: As much as I like Shonn Greene, his running style is completely counter productive to our atrocious offensive line. Greene is a north and south runner, that needs decent holes so he can bull doze and punish lineman and linebackers who try and tackle him. With the little holes our offensive line is creating up the middle it would make more sense to try some runs to the outside. The problem is Greene isn't fast enough to get to the outside before any type of play develops. Solution: Give McKnight more carries, running mostly outside the tackles. I saw another poster make this thread, but I feel this point can't go overlooked. Let McKnight utilize his quickness and elusiveness more to try and get to the outside. This helps in a few ways. One, he would do a better job than Greene, hopefully picking up more yards, and establishing ANY type of run game. Second, if the first point follows, then Greene is well rested as the game progresses. We've all seen first hand the damage Greene can do at the end of the game when given the ball. Problem #2-Our QB/Receivers: Sanchez has little time to throw, coupled with our receivers not getting off the line quick enough. Again, with the atrocity that is our offensive line plays are taking way to long to be developed, causing Sanchez to be assaulted at the hands of the defense. Solution #2-Utilize Kerley and LT more in the slot/underneath. As much as I like Plax and Mason, they aren't quick receivers at their respective ages. With the little time it takes for the plays to get developed, it doesn't seem like our receivers can get open quick enough save Holmes. How about utilizing these two more? Kerley is extremely fast and can get open underneath against the LB/nickel CB thats covering him. Same goes for LT, using him as a security blanket. If you can establish this early, then teams won't blitz as much, fearing they'll get burned by our receivers. This will result in putting less men in the box, less pressure on our o-line, and hopefully add onto establishing the run game. I might get flamed for these, but I wanted to switch up the board a little bit. Critique/post your solutions!
I don't think Schoddy will do anything different than he has so far. What you suggested is worth trying. The problem I think is that the offense is predictable. If Schoddy tried what you said than the next game the other team is going to know the new plays too before the snap. David Clowney said he knew from his couch what plays were coming. LT said other teams players have told him they knew what the offense was going to do just by looking at how deep the RB lined up. When the defense knows where you going to run and pass the ball that makes their job a lot easier. Remember, they look at the tapes of your previous games. I think Schoddy is too dumb/stubborn/stuck up to disguise the plays so that defense doesn't know what's coming or else he would have done it years ago. For example, he keeps running that WR screen even though he never works probably because the defense knows it is coming from how the Jets line up. But he never learns from it and keeps doing it exactly the same way. How dumb is that? And I don't understand how Rex allows this to go on. He said that he has left the offense entirely to Schoddy. When the offense doesn't work , Rex as the HC is responsible to find out what the problem is and fix it. The OC reports to the HC. I don't think that Rex is a good HC anymore or he would have done something about the offense. Maybe let Callahan or Sanchez call the plays if he is not going to fire Schoddy. But I think the offense is going to be predictable for the rest of the season. Rex is going to let Schoddy run the same predictable offense and he will try to show his genius on defense but that will not be enough. I think the real problem is now that Rex is not HC material, just a good DC. Schoddy is no NFL OC material. Rex doesn't seem to understand that he is responsible for the whole team including the offense.
I don't think "Schottenheimer sucks" and "Rex shouldn't be a Head Coach" is exactly what the OP had in mind when he said that he wanted solutions, not more doom and gloom. Personally, I'd like to see the Jets try to roll Sanchez out of the pocket a little more. The Jets blockers haven't been very good but they are very athletic, and Sanchez is pretty good at throwing on the run. To me it's kind of a no-lose proposition: the worst case scenarios (that edge rushers kill Sanchez or that he panics on the run and tosses up a pick) are happening already, we might as well give this a shot. Along the same lines, I think that we should make an effort to run some toss/sweep plays early in the game. Hopefully it will soften up the middle of the defense for Greene a little bit.
Two years into his head coaching tenure he became the second greatest coach in Jets history. Nuff said. He's head coach material.
I agree 100% with McKnight- He has earned playing time and is explosive enough to actually get our run game going. Pitches and offtackle handoffs are how the Jets run game did decent vs Oakland and he would excel at that.
Uh, Greene can do great on the outside, he at his best when he gets some steam going, and then can knock people down. He's not had many chances to do that. I charted out the plays on the first two games, no outside runs were called in the first game, a few in the second game. The outside plays were his longest runs and all got first downs. He's never been able to knock over 300 lb linemen running up the middle on his 4th step.
1. Cut Schotty on the field (or demote him) and have Callahan calling plays. 2. Sign a blocking TE that knows how to do it's fucking job (Manumaluena) and a veteran backup G/T (no idea who). 3. Play Pool over Smith in the starting formation. Only have that slow white (black?) ass on the field in 3 S formations. 4. Start activating Kenrick Ellis on game day. 5. Run the 2 min offense instead of fucking giving up at half-time!!!
