Don't drink the Kool-Aid at least until after week 4!

New York Jets Vs. Tennessee Titans

Sunday 9/29 @ 4:05 PM on CBS

       We all saw the game in Week 3 versus the Bills. It's too easy after a game like that to start daydreaming of finally getting back to the BIG GAME... and of course the big game is in NY which makes the sparkly lights that much prettier.  But I have to say STAY AWAY FROM THE KOOL AID! At least until after week 4! We can not just take these 3 games and see the streaks of Brilliance in coaching, see the brilliant poise of our new rookie QB, see the terrifically stout defensive line and the rock solid offensive front and think we are a lock! There are a few factors in this road game against a team just as hungry that we gotta see corrected and if we do...then I'll say OOOOOHHHHH YEEEAAAAAH!

Defensive Breakdowns and Penalties

       

As lock down as we have seen the Jets D these past weeks, there are consistently 2 or 3 breakdowns in coverage that lead to huge gains and these games are too close and the margin for error to small to allow that to continue.  We already know what happens when we let that happen versus Tennesse, last year the D fell asleep after stopping Johnson (Tenn-RB) for a loss but no one put him on the ground and he turned the corner and burned us for a really long TD. Last week both teams had a lot of penalties, hopefully Ryan's Push ups tactics worked and we can limit those mental mistakes. Titans do not force many penalties so lets not give them any freebies. In first 3 games: Titans-26 penalties for 246 yards/ NYJ- 34 penalties for 279 yards. 

Create Turnovers!

        They say with a rookie QB you have to expect mental mistakes and a few turnovers. The Jets are having a lot of trouble forcing the turnover on the other side of the ball and that needs to be corrected in order to keep us in the game. Locker has yet to turn the ball over and Geno has had multiple interceptions in each of the last 3 games. There are only so many games you will win with a negative turnover ratio and I don't think this will be one of them. Lockers been sacked 7 times already in the first 3 games, lets make sure he knows that week pressure he has seen the past two weeks was definitely not the same as the suffocating pressure Rex is going to put on him-lets get some strips while we're in there! Turnover ratios in first 3 games: Titans  -4    NYJ -6

Stay in Attack Mode

       Offensive line has been doing a great job of keeping Geno of the turf and I am confident they will be able to keep it up against this Titans offense. Mornhinweg has to keep his foot on the throttle and stick it to the Titans D early and often. I'm not saying that he has to keep going for the long ball, even though Geno is tied with Aaron freaking Rogers with the most plays of 20+ yards! Spread the offense with a few dink and dunks, a few slants and of course get Billal his carries and THEN go for that beautiful long ball to Hill and Holmes! Remember Geno... YOUR SHORT, Titans D isn't great but one thing they are good at is their pass defense keep your eyes up high and your release up higher!  

What does ESPN know anyway?

BEST FANS IN THE NFL PERIOD! (exclamation-whatever)

There are no greater fans in professional sports than JETS FANS! Which is why I must say that ESPN Mags assessment that we are second to last as a franchise and as fans out off 122 professional sports teams, second to last over the lowly Memphis grizzlies-really? Jets fans may groan like any other NFL fan but there is no fan more energetic, more driven, or more loyal than us and I believe that whole-heartedly. One of the reasons I love being a Jet fan. We Jets fans typically fit in one of two categories.... we are either way too eager to say "this is the year", or your that ridiculously pessimistic/vindictive fan that has been burned too many times to let yourself get caught up in the hype but too loyal to turn to big blue.   We will stand together for gang green through dismal years, through constant rebuilding, through one disappointing trade to the next. We will sit faithfully to the end of (almost) any game, in the freezing cold watching and waiting for that Jets magic in the weaning seconds and win or lose come the following Sunday-We support our team and we stand by our franchise.

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Week 3 Preview Jets-Bills

     The two AFC east 1-1 teams head into Metlife with a lot more underlying stories than people are talking about! The Return of the Jets best pass rusher, OLB Coples only a month removed from surgery, and one of the Jets best rec in Jeremy Kerley. Rex Ryan and former defensive coordinator Mike Pettine are meeting for the first time since Pettine took the same position with the Bills. Rookie EJ Manuel, who has looked stellar in his first two weeks, takes on a familiar face in Geno Smith who has looked, eh...ok?

   

Geno insists that there is no competition between his good friend E.J and himself, says its all about JETS v BILLS-I think he's right about one thing, there is no competition-not yet. He insists those feelings during the draft are behind him but as tight as Geno was about not going in the first round AND going as the second QB behind E.J, I have to hope that chip is still there. Geno needs that competitive edge this week, he needs there to be a competition between him and E.J and god I hope

      With a cumulative QB Rating of 95.9 over the first 2 games E.J Manuel is easily starting to shape up as THE QB pick of 2013, but this class is NOT the QB class of 2012. Smith hasn't looked horrible by any stretch of the imagination but if you look at the comparison from the last 2 games, it really doesn't look good for Geno with a rating of 55.2. Smith has the edge on yardage but completion percentages, TD-INT ratio- it seems Manuel is running away so far but lets see how well he stacks up against the JETS D! On the other side of that coin is the Bills D-line, they have stacked up 9 sacks in the first two games while the other side of the ball has only allowed 1. Jets will have to bring serious pressure to get to Manuel and hopefully the Jets Offensive line can hold their ground much better than they have been, allowing 9 sacks but only getting the opposing QB down 4 times, and be sure to keep Mario Williams (5 sacks) out of Geno's face!

     Quinton Coples had surgery on his right ankle less than 4 weeks ago and is expected to get limited reps

this weekend vs. Buffalo. Jeremy Kerley, receiver and punt returner, was cleared by team doctors to get back on the field after suffering a concussion 2 weeks ago vs the Bucs. Both players are expecte
d to play but not much, bet regardless it will be welcomed return for Kerly after the Jets suffered from one of the worst cases of the drops that I have seen in a long time and had virtually no punts returned at all. Coples being out has got to be a large reason why the Jets have not gotten to opposing QBs, his replacements McIntyre and Barnes just haven't been getting it done!

   

      Mike Pettine ended up the scapegoat for all of the locker room leaks last year and took his talents to Buffalo because of it. Obviously he wasn't the leaks considering all of the gossip that comes pouring out of the Jets camp daily! Obviously Rex knew he wasn't the cause and with the new GM coming on, you have to think Pettine knew Idzik would start right away with sending a message by trimming the fat. Pettine says he would have gone back had the position not been offered but I think he knew he would have been made an example and beat the GM to the punch by volunteering to step aside and move to Buffalo.

MARK CANNIZARO from the NY Post reports that Ryan said the following:

“Mike Pettine can stand on his own,’’ ... “He’s a tremendous football coach. It won’t be long before he’ll get his own opportunity to be a head coach. We were together for a long time. He’s somebody that I’m extremely proud of. We’re like brothers.’’

NY Jets Injury Report

NAME	POSITION	INJURY	WED.	THU.	FRI.	GAME STATUS
Aboushi, Oday	OL	Knee	-	LP	Out	Out
Colon, Willie	OL	Knee	FP	FP	FP	Probable
Coples, Quinton	DE	Ankle	LP	LP	LP	Probable
Cromartie, Antonio	CB	Hip	FP	FP	FP	Probable
Ellis, Kenrick	DT	Back	LP	LP	LP	Probable
Gates, Clyde	WR	Knee	FP	FP	FP	Probable
Hill, Stephen	WR	Knee	FP	FP	FP	Probable
Holmes, Santonio	WR	Foot	LP	DNP	LP	Probable
Howard, Austin	T	Ribs	FP	FP	FP	Probable
Kerley, Jeremy	WR	Concussion	FP	FP	FP	Probable
McIntyre, Garrett	LB	Knee	FP	FP	FP	Probable
Powell, Bilal	RB	Illness/Shoulder	DNP	FP	FP	Probable
Richardson, Sheldon	DL	Shoulder	LP	LP	LP	Probable
Smith, Geno	QB	Ankle	FP	FP	FP	Probable
Wilkerson, Muhammad	DL	Ankle	FP	FP	FP	Probable
Winslow, Kellen	TE	Knee	LP	LP	LP	Probable

Buffalo Bills Injury Report

NAME	POSITION	INJURY	WED.	THU.	FRI.	GAME STATUS
Brooks, Ron	DB	Foot	DNP	DNP	DNP	Out
Byrd, Jairus	S	Foot	LP	LP	LP	Questionable
Gilmore, Stephon	DB	Wrist	DNP	DNP	DNP	Out
Goodwin, Marquise	WR	Hand	DNP	DNP	DNP	Out
Hopkins, Dustin	K	Right Groin	DNP	DNP	DNP	Out
Legursky, Doug	OL	Knee	LP	LP	LP	Out

A TYPHOON of blunders cause the JETS to lose a close one!

NY Jets-NE Patriots

L 10-13

9/12/13

JETS SCORECARD 

               In a game against our most hated rivals, we had everything in our favor and we still couldn't get it done. Though I can't even put in to words the fuzzy feeling I got from watching Sissy Brady's tantrums it still didn't console me after last nights loss. Don't ever expect the Pats to lay down for us like they did last night and in week 7 when we get our rematch at Metlife... if our offense looks anything like it did last night you can probably expect another very painful loss. 

DEFENSE

         A- Such a stellar effort from the JETS D! The only reason they don't get an A+ is because we got the L. Lots of drops by the Pats, unfortunately I can't attribute it ALL to the great pressure the Jets D put on, we still kept Brady from completing 52% of his passes and forced six 3 and outs. Brady finished only19-39 a TD and less than 200 yards (first time he was held to less than 200 since 10/30/11 against Pitt). This is Ryan's Defense that I know and love; suffocating, debilitating and able to exact their will we forced the Pats to a staggering franchise record 11 punts!! And for the second game in a row the run Defense was

unbelievable! Allowing a total of 53 yards on the ground, for the second game in a row the Jets allowed less than 3 yards per carry! If the defense keeps performing at such a high level you can be sure of two things Rex will finish with his top rated defense and this team will not be as much an easy out as all of the pundits suggest.

OFFENSE

          C-   Time of possession for the Jets 34:00 to the Pats 26:00, how do you keep Brady off the field and still lose this game? DROPS! The Offensive line which looked really solid, and the rushing game was decent with Powell and Ivory combined for 100 yards but the receivers were absolute GARBAGE! Mangold and the crew gave Geno all of the time he needed but the rest of the offense suffered from so many blown opportunities. This time Geno was surely above par, unfortunately he had absolutely no help from his receiving corps! All of the receivers stunk and recorded huge drops, none worse than a gimme TD drop by Clyde Gates.  I will go as far to say I still think it was a bad call by the refs, ball never hit the ground-should hav'e been a strip by Mayo and a recovery by Gates for a TD but wouldn't of been a problem at all if Gates just caught the damn ball! Well maybe Hill takes the cake with that ridiculous fumble on the Jets second possession, luckily the Pats could only turn it into 3. The veteran Holmes missed a few sure hits too but came through a few nice gains too. I really hoped Kellen Winslow would've been a bigger part of this game but ended up a non-factor with only 3 catches for 16 yards. Offense needs guys to step up or get out of the way but I honestly can't see any of these guys ever being stars for us. Kinda missing Braylon right about now... 

Geno Smith

           C  For now I'm still giving Geno handicap points so he gets a C, it should honestly be a D+. Made a few really impressive throws, used his check down efficiently a few times but also made a quite a few bone head tosses. A few behind the receivers, a few overthrown and of course those 3 interceptions. 2 of the 3 interceptions were balls that should have been caught but were batted up by the receiver but he was still trying to force it into tight or at least questionable holes. To Smith's credit he did move the chains a lot more efficiently than the Brady bunch ( 15 first downs to 9) and was far more efficient as well on 3rd down conversions (6 for 18 vs 4 for 18). As much as I hate to admit it, I think if Sanchez was out there these past two games with the offensive line handling business the way it has we would be 2-0 but Geno will get better and I do think one day there will be no comparison... I just wish that day came last night!

COACHING

          B-  Play calling was for the most part sound, wish we would have run the ball a lot more but I have to say, every time I screamed at the TV to run the ball Geno put it up for a decent game. Special teams not having virtually any of those 11 punts returned was ridiculous. We got too pinned deep too many times.We tried to bring the extra man with no one back to return the kick the first time and didn't even get close, why try the exact same play on the very next punt? Can't believe we let the Pats pick up Leon Washington the week before our matchup especially as starved as we are on special teams for a decent kick returner and even at RB-it just doesn't make sense but I guess that's more on Idzik than Rex. 

Call him 1 and 0 Geno!

        Ok so Over-reaction Monday is over and all of the critics are all chiming in so I might as well get my 2 cents in too! Leon Washington is a Patriot now! I can't even bring myself to talk about that right now, I'll adress it next week. Let's talk Geno Smith! They called it a par performance, I'll take that. After 2 years of sub-subpar performance from the Sanchize a W is a W whether you get it handed to you with a bone head penalty or not. Those penalties that cost you the game could happen in the opening minutes or it can come in the closing seconds like
it did Sunday afternoon. When it comes down to it Geno and the gang were backed up to their own 20 with less than a minute remaining and it was Geno who said, "It ain't over till it's over...give me time and I'll get us there." He did-that's

        So lets look at his par performance... 24 for 38 for 256 yards with a TD a lost fumble and a pick. The Pick came on an overthrown ball but that was really the worst mistake he made. Geno made good reads for most of the day, didn't leave the open man and threw it away when he had nothing. Didn't force it somewhere where there was nothing and that was the result of the game. One more turnover and the game was lost, but on the other hand one less and the game wouldn't have been close. He did well but it was absolutely a par performance just enough to get the win-but I will take that for Week 1. Now he sees how fast the NFL moves-gets Geno up to speed but a beast of a different color hides in Week 2. Tonight's game is against the Pats and that is going to be his true test.

        The Patriots are depleted on offense (as depleted as Brady and Bellicheat get) but the defense will be in full swing. We have to do better as an offensive line than we did the last time we met the Pats. We all know what game I'm talking about; the buttfumble thanksgiving. Yeah Sanchez sucked even more than usual that game but it definitely did not help that he spent the whole first half running for his life. How well will Geno do against big Vince Wilfork, Mayo, Spikes and the rest of the Pats
front. Geno needs time and we have to do whatever it takes to give it to him. I now have a little bit of faith that he will make the right read, but what scares me is if he sees the window to run-will he take it? Should he take it? Guys got wheels and that's for sure but has he learned to tape his ankles since the sprain he got in the Giants Preseason game? Even if he did, do we really want him to? He gets injured, season over and Rex will be lucky to stay until the end.

        Our Jets D should have no problems containing Brady's second string, we just have to make sure our pass rush is breaking through so not to let these second string guys find a way to get open. Give Brady time and he will make us pay-we all know that too well. Edelman (the only "veteran" WR playing today) doesn't intimidate me but Brady will find that one open man if we don't give him pressure-and lots of it. We know Rex has been thinking about this game for about 295 sleepless nights, he absolutely has something planned. Different looks and schemes, disguised coverages alone won't do- we have to again be the more persistent team. Bellicheat and Brady think the NY Jets are beneath them, unworthy to set foot in Gillette stadium-use that motivation and remember that playoff game in Foxboro 2 years ago when we were 2 touchdown underdogs just like we are tonight against a Pats team in full force.... We came out Titans just like we will tonight.

GAME PREDICTION:  Brady is going to eat the turf in the end zone and that will be the determining factor in the game.   NYJ 26- Pats 24

          KEYS TO THE GAME: NO MORE MISCOMMUNICATIONS REX! Harris, Pace and Wilkerson getting through to Brady will be key. Hit him early and often. Rex will surely know this and try to bring serious pressure with the free safety. BE CAREFUL! That will leave an open man and if Brady turns it into a big score its going to hurt. Rex wants this game bad, I want this game bad, we need this game BAD! Remember the Buttfumble, remember the laughing stock we became after that game, remember that redemption comes through Foxboro.


INJURIES:

NY Jets

NAME	POSITION	INJURY	MON.	TUE.	WED.	GAME STATUS
Bellore, Nick	LB	Oblique	FP	FP	FP	Probable
Colon, Willie	OL	Knee	FP	FP	FP	Probable
Coples, Quinton	DE	Ankle	DNP	DNP	DNP	Out
Cromartie, Antonio	CB	Hip	LP	FP	FP	Probable
Cumberland, Jeff	TE	Chin	LP	LP	LP	Probable
Ellis, Kenrick	DT	Back	LP	LP	LP	Probable
Gates, Clyde	WR	Knee	LP	FP	FP	Probable
Harrison, Damon	DL	Knee	FP	FP	FP	Probable
Hill, Stephen	WR	Knee	FP	FP	FP	Probable
Holmes, Santonio	WR	Foot	LP	LP	LP	Probable
Ijalana, Ben	T	Knee	FP	FP	FP	Probable
Ivory, Chris	RB	Thumb	FP	FP	FP	Probable
Kerley, Jeremy	WR	Concussion	DNP	DNP	DNP	Out
Mangold, Nick	C	Elbow	LP	LP	LP	Probable
McIntyre, Garrett	LB	Ribs	FP	FP	FP	Probable
Milliner, Dee	CB	Hip	FP	FP	FP	Probable
Powell, Bilal	RB	Shoulder	FP	FP	FP	Probable
Richardson, Sheldon	DL	Shoulder	LP	LP	LP	Probable
Sanchez, Mark	QB	Right shoulder	DNP	DNP	DNP	Out
Smith, Geno	QB	Ankle	FP	FP	FP	Probable
Winslow, Kellen	TE	Knee	DNP	LP	DNP	Probable

PATS

NAME	POSITION	INJURY	MON.	TUE.	WED.	GAME STATUS
Amendola, Danny	WR	Groin	LP	LP	LP	Doubtful
Bolden, Brandon	RB	Knee	LP	LP	LP	Questionable
Cole, Marquice	CB	Hamstring	-	FP	FP	Probable
Dennard, Alfonzo	CB	Ankle	-	FP	FP	Probable
Dobson, Aaron	WR	Hamstring	LP	LP	LP	Questionable
Ebner, Nate	DB	Ankle	LP	LP	LP	Questionable
Gronkowski, Rob	TE	Back/Forearm	LP	LP	LP	Doubtful
Harmon, Duron	DB	Hamstring	LP	LP	LP	Questionable
Ridley, Stevan	RB	Shoulder	-	FP	FP	Probable
Slater, Matthew	WR	Knee	-	LP	LP	Questionable
Sudfeld, Zach	TE	Hamstring	LP	LP	LP	Questionable
Svitek, Will	T	Knee	LP	LP	LP	Questionable
Vereen, Shane	RB	Wrist	DNP	DNP	DNP	Out
Washington, Leon	RB	Thigh	LP	LP	LP	Questionable