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.