Jets Journal

Halftime: Giants 12, Jets 6

August

A couple of quick observations off the first thrilling 30 minutes.

Cornerback Manny Collins shouldn’t get too comfortable. He got beat to the back of the end zone by Anthony Mix on the Giants’ end-of-half touchdown (though Collins did make a nice hustle play nearly blocking the extra-point).

Also, the left guard situation in the post-Pete Kendall era has so far proven to be the problem that was anticipated. Justin Tuck just blew by rookie Jacob Bender to blow up Chad Pennington for a 12-yard loss. To be fair, Osi Umenyiora’s nine-yard sack came at the expense of LT D’Brickashaw Ferguson.

Then, Adrien Clarke gets called for a false start and a holding call against Rashad Washington leads to a safety for the Giants.

In short, not really the cohesive effort coach Eric Mangini was looking for in this third preseason game.

Offensively, the Jets have done next to nothing since Pennington’s touchdown pass to Leon Washington.

If anything Darrelle Revis is one of the lone bright spots, with his tackling and coverage.

The Jets really do need Thomas Jones to make this offense really work.

Meanwhile, probably because Palladino is twice the professional that I am, he’s been able to post blogs with relative ease while I am struggling (yet again at the Meadowlands) with my wireless connection. I think it’s good now. I hope it’s good in the fourth quarter when I need to file a story.

More later…

This entry was posted on Saturday, August 25th, 2007 at 9:39 pm by Andrew Gross.
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8 Responses to “Halftime: Giants 12, Jets 6”

bobd August 25th, 2007 at 9:46 pm
JK got his $1M and Tannenbaum got the team he deserves.
David August 25th, 2007 at 10:46 pm
I’m sure a lot of people would disagree with this sentiment, but I’d trade Vilma straight up for a decent starting guard right about now.
Frank August 25th, 2007 at 10:52 pm
David, I think we have other issues besides guard..
David August 25th, 2007 at 10:55 pm
We have lots of issues, but the biggest ones seem to be in the trenches. Vilma is two straight games with no tackles and the Jets have plenty of linebacker depth. I’m becoming more and more convinced that Vilma has no future in this defense. I see Tui Alailfaleula is working with the Giants right now. I wish the Jets had held on to him.
Frank August 25th, 2007 at 10:58 pm
Trenches no doubt, we looked like a division 3 college team, on both sides of the ball. I hate to get worried right now about a preseason game but I don’t know if you can just turn it on when Sept 9 rolls around, that worries me.
David August 25th, 2007 at 11:04 pm
You’re right about it just being preseason, but it sure looks scary right now, doesn’t it? Let’s hope Thomas Jones is completely healthy on September 9th, because he is going to have to be a human battering ram.

Cheers, Frank.
Greg August 26th, 2007 at 12:15 am
They look awful on both sides of the ball. This is going to be a long season.
mike August 27th, 2007 at 1:14 pm
Lets all remember that the jets offense looked very bad last preseason,and then they turned it on when the season started. I’m betting the same thing will happen this year. It looks bad now, but they’ll have their act together when they play NE.

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