Comments on: A gut feeling

By: wayne

wayne — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 14:29:32 +0000

If the sole reason Barnes was inactive last week was due to him opening his mouth, then the coach should be fired.

We cut a solid player in Askew because he was not getting the job done blocking, sign a pure blocking full back, then keep him on the bench in favor of a nobody H-Back who continues to get blown up by blitzers while the superior player rides the pine for opening his mouth?

Another case of putting the program ahead of the game.

I hope they come to their senses soon and realizes this is the NFL, not college. You need talent to win consistantly, and talent sometimes arrives with a brain and the willingness to express the occasional opinion.

I blame this entire bad start on the coaching staff. They uprgaded their talent and the schedule to date has been easier than last years 4 game start. So it has to be the coaching. Sophomore slump or arrogance, not sure yet, but they better get it figured out and quick.

I think last week opened their eyes and a different team will show up today. Like last year’s decimation of the non-Bear NFC opponents, this will be a blow out.

Jets 34-17.

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By: David

David — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 12:19:50 +0000

It’s way too early to be debating the greatness of a couple of rookie corners and it’s too late to be talking smack. Logic has a way of going out the window, with the opening kickoff, so a gut feeling is as good as anything. Nothing to do now but wait and see….

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 02:34:23 +0000

You crazy. CB Aaron Ross (6’1 197) is a STUD! he’ll prove tomorrow hes a better CB prospect than Darelle Revis. Revis is solid but he doesn’t stand out in anything. Ross is a agressive corner and playmaker. Hes a rookie but hes a good one.

I don’t understand how your gut is telling you that the Jets OL will handle DE Strahan(1 sack) DE Osi(6sacks) DE Justin Tuck(4.5 sacks) LB Kiwanuka(4.5 sacks) the fast and athletic DT Barry Cofield and the disrupter DT Fred Robbins??
What type of gut you have?

By: David

David — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 22:08:44 +0000

I love your gut feeling and I hope it’s right. I wish I had a gut feeling, but I don’t. Giants 27 Jets 17.

By: burf

burf — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 17:12:26 +0000

I still don’t understand, all the 3-4 to 4-3 stuff.
Whether we play the 3-4, or 4-3, our players still aren’t good enough.
Our only consistent pass-rusher in the 4-3, was Abe. Who does it now?
To me, since we now play some 4-3 sets, the way to go, is to continue as we are. These players are learning the system, and when we add a few key players, things will start to click.
I think the real problem now, is that the coaching staff is just being too conservative, on both sides of the ball.
On D, we have to be more aggressive is disguising coverages.
When our D improved last season, in the 2nd-half of the season, it wasn’t only because of the blitz.
If you remember, our players were moving around a lot, before the snap. Not this season.
So, I suspect the coaching staff, if things continue as they are, will start taking chances again… and play will improve.
This being passive, to try to cover for our line play (on both sides of the ball), is sheer madness.

By: joe b

joe b — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 16:38:59 +0000

Oh to be a JET fan. You have to be able to close your eyes and dream of what could have been. We couldn’t get the job done against a team without 5 of thier starters on defense. We saw what happened in the exhibition game against the Giants. A game in which you play your starters a little bit longer than normal. What was the rational in not signing Pete K. Those 3 losses alone just about ended our season prematurely. We need a 10-2 finish to even have a slim chance of making the playoffs. There have been reports that Chads ankle is still bothering and he is having trouble throwing off of it. I would love to see Mangini talking on the sidelines instead of chewing gum. Maybe not emotionally, but at least communicating with someone. I just think the rest of the schedule is to tough. I can actually see a 3-13 season. Hope I am completely wrong. However I am a realist not an optomist.

By: Frank

Frank — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 16:29:35 +0000

Good thoughts Andrew, in regards to your Defense comments, I think I have some football knowledge, the only thing the Jets can do is move to a 4-3, which they sometimes play. Do you think Mangini will make a switch, he does mention that he does use the 4-3 sometimes based on the offense they are facing (typical Mangini answer), and if they did, is this something that will take another 2 years for the players to adjust to. Its sad, we really have some talented defensive players, but to lose them in a bad scheme makes absolutey no sense at all!!