Denver over Jets, 34-17
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Here is Kerry Rhodes and his delightful quote on Jay Cutler, “I don’t like him, I don’t want to talk about him today. Next.” I love that Rhodes is honest there. If you’re a competitor, and you took it on the chin all night, it’s OK if you don’t profess love for the guy who got the better of you.
Here is Brett Favre on the two passing plays with one yard to go for a first down in the third quarter:
“On the first pass, they covered,” Favre said. “On fourth-and-one, it was a play where they were going to load everyone in there because it was fourth-and-one. We just took a chance on a pass. We played the odds. We had converted on some big ones earlier in the year on those types of situations. Given the situation we were in, I haven’t talked to Brian Schottenheimer, I think they were good calls. They didn’t work, and I’m no different than anyone else, it is always easy to second guess it when it doesn’t work.”
Jerricho Cotchery said he had possession of that ball in the first quarter, the reverse from Brad Smith. (Wildcat alert!) Here’s his description of the play.
“Coming around I just couldn’t get a grip on the ball,” Cotchery said. “Brad made a good toss to me. I just couldn’t get a good grip on it. Once I was going down to cover up the ball I had it covered up until the dude came in and hit me. That is when it (the ball) came out.”
Eric Mangini was mad after the game. His nose was still red from the rain and wind, and he was all buttoned into that black windbreaker, and he looked angry enough to spit. Here’s what he opened with.
“I was really disappointed with the way that we played today,” Mangini said. ” We’ve established a certain way to play football around here. We’ve established a certain identity and that was nothing close to that today. I don’t think we played well in any of the three phases. I don’t think we coached well. I think when you have that – this is what you get.”
Bottom line, the Jets knew the Broncos were going to come in pass-heavy. (Even I knew, check back to my post with the Master P video.) And still the Jets could not stop the pass. If you are going to look for patterns or big picture issues to come, think about the teams the Jets could meet in the playoffs, and whether those teams present a problem through the air. Think San Diego, and over 400 yards passing for Matt Cassel at New England, a game the Jets were very fortunate to win in OT. If the Jets want Be a threat in the postseason, the team will have to neutralize the pass.
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Jane McManus 
I guess I’m just being a mind reader again. But reading between the lines in Favre’s statement – I can’t help feeling like he’s refusing to throw EM and BS under the bus, while admitting maybe they weren’t good calls, even though he starts by saying they were.
“I’m no different than anyone else, it is always easy to second guess it when it doesn’t work.”
So he’s second guessing the calls, just like the rest of us, right?
Regardless of what he is or isn’t saying, I still think those were terrible calls. Throwing on third-and-one and again on fourth-and-one, in cold and rain? If this team could make that yard on two tries by handing it to Jones or Washington, then what’s the point, anyway? I playoff calibre team can gain a yard on the ground when they really need it. Teams that can’t should probably not be thinking about the playoffs.
I apologize for failing to proofread that. Here’s a corrected version of the last part:
Regardless of what he is or isn’t saying, I still think those were terrible calls. Throwing on third-and-one and again on fourth-and-one, in cold and rain? If this team COULDN’T make that yard on two tries by handing it to Jones or Washington, then what’s the point, anyway? A playoff-calibre team can gain a yard on the ground when they really need it. Teams that can’t should probably not be thinking about the playoffs.
What, no other comments? I’m the only one who didn’t jump off a bridge?
Hey, at least the Patsies lost.
pg..If we have to play a good passing QB we are in trouble. SF, Buff and Seattle are not great QBs. However the last game of the season, Mr. Pennington is coming to town. Remember, this is the guy we didn’t want. I bet this day has been circled on his calander since the season started. Wouldn’t it be ironic.
I think any time you give a big gun all day to sit in the pocket and pick his target, you are in for trouble. It doesn’t matter how many DB’s you drop into coverage a quality QB will pick you to pieces if you don’t put pressure on. I don’t know why the coaching staff seems to pick certain games to call off the dogs, but every time they do, we get killed through the air, so Sunday’s result didn’t exactly surprise me. A decent pass rush could have made the secondary look a whole lot better yesterday. I’d rather see them risk getting burned, going for the throat, than do a slow burn playing back on their heels all day.
I don’t know how else to say it, except to reassert my opinion that the coaching staff is prone to making some really stupid tactical decisions at times. They have got to raise their game and keep it raised for the remainder of season. I have faith that they have what it takes to meet the challenge, but they have to exercise a little common sense and quit morphing into Wiley E. Coyote.
David – I agree. It’s like, they OVER-think. No?
Sure, you can get burned blitzing. But let’s see what this guy can do after he’s been knocked on his butt a few times before the half.
Well put, PG. They have a masochistic penchant for outsmarting themselves.