This was one
of those games that old time Jet fans kept thinking:
“ Just blow the game now and get me out my misery.”
From the
beginning with that Cowboy 33-yard reverse play, we all knew it wasn’t going to be a cake
walk. Matt Cassel (lost that 2008 game to Jets-it was a misprint in last
article) was horrible missing Dez Bryant for a touchdown throwing the ball too
soon. The Cowboys settled for a field goal. Matt Cassel was so bad he was
replaced by Kellen Moore, a 3rd, 4th or 5th
string quarterback depending on who you ask. Speaking of bad, the Jets had
seven first half penalties, but it was Brian Winters who looked like he was
producing a short YouTube video titled:
“How Not To Play Offensive Line In The NFL”
He was plain awful. Quigley had a horrible first quarter
punt. After a 12-yard touchdown run by Bilal Powell, the Jets missed the extra
point and I could picture GM Mike Maccagnan taking out his rolodex. Earlier in
the quarter the Jets missed a 4th and 1. Their short yardage run
offense was pitiful all game. On that play, Jeff Cumberland’s man went right
through him.
The second
quarter might have been one of the worse quarters of the year for the Jets and
the referees. Brian Winters continued his bad play. Cromartie missed a tackle.
Revis got beat by Bryant for a TD. Our short yardage offense continued to be
bad. The refs called a horse collar on Calvin Pace when in fact he tackled the
player by the sleeve. After a field goal that was good, the refs call an
“illegal shift” that had people scratching their heads. Of course the second
try was missed and Maccagnan probably started to make his list of kickers.
The third
quarter scoring was just a 38-yard field goal by Dan Bailey of the
Cowboys. For whatever reason, the
third quarter was almost a blur to me. I just remember Jets going into the
locker room one after another. At one point I thought there was a lobster
buffet that the Jets wanted to get to. Brandon Marshall seemed like he was gone
forever and my stomach dropped when Mo Wilkerson went into the locker room.
In the
fourth quarter, it was all Fitz. He made a great throw to Enunwa that was
called back on a holding call on Breno Giacomini. But Fitz did everything that
he needed to do. His pass to Thomkins was the key and give Fitzpatrick credit
for seeing the field and hitting him in stride. Thomkins made it interesting
juggling the football but then secured it. A great site on that play was seeing
Jeremy Kerley on the sidelines jumping up and down. Bullock (he lives another day) hit the winning
field goal and an interception by Marcus Williams sealed this nail biter. Give
the Jets secondary credit, they had 4 interceptions.
We have heard
all the clichés by now “Good teams win ugly games”, “A win is a win”
Etc. Anyway you look at it, the Jets are getting the job
done. We just need a little help and have to finish out the last two games.
Green Tidbits:
On
that 33-yard Cowboy reverse, Leonard Williams ran all the way down field to
make the tackle. Great hustle!
These
one or two bad punts each game by Ryan Quigley are becoming all too common.
Bilal
Powell’s first step is looking quicker and quicker each game!
Does
Cromartie know when to down the ball on a kick off?
For that
matter why didn’t Pryor down the ball on his INT.
Another
killer was when Cowboys had 1st and 25 and got a first down on that
Beasley reception.
Give Erin
Henderson credit, he stepped in for David Harris and held his own.
Why did
it take Chan Gaily 3 ½ quarters to realize the Jets can’t run block against the
Cowboys line?
Give Todd Bowles credit, after 7 first half penalties, the Jets had only 1 in the second half.
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