Grasping and
tackling! Grasping and tackling! It is amazing what this does during the course
of a football game. Add five sacks and you can off set a good effort by an up
and coming young Jacksonville Jaguars team. Make no mistake that Blake Bortles
will be heard from for years to come. The Jags two young receivers “The Allen
Boys”, Hurns and Robinson made Cromartie and even Revis look just average
throughout most of the game. It was the constant pressure by the Jets defense
on Bortles that won this game. Rookie Lorenzo Mauldin had 2 of the Jets 5 sacks. And Marcus
Williams had two interceptions with the second one sealing the victory. The
Jets are fortunate to have Mo Wilkerson and Sheldon Richardson on the same
line. What makes these players special is the way they can penetrate the line
of scrimmage and turn on a dime and make a down field tackle. Demario Davis had
a bounce back game.
It was a great
move that I have been calling for weeks to put Antonio Cromartie back to return
kickoffs. On his 54 yard return, he got up the field extremely fast. This is an
improvement from having Stacy return kicks. Cro will eventually break one!
On offense, Fitzpatrick did a great job leading the Jets. He has really taken control of
this offense. His line of 21-34, 272 yards and 2 TDs are stats I would take
every week. And no turnovers! The only negative is he seems to under throw open receivers on what appears to be a sure touchdown pass at least once a game. His back shoulder throw to Decker and the TD pass to Marshall were
excellent. Speaking of Decker, the leaping 3rd down pass reception
over the middle was a thing of beauty. Even Kenbrell Thompkins (#10) is
beginning to make a name for himself.
Our running
game was awful. I’m not sure if Ivory is still hurt of what but the line seems
to collapse and it seems like every second down play is 2nd and 9,
or 2nd and 12. There is way too much negative yardage on running
plays. The Jets must consider each week opening up with a passing game to
develop the running game. They have the receivers to do it and even tight end
Jeff Cumberland had a 44 yard reception. Nick Mangold went out in the second
quarter and hopefully with this short week, he’ll be back on Thursday. On one
of Ivory’s touchdown runs, Tommy Bohanon had an excellent block. The Kellen Davis fumble recovery on the punt was a huge
play. Great hustle by him!
The Jaguars
scoring at the end of the first half as well as their fourth quarter touchdown
drive of 72 yards on 3 plays were a disgrace. The Jets have got to come up and
make some stops on those drives. And going back to the second quarter, Revis
had a sure INT thrown right into his hands that he dropped.
The Jets stand
5-3 with another game Thursday. We have to win both! Bring on the Bills!
Green Tidbits:
Ryan
Fitzpatrick, who tore at least one ligament in his non-throwing thumb last
week, may have surgery Friday a day after the Bills game.
Ryan
Quigley became the emergency kicker and did a terrific job, making all four of
his extra-point attempts.
On
running plays, our offensive line is looking old and slow.
Fitzpatrick
is really good on the cadence count drawing defenses off side.
Is
D’Brick going make All Pro this year?
I’ve
been on Zac Stacy as a return man this year but each week he is becoming more
dependable catching passes out of the backfield.
Speaking
of dependable, left guard James Carpenter who didn’t have a great game is
having a real good season.
We need
Willie Colon back! Not the Willie Colon from the Raider game. The Willie Colon
that blocks on every play!
Marcus
Williams played both Safety and defensive back and did a real good job! Halfway
through the season, this second year undrafted free agent from North Dakota
State has four INT’s already!
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