Jets v. Jaguars Postgame

Jags- 24
Jets- 22

Record:  4-5

I never knew how many ways there were to lose a football game until watching this Jets season.  This team does not play with discipline and is clearly not a good football team.  As each week unfolds more and more question marks appear.  Every part of this team came out flat this week.  Sanchez and the offense never looked like they got on track and turned the ball over 3 times.  It started from the first play of the game with the interception down the field.  The defense flat out blew this game by giving up a huge game to Jones-Drew and not being able to come up with a stop when the Jets took the lead at the end of the game.  This season has completely turned around and is now about watching how Sanchez develops.

Thumbs up:

• Dustin Keller made 6 catches for 58 yards and played a very good game.  He seemed to be the only receiver who could get open with any consistency.  After a very slow start Keller has come on strong in recent weeks with some great performances.

Thumbs Down:

• Brian Schottenheimer called a terrible game today.  He has been very up and down with his play calling this year and I have not been very critical because I hate second guessing play calling.  However, the long play action pass (which resulted in an interception) to start the game was not necessary.  We have a good running game which we should have used right from the beginning to wear them down.  The reverse pass to Braylon Edwards was stupid and also not necessary.  We were moving the ball well and that play almost resulted in an interception.  

• The defense was horrendous.  They needed one stop to win the game and allowed the Jags to not only get into field goal range but to get down to the 1 yard line.  With all the talk that comes from Bart Scott, Kerry Rhodes and other members of the Jets defense they are showing that they are not as good as they think they are.  Teams have figured out how to beat Rex Ryan's blitz schemes and this defense is not effective when there is no pressure on the quarterback. 

• Mark Sanchez needs to make better decisions and better throws.  The interception on the screen pass was a terrible throw and the interception on the first play of the game was underthrown to a potential open receiver.  The rest of the season is about watching Sanchez's development since this is no longer a team that can even think about the playoffs.

Game Thoughts:

The fact that I could only think of one person for the "Thumbs Up" portion of this entry defines how this game went.  There wasn't anybody other than Keller and maybe Jay Feely that I felt played a good enough game to deserve any praise.  The Jets were outcoached and outplayed in every single aspect of the game.  They couldn't stop the run which allowed Garrard to have a great game passing the ball.  The offense never got in sync and looked absolutely terrible.  This season is over as far as any hopes of the playoffs go.  However, the rest of the season is about addressing the question marks that continue to pop up with the passing of every week.