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* I thought the defense was stellar again today. FAR and away the best game of the season for the front four. They held their own against the run and got pressure on Chad without having to do a lot of blitzing. Kyle Williams (sack) had his best game of the season by far and I thought Schobel was great.
* Crowell had a monster game and DiGorgio was all over the place making plays. I know this defense shouldn't be judged on playing weak offensive teams like NY and Baltimore; but anyone can see they are making big strides.
* I give a game ball to Terrence McGee. His int ended the game (great diving catch, he shut down Coles and had good coverage all over. Easily his best game of the year thank God, because I was really worrying about him (still do to be honest)
* On the other side of the field, Greer had an old school Nate Clements-style game where he nearly completely took away the other side of the field. He was rarely tested.
* Offensively, Josh Reed made a couple clutch catches; and Lynch ran VERY hard. Of his 80 yards he made a good third of them on his own dragging bodies and piles.
* As for Edwards, I thought he played "OK". He made some solid throws and a couple of terrible ones. THe interception was bad, though part of the blame lies on the pocket collapsing. I know (unfortunately) that 95% of the talk is going to be who should be starting next week, which sadly takes away from how superb this defense has been lately. To make it short and sweet, nothing has changed for me. Long-term, and undisputably at this point, Edwards is the head coach, front office and owner's choice to remain the starter, and I think he should as well.
* JP Losman. Showed some balls with a couple of deep throws. Ironically, the bomb that wasn't connected on (Parrish) was a great throw that Roscoe should've caught. The bomb that he did hit on (Evans)I thought was a poor throw that would've been knocked down or probably even intercepted had #27 for the Jets not nailed his own guy while he had his hands on the ball with Evans. If you ask me, I think the consensus of the PLAYERS is they want Losman starting, while the coaches want to tab Edwards.
* I thought the offensive line was brutal once again. Brad Butler is about to join Preston, Reyes, Villarrial, Gandy and god knows who else on the list of recent overmatched guards. He's simply not good right now. Fowler is weak and it showed again today. Count me in the minority, but I'm extremely unimpressed with Dockery right now, he looks "average" to me, and at $7 mill per year that shouldn't happen. Walker does good in spots but then dissappears for long stretches. I remember 2-3 running plays today where he ended up literally 5 yards BEHIND the line of scrimmage.
Lastly, I want to comment on the coaching. And I'm being dead serious with this. I thought the coaching and the playcalling absolutely SUCKED.
Everyone is high fiving and that's the way it goes when you connect on a bomb late and your team wins the game. I HATED the call. The Jets offense couldn't march down the field to save their life. And had #27 (which nobody is talking about) not knocked down Reevis when he and Evans both had the ball it likely ends up an interception. Could you IMAGINE the reaction had that pass been picked off and the Jets end up scoring a TD and winning the game 10-6? I thought the call was stupid. Barely over 3 minutes left and Lynch was wearing the defense out after three runs for a first down. That came dangerously close to handing yet another team a chance to beat us in the end.
Now I understand it goes both ways. We won the game so everyone's happy. But what about the BULL**** yet again near the end of the first half. 3rd and 11, from the 44-yard line and we run up the middle with 1:12 left in the half?? What a chicken **** move. IF you're going to start Edwards, show some damn confidence in him.
Overally, I'm very happy with today, though I dread the million JP vs Edwards threads to come this week, not to mention the WGR media circus on the radio (which plays automatically at my office so I have to listen from 8am-4:30 pm daily). The defense is stepping up and Fewel is showing a lot more diversity.
The offense is still stuck in a rut and I think will continue to be that way until
1- Fairchild is gone
2- the OL improves.. EIther with this unit or with some changes next year.
* Crowell had a monster game and DiGorgio was all over the place making plays. I know this defense shouldn't be judged on playing weak offensive teams like NY and Baltimore; but anyone can see they are making big strides.
* I give a game ball to Terrence McGee. His int ended the game (great diving catch, he shut down Coles and had good coverage all over. Easily his best game of the year thank God, because I was really worrying about him (still do to be honest)
* On the other side of the field, Greer had an old school Nate Clements-style game where he nearly completely took away the other side of the field. He was rarely tested.
* Offensively, Josh Reed made a couple clutch catches; and Lynch ran VERY hard. Of his 80 yards he made a good third of them on his own dragging bodies and piles.
* As for Edwards, I thought he played "OK". He made some solid throws and a couple of terrible ones. THe interception was bad, though part of the blame lies on the pocket collapsing. I know (unfortunately) that 95% of the talk is going to be who should be starting next week, which sadly takes away from how superb this defense has been lately. To make it short and sweet, nothing has changed for me. Long-term, and undisputably at this point, Edwards is the head coach, front office and owner's choice to remain the starter, and I think he should as well.
* JP Losman. Showed some balls with a couple of deep throws. Ironically, the bomb that wasn't connected on (Parrish) was a great throw that Roscoe should've caught. The bomb that he did hit on (Evans)I thought was a poor throw that would've been knocked down or probably even intercepted had #27 for the Jets not nailed his own guy while he had his hands on the ball with Evans. If you ask me, I think the consensus of the PLAYERS is they want Losman starting, while the coaches want to tab Edwards.
* I thought the offensive line was brutal once again. Brad Butler is about to join Preston, Reyes, Villarrial, Gandy and god knows who else on the list of recent overmatched guards. He's simply not good right now. Fowler is weak and it showed again today. Count me in the minority, but I'm extremely unimpressed with Dockery right now, he looks "average" to me, and at $7 mill per year that shouldn't happen. Walker does good in spots but then dissappears for long stretches. I remember 2-3 running plays today where he ended up literally 5 yards BEHIND the line of scrimmage.
Lastly, I want to comment on the coaching. And I'm being dead serious with this. I thought the coaching and the playcalling absolutely SUCKED.
Everyone is high fiving and that's the way it goes when you connect on a bomb late and your team wins the game. I HATED the call. The Jets offense couldn't march down the field to save their life. And had #27 (which nobody is talking about) not knocked down Reevis when he and Evans both had the ball it likely ends up an interception. Could you IMAGINE the reaction had that pass been picked off and the Jets end up scoring a TD and winning the game 10-6? I thought the call was stupid. Barely over 3 minutes left and Lynch was wearing the defense out after three runs for a first down. That came dangerously close to handing yet another team a chance to beat us in the end.
Now I understand it goes both ways. We won the game so everyone's happy. But what about the BULL**** yet again near the end of the first half. 3rd and 11, from the 44-yard line and we run up the middle with 1:12 left in the half?? What a chicken **** move. IF you're going to start Edwards, show some damn confidence in him.
Overally, I'm very happy with today, though I dread the million JP vs Edwards threads to come this week, not to mention the WGR media circus on the radio (which plays automatically at my office so I have to listen from 8am-4:30 pm daily). The defense is stepping up and Fewel is showing a lot more diversity.
The offense is still stuck in a rut and I think will continue to be that way until
1- Fairchild is gone
2- the OL improves.. EIther with this unit or with some changes next year.
Sorry man, I forget to sign the rep. Great post. 
& 
too!!
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