Last Thoughts for the Day
A few final notes for the day that R in CT and I talked out while driving back off Long Island on a day that entered in like a lion and left like a lamb …
The Kids Love Mose Schrute – I think I noticed an alarming trend among some players today … the Mose Schrute Beard. I know that “the kids” are always trying to bring back odd/edgy stuff (I always tried to … and failed), and apparently Amish style beards are no excepetion. Although their chinstraps might not be as far along as Mose’s (see above) I noticed that Jacob Bender and possibly Erik Ainge with ‘The Mose.’
If you go to camp, and spot one for yourself, please let me know as I’d like to keep a tally of the number of Jets players rocking it.
The Quarterbacks Redux — All in all, I wasn’t really impressed with either QB on day one. Some writers seem to have their favorites, but both Pennington and Clemens left me lacking. If you want to get technical, Brett Ratliffe might have had the best day, completing two nice passes to track star Paul Raymond from Brown, but we know that doesn’t really mean anything. Both QBs had a lot of incompletions but Pennington might have had a steadier performance today, with Clemens throwing 2 INTs total for the day, and struggling in the afternoon’s 11 on 11s. Clemens and Stuckey seem to have quite a chemistry, and Chansi Stuckey had one catch that was very memorable, in which he ducked inside David Barrett making him look bad (shocker … we know) and made a very nice catch.
Pass Rush Good — With Jenkins lining up in the middle pushing his way into the backfield and fast guys on the edge, even with a much improved O-Line it was still collapsing pretty fast. There were more than one situation where plays went dead because the QB basically would have gotten sacked in short time … there’s going to be a lot more pass pressure this year.
Catching Keller — If there was one guy that people were buzzing about at camp, I would have to say that it was Dustin Keller. He made some nice athletic catches and caught passes from all over the field. They’re trying to get him involved some in the blocking game, but he and the team know where he’s at his best. Although the Jets mixed formations a lot, Keller did see a good deal of time as a third or fourth receiver in single back sets.
Take a Chansi — If Day One was any indication, Chansi Stuckey is your third WR. Just like last year he looked GOOD all day. As an extra he even has a pretty impressive arm. There were a couple times he launched balls back down the field during punt and kick work and he was throwing a pretty tight spiral … of his throwing motion I can hear Herm saying “that guy can spin it” in my head write now … make it stop!!! Stuckey was a collegiate QB for a short time … after all.
No Injuries — Some guys didn’t practice like Musa Smith and Jesse Chatman, and Coles did have some cramps at one point, but I didn’t see anything else that lead me to believe there was anything serious to note.
Bowens Inside? — All day R in CT kept talking about whether Bowens was lining up inside or not. Whenever I saw him, he was lining up as a DE/OLB. Conveniently, the one time when I was off getting into the press area, R noted that Bowens was did in fact line up at Inside Linebacker … sure he did R … sure he did …
Stop Watch — The practices clocked in at 1:55 and 1:50 for the morning and night practices respectively.
Playa / Playmaka — Leon Washington showed some nice footwork (as did Thomas Jones on a 60 yard screen he took to the house with the help of Mangold, Monty and Richardson) today as usual, but more importantly there was a fetching young lady who must be his WAG that he was walking around with after practice. Well done Leon, nice catch indeed!
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The Ham was in attendance for some of today’s events.
-Lighting Leon ripped it up catching balls out of the backfield, he should become a more integral apart of our offense.
-QB situation- In my opinion KC looked horrible, Chad looked good but not great, Ainge looks like he has some potential, Ratliffe idk where he came from but he had the nicest pass all day.
- Calvin Pace is an absolute monster
- Kris Jenkins looks like a great fit
All in all the Defense looks much improved and I can’t wait to see them in action
Bubba franks is sporting the “mose” and after practice yelled i to the crowd, “Shake and Bake baby, Shake and Bake”!! exact words
Cn we just talk about Chad admitting that he had torn ligaments in his ankle today? He played 3 games with them? Are you KIDDING ME? Talk about a selfish act that cost the team! I’m so sick of this team player mantra and cerebral BS. I want him gone. If I am Tangini – after knowing he got hurt, yet again – I would never put him in a starting role! We need one of those Steve McNair Body Injury Charts that they pull up on CBS for him! Not only is his arm strength horrid, but he is one hit away from setting the team back 2-3 weeks if he is the starter.
I don’t know about the Mose, but last year’s offensive line reminded me of Moses and the parting of the red sea at times.
DK – As someone who once played the last month of a basketball season with a broken back, I can empathise with Pennington wanting to play through the pain. (Although, if I felt I was hurting the team, I wouldn’t have played).
Personally, I think you are being a little harsh. Were you angry at Curtis Martin for playing hurt in his final season or angry at the coaches for letting him play hurt? I’m sure the coaches knew his status.
If anything, it should have us concerned about the coaching staff’s faith in KC. However, I think there’s a greater chance KC will be ready this year, where he wasn’t last season.
DK – are you trying to suggest that the coaches didn’t know about chads torn ligaments?? Are you crazy? The coaches and trainers knew exactly what was going on with Chad.
According to Foxsports.com if Favre decides he wants to play again he will be traded to TB or NYJ by this weekend….. this should be interesting
So if Stuckey can throw strong, and make better plays…I guess he’s the guy that needs to wear number 16 and be Slash.