I am just watching a team that has trouble puting anyone away, it was a 3 pt game in the 4th qtr.
By the way I like the NY Jets Cheerleaders!

I just looked at the Bengals scoring drive at the end of the half. The Jets rushed five or more on virtually every single completion. The play that began the drive went for 15 with a 5 man rush. The next big completion had Rhodes blitzing from from the right but picked up by the back. On at least two plays, the Jets brought the house, including the 4th and 2 that kept the drive alive. They had five rushing on the controversial catch/bobble on the ground.

Perhaps the CS could be criticized for not teaching good enough blitzing technique, or for poor spacing, for the blitzers not having their hands up to knock down passes, for whomever is left in coverage not picking up the hot read, but not lack of aggressiveness. At least not on the one drive on which the Bengals scored.

Many positives from yesterday: After the Favre fumble, TD, our offense came right down the field and got those points back. Defense gave up only 1 drive all day. Even against a backup QB that’s good. Our offense controlled the ball the entire game. Once the 2nd half got underway, you could tell the Jets had control of the game. Even though Favre threw 2 picks, they weren’t costly ones, and he marched the team downfield in the 4Q, taking almost all the time off the clock and putting the decisive score. I agree it’s too early to be discussing playoffs, but this team is progressing nicely. The Jets have shown they can win in a variety of ways: in a shootout, in a grind it out ball control way, etc. That has not been the case in the last couple of years, and on top of that, there is no doubt that the defense is much improved.

Oh, I forgot to mention the kicking game, or lack thereof.

I would be surprised with more than 8-9 wins, at least we do not have to give Green Bay a high pick for our 1 year w/Favre.

We’re 3-2, and right smack in the middle of it. If we continue to win the games we should, it’ll be a fun season.

I’m basically with you. Again, I don’t think they rushed only three all that often and likely tried to disguise it some before the snap. Maybe just not that effectively. Teams that have been playing this D for many years, NE, Pitt. et al., maybe do it better but I think it’s because they’re more experienced in blitz coverage schemes and maybe make their blitzes count more often.

I agree with you on the most part, but when I watch other teams, I see that they can be successful even without the best coverage unit.

My perspective is that if you can make the qb rush the throw, even 1 second earlier, I believe it has a higher percentage of being incomplete or not enough for a first down rather than automatically dropping everyone but 3 into a zone coverage scheme.

I know that you have to be balanced and you cant blitz every 3rd and long, but my thing is, they don’t even bluff a blitz, which signals to quarterbacks they have time to make their reads.

I just don’t like waiting for the opposition to mess up, I’d rather have my team attempt to force that issue.

Also to note, listening to Boomer and Carton this morning, and carton stated that Coles was battling through the flu the last few days, and spitting up blood during the game at times. Got to applaud Coles on fighting and showing heart. Believe he had a drop or two during the game, and im sure if he was healthy they would of been caught!