Comments on: Opinion: Will the Real Problem Please Stand Up

By: Harvlis

Harvlis — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 01:59:54 +0000

Vinny, Jenkins is the key and you might be right. It is hard to play a full season, getting double teamed on almost every play.

Unfortunately, Sutton is not bringing any pressure up the middle or having his ends or LB’s loop in around Jenkins. If he did, other teams would not be able to double Jenkins and nobody can block Jenkins straight up. We seem to have a boring, vanilla pass rush of three or four, almost every play. When we do bring the pressure, it is so obvious, the other team knows it is coming. We should look like we’re coming on every play and then we should come on most of them. I hate Sutton. He is a bend, don’t break, nightmare. We looked like we were playing prevent for most of the Buffalo game. Thank god it was Losman.

We can have that really good defense that we saw at the beginning of the year, if Sutton stops playing scared.

By: momshead

momshead — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:54:54 +0000

Continuing on Andrew’s week five Indy story, there is a hopeful parallel to a point earlier in the Jet’s season. Maybe I’m just deluded here, and stretching the similarity, but after that miserable Oakland loss, they came back to beat KC at home in the last two minutes after Thigpen had a field day. Remember, it was that awful Herm Edwards run, run, run at the end of the game that really gave the Jets the chance for a win. At the time, we were bitching at how bad they looked, and yet I remember remarking that, regardless, they were playing for first place the following week.

Fast forward, and we have an almost identical situation. Bad loss to SF away, a gift of a win at home in the last minute, and still the chance to play for first place the following week. They turned it around before, so we need to be hopeful, take one week at a time, and maybe we can get hot for a second time this season. That’s all we have – it’s so easy to get mired in the negatives that I, personally, need to force myself to the other side.

By: KevT

KevT — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:21:26 +0000

Why do I feel like the Jets can never really win in the minds of the nat’l press and some fans even when they do win. If they win games ugly, it’s “they don’t deserve to win.”. If they win big, then everyone’s waiting for the other shoe to drop. I’m getting tired of feeling like that. I’m just happy with wins however they come.

By: Vinny

Vinny — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:36:09 +0000

Jenkins

Hasnt played well in three games, neither has the D. Hes the key and hes either injured badly ( listed with a hip) or worn down. Either way I think a big Key is getting him better or fresh

By: Andrew Weiss

Andrew Weiss — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:18:38 +0000

Did I steal one of yours? That would be just like me. Witless to the end.

By: david i

david i — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:18:26 +0000

I don’t believe in problems, only solutions, which the entire team seemed to be able to provide against the Titans. The Jets had all pistons firing at the same time, so they know what they can do when they play their best, which is what they seem to do against the best teams. They defending the run and pass; ran the ball with authority and threw when we had to and special teams also played well. Recapturing that formula is the key. Everything seemed to click in that game. Maybe the answer is that playing against top teams motivates this team and if we manage to stagger into the playoffs, their engines will be ignited like they were to play with emotion like they did against the Patriots and Titans.

By: droseatwork

droseatwork — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:11:52 +0000

nice headline, wonder where you got it from?

By: The Original Joe B.

The Original Joe B. — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:14:10 +0000

It should also be noted that the offense did the defense absolutely no favors in the second half of the Bills game. The defense had to trot back onto the field every two minutes, which generally makes it hard to consistently stop a guy like Marshawn Lynch at first contact. The Jets MUST win the time of possession battle in Seattle and against Miami.