Comments on: Eric Smith Finding His Place on the Field http://www.thejetsblog.com/2009/10/02/eric-smith-finding-his-place-on-the-field/ Ranting and Raving about the Gang Green Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:12:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: StvDoe http://www.thejetsblog.com/2009/10/02/eric-smith-finding-his-place-on-the-field/#comment-185832 StvDoe Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:18:45 +0000 http://www.thejetsblog.com/2009/10/02/eric-smith-finding-his-place-on-the-field/#comment-185832 Rex rewarding good special teams play by designing some regular defensive plays for the player is just another example of his brilliance as a motivator. Rex rewarding good special teams play by designing some regular defensive plays for the player is just another example of his brilliance as a motivator.

]]> By: Zartan http://www.thejetsblog.com/2009/10/02/eric-smith-finding-his-place-on-the-field/#comment-185804 Zartan Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:29:13 +0000 http://www.thejetsblog.com/2009/10/02/eric-smith-finding-his-place-on-the-field/#comment-185804 I read the daily news with a piece on Eric Smith and what might be demetia.Funny thing about that is, someone jokes how under Manghini he was always falling down and under rex hes still falling down but get the ball as he does. Maybe theres something to the story. I read the daily news with a piece on Eric Smith and what might be demetia.Funny thing about that is, someone jokes how under Manghini he was always falling down and under rex hes still falling down but get the ball as he does. Maybe theres something to the story.

]]> By: Bent http://www.thejetsblog.com/2009/10/02/eric-smith-finding-his-place-on-the-field/#comment-185786 Bent Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:16:05 +0000 http://www.thejetsblog.com/2009/10/02/eric-smith-finding-his-place-on-the-field/#comment-185786 "...weren’t the Jets terrible at covering RBs and TEs in the passing game for the past few years? " Yup. I always knew getting Bart Scott and replacing Eric Barton and Abram Elam would help to fix that. I don't doubt that the Browns are having the same issues, which must be one of the reasons for their slow start. Case in point, at the start of last year, with Smith and Harris in the lineup, the short passing game wasn't such a problem. When Smith got replaced by Elam, it went down a level and when Harris got hurt and was replaced by Bowens, they fell off a cliff. When Harris returned he clearly wasn't 100% and by then Jenkins was hurting so the whole defense fell apart. I love the scheme, but I put this almost entirely down to personnel. “…weren’t the Jets terrible at covering RBs and TEs in the passing game for the past few years? ”

Yup. I always knew getting Bart Scott and replacing Eric Barton and Abram Elam would help to fix that. I don’t doubt that the Browns are having the same issues, which must be one of the reasons for their slow start.

Case in point, at the start of last year, with Smith and Harris in the lineup, the short passing game wasn’t such a problem. When Smith got replaced by Elam, it went down a level and when Harris got hurt and was replaced by Bowens, they fell off a cliff. When Harris returned he clearly wasn’t 100% and by then Jenkins was hurting so the whole defense fell apart.

I love the scheme, but I put this almost entirely down to personnel.

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