I have only been able to watch two Raider games this year and both were run heavy slug fests.

We can expect the Jets not to be greeted nicely in the Black Hole. Rex MUst prepare his Gladiators for a fight to the deat !!!!

Rex is going to get what he wished for since the “kissing the rings”, you slug one of ours, we take out two of yours” preseason schtick!!

No excuses Rex, no BS. Scott, no Hallow words “Hallowood Kerry Rhodes”!!!!

That certainly seemed to be what happened in the Buffalo game. Yes, the Jets got a ton of yardage, but (as often happens when teams stack the box) this was made up largely of several big plays (because there are fewer people at the second level).

Schottenheimer has been widely criticized for his playcalling, but having gone back over the play-by-play, it’s difficult to see what he could have done differently. If it’s second and four and you run and don’t get the first down, then can you expect to get the first down running on third and four? The Jets passed the ball 29 times but many of them were in situations where they had to pass – and maybe situations where the Bills stacked the box, so the pass was the best option.

Sure, the Jets averaged 8 yards per carry, but take out Jones’ two big runs and he only averaged 3.7. Take out Leons’ two big runs and he only averaged 3.1. If the Jets are getting stuffed most of the time and only breaking the occasional long one, what do you call on 2nd down?

Similarly, with the box stacked, short passes are unlikely to be too effective. Jones and Leon combined to go 5-63, but that included a 33 yard gain when a great block by Brick enabled Leon to get to the second level. Apart from that they weren’t getting to the second level. One other pass nearly got Leon killed and TJ dropped one that appeared to be going nowhere. Other than the big play by Leon, 6 passes to the RBs netted just 30 yards. The only passes that were going to pick up significant yards were downfield, but these were made trickier by the winds.

I expect to see the Raiders try to stack the box and make Sanchez beat them. We can’t expect whoever Nnamdi covers to do much, so the pressure will be on the others to step up. At least it won’t be so easy to load up on the short to intermediate routes because Sanchez should be able to throw downfield without the swirling winds.

I would like to see them go run-heavy this week, with all that said. Wear the defense down early, even if it does mean several first half punts and then hopefully get the lead so that you can keep the clock moving. The average doesn’t even need to be high, as the first 3 games showed. Just don’t turn the ball over and hopefully the defense can force some.

I’ll be the first to admit that I was ecstatic about getting Favre and I was a victim of drinking the kool-aid, but it’s clear he blew the season for the Jets.

It was a combination of factors with Farve beign the catalyst and mostly responsible!!

I’m asking for more rushes AND better timing. It needs to be a combination of both.

I’m sorry but I still blame Brett Favre for our collapse last year, not the offensive line. I am not concerned with this line wearing down, and if they do, then it is time to sign some new lineman.

I really don’t understand your reasoning when you say “it’s more about the timing than the amount of rushes” Fifty times is fifty times. Also,

The problem is you should be concerned about the OL wearing down. If you remember last years collapse during our last five games ( I know all about farve) we ran the ball over 50% of the time to no avail !!! If we got 80 yds per game was a lot, with the same line we have today !!! I remember one time beign stuffed TWICE on 4th and what, one?

That tells me they were running out of gas!!!!