Edwards Speaks Out About Offense
Braylon Edwards, in speaking to the media yesterday only had himself and the rest of offense to blame on his reasons for the Jets struggles.
“The defense is doing everything that they can and they’ve been playing lights out for us. We’ve got to ask ourselves on offense, ‘Do we really want to go to the playoffs?’” Edwards said Monday at the team’s practice facility in Florham Park. “Is it something that we really want? Because right now it doesn’t look that way.
“We’re playing embarrassingly on offense… we’re not making plays when it counts,” the wide receiver added. “We are continuously in this situation. It’s embarrassing, it’s irritating, it’s frustrating coming in on Monday and knowing we could have won. Playing the way we played yesterday, we don’t deserve to go to the playoffs.”
It’s harsh, but he makes some valid points. While I don’t question the desire of the team to want to win, I do think that it’s how the team has tried to make that desire a reality. I know Sanchez is learning on the job … the kid should be a senior in college and flirting with USC Song Girls, but the truth is that he’s a pro, and he needs to continue to show progress and make the smart play right now rather than the amazing play.
32 Responses to Edwards Speaks Out About Offense
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57Jetsblitz says:
Look Pennington could throw the worlds greatest check down..and throw it and throw it ect. Sanchez throws a wicked deep ball (think Phil Rivers, yeah it’s that good) but can’t/won’t throw the check down….point is Sanchez can learn to check down but Penny will never throw an good deep to medium range ball. Sanchez will be fine once he picks up on this flaw, I just don’t expect it this week.
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Zartan says:
IMO, he’s saying that the cordinator sux and they need to make the plays on their own.
Sanchez showed he was a knuckle head when he didnt listen to anyone about returning to school. I love that he chose to be a pro but still…
I dont care what anyone says , the jets are all but out of the picture.
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Mark says:
Right on, Braylon. Now, stop dropping passes.
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Shamik says:
I DO question these guys’ desires to win. It seems to me like they’ve bought into the whole “Well, at the beginning of the season we would be SO happy with a .500 record with a ROOKIE head coach and ROOKIE qb.” mentality that so many fans seem to be trying to justify this bungled season with. Frankly when you lose like this, the team should be forced to take only half pay. Not at all acceptable.
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Sanchez made a good business decision for himself. He realized that this was a weak QB class and by coming out immediately, he would be a top pick. What the hell does he care whether he can make it or not? If he can, great, if not, he still gets a great payday as a top pick. Had he waited an extra year in college, he’d be competing with McCoy, Clausen, Bradford, and Locker for all the QB spots. He didnt come out because he was actually ready or anything, he did it because it maximized his earning.
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Brendan says:
Mark, he doesn’t drop passes. He’s had 2 this year. He’s not even remotely close to being a leader in that category.
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JDB says:
he did make the smart play on several occasions, he threw it away instead of forcing a throw, he took a sack before half to keep them in field goal range rather than force a throw.
Sanchez did enough in that game to win it, the special teams collapsed, AGAIN.
that third pick wouldn’t have happened if they could have made one damn field goal.
Hey mark i wasn’t paying enough attention to the game, did braylon drop a pass on sunday?
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Zartan,
I disagree. Sanchez made the right choice. He went into the NFL in a QB-weak draft. This year? Bradford, McCoy, Claussen, Locker, Snead are all going to be in there. Pete Carrol was clearly mad because he knew that USC would be knocked down a peg without Sanchez coming back to light the Pac-10 on fire.
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PA Matt says:
Braylon is the only reason we had any points on Sunday. I can’t believe resigning him is even a question.
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Not only did Sanchez make the right choice. I am going to take what Carroll said with a grain of salt considering his USC team sucked this year and got rolled in ther PAC 10 for the first time in 8 years…..and even thought the kid didnt play that bad ….he had to start a freshman QB with alot of players getting drafted.
Pete Carroll was looking out for Pete Carroll probably more so than Sanchez
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greg sec 130 says:
Right. Though he might have believed that Sanchez would have made a quicker impact on the NFL with another year of college, which is probably true, and maybe led him to believe that being rushed can affect his longterm progression, which I don’t believe isn’t true.
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brian311 says:
totally agree on the pete carroll sentiment. the guy is a complete scumbag and would not be shocked at all if he was not looking out for the player’s best interest. if you can be a top 5 pick, you would be crazy to stay – your stock has no where to go but down
also RE edwards – he has been amazing in the run game and that is the part of his game that impresses me the most. to see him decleat ronde barber on TJ’s 2nd TD, or see him throw key blocks down field is amazing
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triple reverse negative at the end… I don’t believe it is true.
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JEFFDOLFINI says:
I believe that Edwards is a very good reciever but not a great one. The drops do hurt. With that being said, I would definitely re-sign him for the right price, no more than 6 million a year.
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50 year Jet fan says:
Jeffdolfini
To repeat what other fans have said on this blog. Edwards has ONLY 2 drops all year. The one in Buffalo was not an offical drop, as it was knocked out by a defensive player. -
John Z says:
Sanchez can still flirt with USC song girls, just after the season, which, incidentally, is not over yet.
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LISTEN UP PEOPLE.
BRAYLON
HAS
TWO
DROPS
That is the entire season. He isn’t even in the top 20 in AFC dropped passes, let alone the NFL. Stop buying into everything the media says, that isn’t a credible argument against him this year (aside from his whoopsie against the Bills)
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m eazii says:
Bray bray is going to be a jet for a few years…love the guy, he blocks 150% all the time, although sometimes it seems like he doesn’t run his routes at 100% sometimes..but I love the guy, he has changed his mentality after leaving the awful browns and mangini…btw, holmgren is the new president of football operation in cleavland! Bye bye mangini! Lol
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jetfan says:
locker is stayin for his senior year
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SackDance99 says:
Bassett,
Why pick on Sanchez, again? The Jets only had 99 yards rushing on 33 carries on a day, because of the stiff winds, where the running game had to carry the offense. Jones had a 2.7 YPC, barely better than Sanchez’s 2.3. And, Jones’ unsportsmanlike conduct penalty was the worst of the day and selfish. Strickland and Faneca had “heat of the battle” penalties. Jones took a poke at a guy long after the whistle was blown when the team was in the redzone. I just don’t understand the fixation with Sanchez. If TJ did his job and averaged his normal 4.3 YPC, maybe Sanchez doesn’t have to chuck it 32 times.
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Sometimes you gotta give credit where credit is due: the falcons run D was pretty damn good. Jones was obviously frustrated when he made that penalty and he really has to be more disciplined than that.
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James in TN says:
Who runs the offense ?
Schotty.
Fire the MF.
Go JETS!!!!!!
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Even when Schotty gets something right, I find myself wondering what he’s doing. The Jets ran the Wildcat better than any other team besides the Dolphins and, maybe, the Eagles on Sunday. Every Wildcat play worked, especially the handoff to Shonn Greene going left, which is a staple of Miami’s Wildcat when Brown has Ricky go left. Now, I’m quibbling, but why not run the Wildcat a little more and why not use it at the goal line where, in theory, it has the greatest possibility of success? I mean I don’t think the Falcons spent all week preparing for the Wildcat and Brad Smith was in the zone on Sunday. The Wildcat was the only offensive series that was working, why not milk it? Anyone else think that?
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cojetfan says:
Sack – after some thought, yes I think I’d agree. It may have helped to trot out the “Seminole” a few more times (sans-seminole but you know what I mean).
But, during the games this year, everytime we line up in the wildcat, I start screaming at Schotty (well at my TV) because that kind of cute bs is what pi**es me off about him. He should call a solid offense. With the talent we have on this offense, we shouldn’t need the stupid gimmicks to get points.
When he tried it against Miami, of all people, and (of course) it was stuffed, I was furious.But, you’re right it was reasonably effective for our NYJ this week. I wouldn’t want to see it start to get featured too much. It’s really a tacit admission that your regular offense sucks.
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jon in bk says:
I’d love to compile all the Schotty hate in the right order- “He used the Wildcat too much, what an idiot!” “He didn’t use the Wildcat enough, what a moron!” “He was way too conservative- fire him! He was way too reckless- fire him!”
Jets fans will literally rip him for any offensive play that doesn’t work. The fact is the run game never got going yesterday, and Sanchez was the only thing working to keep the ball moving. If he doesn’t make a couple of rookie mistakes (or if special teams just does it’s job), they win comfortably.
I’m not even a Schotty fan, but I keep finding myself defending him b/c of the irrational criticism he’s always getting. Personally, I could easily see him leading a middle-of-the-pack jets offense to a superbowl victory in the next three years.
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jon in bk,
But isn’t one of the criticisms about Schotty that he doesn’t keep on going to the well on successful plays? I mean there’s no reason to keep on running the same play over and over if it doesn’t work and, on the flip side, why not use a play that’s working a little more. Instead of irrational, that’s what a rational OC does.
With Brad Smith and Shonn Greene, the Wildcat was working. Atlanta was fooled and Brad Smith was executing it perfectly (of course, he was a GREAT option QB, so that’s no surprise). It was a tough day for the running game, too much of the offensive load was being placed on Sanchez, why not run it until it was stopped? Plus, the Wildcat works best in a hurry up. It gets the opposing defense gassed and might have opened up other things once the base offense came back in.
So, yes, I’m on Schotty’s case for not using the only offensive running plays that were consistently getting positive yardage more, silly me.
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Eddie DiGio says:
Braylon is wrong in his comments. Everyone besides himself, TJ, Moore and Mangold has been an embarassment. Braylon has been playing great, drawing triple coverage at times, catching bombs, blocking like a fullback on the outside. Sure he has had some drops, but its seems like he makes up for them on his next opportunity by making a big play only a guy like him can make.
The rest of the offense might not deserve to go to the playoffs, but Braylon, you do
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Gregory Rasputin says:
Mr. Edwards is right. I don’t hate Coach Schottenheimer.
I think that he is amazingly adequate. We need an offensive coordinator on the level of a Pettine-Ryan. Then (rookie quarterback or not) we will win. -
Braylon has alot more than two drops, they may not be official, but have you guys watched the games? Braylon needs to get better at catching the ball period. Come on guys you know he has more than two drops. DON’T OVERPAY FOR HIM, HE ISN’T EVEN AS GOOD AS BURRESS FROM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
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Bent says: Jeff – maybe there are others which could have been called drops, but every receiver is judged on the same criteria, so they all would have had drops that fall into that category too. Braylon isn’t in the top 20 in the AFC and the league leaders are into double figures. I’m sure his 16 drops last year could have been higher too. You can’t tell me he hasn’t already got better. Let’s hope it continues and he can be relied upon as sure handed.
If you think he’s dropped more than that, tell me when…
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Bent says:
“Everyone besides himself, TJ, Moore and Mangold has been an embarassment.”
You cannot leave Brick off that list. He was stellar this year.
Another reason why tis guy should be signed this offseason. He came in with the prima dona rep and has shown any but. Aside from a few drops the guy blocks, runs his routes hard and can be a game changer at any moment.
If we would have won the MNF Miami game ….. his catch would have been our play of the year.
There a lot to like about Edwards and what he said