The Rundown: Lack of Adjustments
After the game, the Jets were still reeling from the Chicago Bears surge during the third quarter. According to Jets linebacker Bart Scott, he wasn’t even sure what happened … which is troubling since he’s at the heart of the defense.
"It’s tough, man," linebacker Bart Scott said. "That third quarter was a whirlwind. I don’t even know what happened, it went so fast. It was just shot after shot."
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"Obviously, we aren’t going anywhere [in the playoffs] if we don’t play better defense than that," Rex Ryan said.
The answer of course is that the Bears and Mike Martz went vertical on the aggressive press coverage that the Jets were and kept showing.
It started with adjustments at halftime. If the New York Jets’ secondary wanted to remain in press coverage, offensive coordinator Mike Martz knew it would be vulnerable to the deep passing game. The decision was made. The Bears’ plan for the second half was simple:
Bombs away.
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‘‘They’re going to be in man every play,’’ tight end Greg Olsen said. ‘‘We knew that. It’s a matter of winning the one-on-one matchups, and those guys on the outside did an amazing job. Jay put it where they could get it, and they did a great job fighting for it. Those wide receivers really played well today against a good secondary.’’
Cutler might be one of the most erratic passers in the league, but when he’s on, he’s also his talent really shines through. While I think it’s easy to get frustrated at the Jets lack of reaction to the “bombs away” play of the Bears, it’s not the secondary with which I’m frustrated, because I think they did what they could in the face of the current personnel issues with the secondary.
It’s the weak pass rush with base personnel up front that’s most concerning to me. The Jets gave Cutler more than ample time, which other teams earlier in the season proved is the way to get the Bears off their passing game.
56 Responses to The Rundown: Lack of Adjustments
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Bent says: I disagree 100%. His run blitzes take a blocker out of the equation or redirect the runner, so even if he doesn’t make the play himself, he is the reason it gets stopped. I think he’s the main reason the run defense has improved since 2008. He’s also very solid in coverage and one of the team’s most productive blitzers.
The last two teams have done a good job of neutralizing the ILBs, but they’re the first ones to do so all year.
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NYJPete – he doesn’t need to be a play-maker. all he need sot do is his job and that’s fill the gaps forcing the RB to go to the secondary hole which usually is not there.
hes more of a role player who does his job. and when everyone pulls their own weight good things tend to happen.
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Those long passes were pinpoint, with DBs right on them. Slightly better technique could have resulted in picks. Still, if you are going to press, you better really disrupt the route at the LOS and your rush better have an impact.
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Don’t worry — Rex say Big Vern is coming on …
Seriously though, you can kind of see how the ridiculous final 4 rules hampered the Jets last year — not being able to just go out and try to get a premium pass rusher at the outset of free agency.
That being said, they really need to address the defense in the next draft. No more running backs, wideouts, quarterbacks, tight ends or O linemen — we got plenty of those.
Mr. T, go get some fast, young defenders (who will actually play!)
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Those “Final 4″ rules didn’t stop Tanney from addressing the pass rush in the past 5 drafts, when it’s been a clear weakness since the day we traded John Abraham to Atlanta.
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Speaking of Big Vern, who the heck was #94 Dixon? He now has one more sack than our illustrious #6 pick in the first round.
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Assuming the Jets are one and done in the playoffs, doesn’t Woody have to fire Rex? He can’t continue to lead this team, can he?
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I wouldn’t assume anything, especially after last years playoffs.
Yes, Woody has to fire Rex for making the playoffs in consecutive years as a first time head coach.
If only understanding were as easy as criticizing.
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Huh? You’re saying a second year coach making the playoff each year should be fired instead of building into a perennial SB contender?
Do you really want to change programs every 2 years and keep this organization in upheaval? Either you’re kidding or you’re a Pats fan.
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I’m kidding. I don’t that “owned” is, but I have found it is better not to speculate about the person behind the comments. This can often lead to perceived personal attacks.
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Woody will not allow this team to be the laughingstock of the NFL, which is what they are right now. Rex has lost the team with this foot fetish stuff. How do you recover from that?
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Hush little baby don’t say a word, you obviously watch the games with vision kinda blurred…
Poor attempt at a rhyme but seriously don’t waste people’s good reading power by throwing silly comments like these just to get a rise. He hasn’t “lost” the offense as shown yesterday, there are players on the D that are unable to execute on every play.
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Dude, Woody wanted this attention. He wanted the Jets to be relevant. He wanted the Jets to have an Identity. They have it like it or not. And by the way it is working…..firing a coach after back to back playoff appearances in his first two years…sure. lol
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i much preferred the pace of yesterday’s game to if the jets had lost say 9-6 with an ugly performance by both offenses. i believe when the chips are down, Rex will get that D going. if one unit was going to fail yesterday, it’s far better for us that it was the D and that the O showed promise.
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pete you are 100% right about scott. overrated, underachiever who kisses rex’s fat ass .we had past linebackers with ba**s that would give king kong a pause.
how can, he and the rest of those slackers not know happened. we seen what happened, plain as day.
simple system: rush the qb with all your might,understand the circumstances of failure, and react with retribution on the next play. all said and done none of the above fits in that d’s vocabulary. revis, ellis, better shape up or ship out, both are overrated and have questionable skills. not a pretty picture. -
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Owned, are you a woman? I’m being serious, and not being derogatory to woman either. But your stance that the Jets are the laughingstock of the league and Rex needs to be fired seem like an opinion a woman might have. All I’m saying is men and woman think differently. Nothing wrong with that. Regardless, to your point, why should Rex be fired? What, specifically, has he done to warrant that? Please mention in your answer the things that others in the league have done for comparison, ie. Belicheck, Ray Lewis, etc.
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I’m not offended. But let’s address the questions at hand. True of False: The Jets are the laughingstock of the NFL. If you answer ‘False’, then you are blinded by your devotion to the team, are incapable of dispassionately commenting on the team.
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False. This season it’s Carolina, but there is a smaller media outlet. You can throw in Washington with the whole Haynesworth and McNabb fiasco but they get a pass after yesterday.
I mean, if you were at all a Jet fan you would know when we were the laughing stock in past years compared to this year.
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True. What have you seen that says otherwise? The offense played stellar yesterday and the defense did what they had to in the 4th quarter to at least get us in position allowing no points.
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The D has bent but they do take Rex seriously so that play alone doesn’t prove otherwise. Bad execution which is the theme of this season.
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How? I say Herm did a better job. Mangini let the Favre drama end badly. Kotite did…well, nevermind.
Rex gets us to the post-season two years in a row in only his second year as HC.
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True or False: The Jets have massively underachieved, after setting very high expectations.
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This will be debatable because of fact-less bloggers such as yourself.
But my emotions say True only because I as well as everyone in the Metropolitan area expected us to come out winning with all our weapons and crushing with our stout D.
But I listen (read) to guys like Bent, AKA Jack, Tyrone, Eric in STL and others who have facts and don’t let their emotions do the typing.
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Isn’t every teams goal to win a SUper Bowl and lead the league in ****in’ wins? Thats what the Jets goalws are…the season ain’t over yet.
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Um I will comment on that after Rex’s 4th year. Remember in his 1st meeting with the press he said it would take 4 years to win the Super Bowl. The way I see it he still has 3 more times to prove it so I dont think he has underachieved any high expectations yet.
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Massively underachieved? By whose barometer? Yours? Thejetsblog’s? ESPN’s? Come on now, the Jets are 10-5 and if they had to win next week, they probably would and they’d be 11-5. Who would’ve possibly complained about that this year? I think the complaining about the Jets has to do with one fact and one fact alone: the New England Patriots have significantly overachieved this year. If they were say 10-5 or 9-6 instead of 13-2, would anyone here be complaining? The fact of the matter is we play in a division where there is a team with one of the best coach/QB tandems in football history. We have a 2nd year QB and a 2nd year coach: do you honestly believe we should be better than they are right now?
We are right where I and many others hoped to be at the beginning of the year: 10-6/11-5 and in the playoffs. Do you really believe these young coaches and QBs just all of a sudden become 14-2 and go to the Super Bowl.
When you think about the Jets as underachievers Owned or anyone else who wants to call them that- why don’t you go watch game films of just about every season and stop me when you find a year where the Jets had the luxury of resting injured players in the final week. The Jets have gone 10-5 against a tough schedule in a controversy-laden year with the whole world staring at them under a microscope, as well as having every team playing like it’s their super bowl against us. If you think this was some sort of weak year. Go watch the Browns and Mangini or Herm Edwards in the analyst booth on ESPN.
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Jason Taylor = bust
I’d take David Harris over Bart Scott any day. Too much talking, not enough tackling.
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Totally agree. Taylor is one and done. Harris is two times the player Scott is. Harris does everything Scott does and makes big plays. Harris always has more than one tackle on the stat sheet unlike the “madbacker”. I’m not saying Scott is a bad player. Just saying I think he’s overrated.
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Bent says:
Again, I completely disagree. Scott is better in coverage, a better pass rusher and takes on blocks, which is not Harris’ strength. They compliment each other, so they make each other better.
Scott has plenty of tackles this year (67), considering that’s not his role. Harris misses more tackles than he does too (Scott had two entering this week, Harris had nine).
Scott is more valuable.
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Not being a smart a$$, but if it’s not Scott’s job to tackle it makes sense he would have less missed tackles than Harris.
But I think you make a great point about Scott in coverage and filling gaps. I’m going to make a special point to watch Scott’s play more closely.
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Bent says:
Pete – still, as a percentage, Harris has a much higher missed tackle rate. Nine is not too bad for a MLB actually, I wasn’t bashing Harris, just using him as a barometer because we all know Harris is good.
Hopefully, if you watch him closely in the next few games, his play will be more like it was over the rest of the season, rather than the last two games.
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therefor, the opinion of some players skills can never be questioned only interpreted. well does any feel that defence played well? remember, what you don’t know may not hurt you, but 34to38 may.
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Want to know an incredible stat? I thought the Jets pass rush was awful as well. As it turns out, the Jets have averaged 3.3 sacks/game in the last three weeks, tops in the NFL! In addition, they have averaged 2.5 sacks/game, which is tenth in the league, and better than Philly, Chi, NE and Atlanta. IN addition, we are 20% ahead of last year.
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The pass rush is bad, but 2 of those scores were about Martz and company defining the mismatches and then Cutler actually making good throws. Once they saw Coleman and Lowery single they went right after it because those guys cant keep up. Also putting Jason Taylor in pass coverage is just asinine. It was a great job by the Bears staff and the Jets took long to react. Im more worried about the run defense to be honest. Two games in a row where the Jets have been dominated up front. Im not sure what the deal is with Scott and Harris but they are no longer disrupting the plays. I think there has been more attacking of the edges where the lack of speed is a major issue.
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Both Pace and Ellis seem to have declined in their ability to set the edge and Devito and Pouha, who take the brunt of the punishment up front, might be a little worn down. Maybe I’m just being overly optimistic, but, hopefully, a couple of weeks of rest will restore some of the power and quickness at the point of attack.
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good point jason, that need is obvious now. the pursuit angle isn’t quite there,and we seen that yesterday with forte ‘s outside runs . they’ll burn you when that hits’ not made, but hopefully that can corrected .
these players need to take plays more seriously, and have some ambition .
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It’s called the Jets front seven being old and slow and the team’s best linebacker not being built to play in space.
You can blame the coaching all you want, but the fact is Chicago’s receivers aren’t exactly the most feared group in the league and their line has been poor in pass protection. The way the Jets played them in theory should have worked. The issue is the players weren’t beating their man. Rex can’t wave a magic wand.
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Owned, first of all you never answered my question regarding what has Rex done to deserve to be fired. Secondly, you are making outlandish statements without any backup. Jets are laughingstocks in the NFL? Really? The Jets aren’t even the laughingstocks in NY. The Giants have collapsed again. Have you seen anything on the news regarding the foot videos? I haven’t in a couple of days. It’s been over for a while already.
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jetsboy, stats never tell the whole story. Have you watched any of the last few games? How many times, in a 3rd and long, were we able to put pressure on the QB? Few to none. Our pass rush is poor. The eye test is more important than stats.
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good point pete, the pass rush may need some spunk.
it’s demoralizing to watch as fan and see these poor performances when we know that this team can do much better.
the answer will come soon enough. sack or be sacked.
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Lack of a pass rush is this team’s major weakness. Next yr, I think Ellis, Taylor and Gholston are gone and perhaps Brian Thomas.
I hope great pass rushers are available, assuming we have a football season.
Bart Scott is severely overrated. He’s not a play maker. Pains me to say it as a life long fan.