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Ben Shpigel of the New York Times takes an in-depth look at the mad scramble that occurs on the Jets sidelines between each play.
Maybin’s emergence has not gone unnoticed by Football Outsiders, which compiled a list yesterday of some of the unexpected players sending quarterbacks to the sidelines shivering in fear:
In two seasons with the Bills, first-round pick Aaron Maybin never recorded a sack. If you’re drafted for your pass-rushing skills, that’s a pretty good sign that you’re a bust.
But since being picked up by the Jets, Maybin has six sacks in limited playing time. Was he really a bust, or was he simply misused by the Bills? The numbers may say that he was an untapped talent, but a closer look at Maybin’s sacks seems to indicate they are more a function of good coverage than great pass-rushing skills.
Of Maybin’s six sacks, only one has been recorded in less than three seconds. Three of them have taken longer than 3.5 seconds. Two of them have come on bootlegs where Maybin eventually ran down quarterbacks as they ran out of room to run at the sideline. Those are closer to sacks of opportunity than a demonstration of any real skill at rushing the passer. Maybin isn’t beating linemen head up as much as he’s working his way to sacks by simply never giving up on a play.
To his credit, when he does catch up to a quarterback, he makes things happen. On three of his six sacks, he has forced a fumble.
Mayhem is spreading…
This weekend, the writers at Advanced NFL Stats decided to plot every team since 2000 according to their offensive and defensive Expected Points Added (EPA) statistic. EPA is described in extensive detail here, but essentially, EPA describes the amount of points a team typically adds above those it would be expected to score in a given game situation.
The EPAs for the Jets teams since 2000 look like this:
Transcript of head coach Rex Ryan’s news conference following Friday’s midday practice at the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center, provided by the team:
All right, fast Friday. Marquice Cole is out, did not practice. That’s that knee injury. Everybody else would be probable. Everybody else practiced full today, with the exception of two guys: Marcus Dixon was limited with a hip and Eric Smith was limited with a knee, but all these guys are going to play. They are all probable: Mike DeVito, knee, Dixon, hip, Vlad Ducasse, knee, Shonn Greene, rib, Nick Mangold, ankle, Joe McKnight, elbow, Brandon Moore, hip, Calvin Pace, groin, Matt Slauson, knee, and Eric Smith, knee. All right, so there you have it.
On if Joe McKnight will be returning kickoffs…
Yes, I could see him doing that.
On how the offensive line has evolved this year…
I think the big thing was getting [Nick] Mangold back healthy. I think that was the biggest deal. You figure you can replace a center, but a center at that level — Mangold is the best in the league. I think we all realize that now. We all knew it anyway, but when we never had him for that stretch, obviously, we really missed him. Our entire offense, the way we’ve practiced these last couple of weeks, I don’t know want to say it’s a different offense, but the bugs are out. We’re at a high level right now. Wednesday practices are good. Thursday practices are good. Friday practices are good. I think that leads you to, obviously, play much better on Sunday. (more…)
This week, as the Jets take on the Chiefs at home, our live-blog is going to become a bit more interactive. I’ll be your admin this afternoon, and will be posting my thoughts, but feel free to join in on the conversation!
This live-blog will also feature twitter feeds from some of our bloggers, including @Brian_Bassett, @Steiny31, and @PortCityJets. If you tweet and would like to be featured in our blog, just use #jetsliveblog.
Here we go!
It’s tough not to cover these rumors, as silly as they are, but with the Colts at 0-12 and likely getting the first pick next year and Tom Moore staying with the Jets as a consultant until the end of the season, some in the media are suggesting the Jets might deal for Peyton Manning. ESPNNewYork‘s blog calls out why this is incredibly unlikely:
If the Jets were to pursue him (and there’s no evidence to suggest they will), it would be admitting Mark Sanchez was a mistake. And head coaches and GMs aren’t in the habit of admitting mistakes of that magnitude. Because when you do that, and don’t deliver a Super Bowl the following year (see: Brett Favre experiment, 2008), heads roll. Eric Mangini paid the price for the Favre failure. Do Ryan and Mike Tannenbaum want to put themselves on the chopping block?
I think the parallels to the Brett Favre situation are hard to ignore. By the time next season starts, Manning will be 36, and his neck isn’t getting any younger. And while the idea of bringing in a journeyman gunslinger who can shoot a team’s way into the Super Bowl might be appealing, it doesn’t work so well in practice. The last time a 36+ quarterback won the Super Bowl was in 1999, when John Elway and the Denver Broncos topped the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl XXXIII. But Elway wasn’t some hired gun. The 1998 season was his 16th with the Broncos, so he was more than well-integrated into their system. Bringing Manning in, as good as he is, would take a bit of time.
Transcript of head coach Rex Ryan’s news conference following Friday’s midday practice at the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center, provided by the Jets:
Nobody officially out for the game. Mike DeVito doubtful. Did not practice. Doubtful. He’s doubtful. All right, the guys that are questionable. There’s three of them that are questionable. Joe McKnight with the elbow, he was limited today in practice. Brandon Moore did not practice with the hip; questionable. Marcus Dixon with a hip also is questionable.
Everybody else is probable: Vladimir Ducasse, knee, Shonn Greene, rib, David Harris, ankle, Jeremy Kerley, knee, Ellis Lankster, low back, Nick Mangold, ankle, Calvin Pace, groin, Tanner Purdum, low back, Matt Slauson, knee, Eric Smith, knee, LaDainian Tomlinson, knee, and Mo Wilkerson, shoulder. Only Eric Smith was limited today in practice, but everybody else was full in that probable group. That’s basically it.
Joe McKnight with his, he’s questionable. His elbow, his right arm, this is probably going to be a gametime decision. His right arm is still like twice the size of his left arm [joking]. No, it’s not. It’s actually going down, though. I think it started that way, but the swelling is coming out of it, so we’ll see how he is. I’m still confident that Brandon will go, but again, we’re actually going to get him to the stadium early, put him through a couple of deals and make sure he’s fine, but I think he is.
On how optimistic he is about DeVito’s chances of playing on Sunday…
I’m doubtful. I’m going to use that word because that’s where we have him on there. We’re not going to put him at out, but guys, there’s a 75% chance that he won’t play. Isn’t that what doubtful is? See, it’s not 100%. You guys figure it out. (more…)
Tagged Rex Ryan |
No sacks…great o-line play…Aaron Mayhem getting to Rex Grossman…sound like a victory to me. Hear Rex’s take in the link.
While it didn’t happen too much today, the following are a few terms that I’ve heard my fellow Jets fans (and myself) use to describe Mark Sanchez, usually following a pick-six or a bone-headed overthrown pass. These all-purpose words are used for nearly any football player (say, Nick Folk) when they do something that makes you want to throw the remote at the TV. However, sometimes these words don’t really fit.
Jerk – With this term, the speaker assigns responsibility for the botched play primarily on Sanchez. Which is fine. But calling him a “jerk,” or some other words that shouldn’t be posted on an SNY blog, implies that Sanchez had intent in his screw-up, which is total nonsense.
Moron (see also: “idiot,” “stupid,” or, if you’re Jewish, “goyisha kopf”) – These kinds of outburst, which are my go-to angry words, assign blame for Sanchez’s mistakes on his perceived lack of intelligence. If only he were a little bit smarter (or as smart as us, sitting on our couches watching the game), we’re saying, he would’ve seen how open Plaxico Burress was and thrown it to him, instead of into the arms of a defender. This word is typically used by those intellectual types who haven’t played a game in their life and think football is just a 3D version of chess.
Worthless – Another favorite of mine and another example which has a number of four-letter variants. Here, Sanchez’s mistake instantly strips him of all value. In the moment he chose to let the ball strip from his hands, he went from being a halfway-decent professional football quarterback to being a bumbling fool with no business coaching a peewee team. And at that moment, he probably feels the same.
Markita Sanchita – This insult probably has more variations than any other and they all involve attacks on Mark’s masculinity. Typically used to describe Sanchez’s overall performance as opposed to specific plays, as it’s difficult to call someone a woman when he’s shrugging off yet another body blow.
Note: Each of these terms becomes much more fun to say when preceded by a certain swear-based gerund.
Note: If you’re looking for a recap, look at the live-blog below. This was intended to be a light-hearted post following a feel-good late comeback.
Tagged Mark Sanchez |As the end of the season grows closer and the Jets’ playoff hopes seem to rest on the results of each game, I’ll be live-blogging this week’s game against the Redskins. Today, the Jets need a win against a Redskins that’s playing a lot better than their 4-7 record indicates. In addition, the Jets are relying on a number of teams throughout the league to help them make the playoffs. Continue to comment in the game thread, but follow along here for up-to-the-minute analysis.
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Tight end Dustin Keller is having a career year. The favorite target of quarterback Mark Sanchez, Keller is the Jets’ top receiver, both in overall yardage (574) and in yards per game (52.2). And with five games left to play, it seems almost certain that Keller will top his previous career-high total of 687 yards, set in 2010.
According to Metro, much of Keller’s success could be attributed to the role Tom Moore has played as offensive consultant this year. Moore’s brought his “tight-end friendly” perspective to the team, and it has shown in practice and in games:
Tagged Dustin Keller, Tom Moore |“Normally when you’re coaching up on your guys, things you talk about is route depth, where your quarterback expects you to be. He kind of will go more into detail in how you want to set your defender up, if he’s doing this, you want to recognize it, how you want to set it up to break this out,” Keller told Metro. “He’s been great with that as far as the small things that it takes a long time for a receiver to develop.”
Did you know Matt Slauson had a Twitter account? Well, if he did, it looks like he doesn’t anymore … according to Erik Manassy, it looks like he already deleted his account.
I liked that Slauson was active and talking about stuff like the Suh Stomp (his fellow Husker) but maybe Slauson realized that it was too much to bother with so much else going on. Maybe he’ll be back once the season’s over … but I don’t blame him for not wanting to deal with the headache, and not sure what to do about it.
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