We wrote this on Friday about the Jets and how their offense matched up against the Falcons defense.
This matchup for the Jets reminds me of the Jacksonville game, in which the Jets faced a tough run defense and sagging pass defense. It was enough to lull the Jets into a false sense of security when [...]
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I know some of you are fond of Football Outsiders, (as am I) so once the season gets underway and trends start developing, looking at an opponent’s rankings on Football Outsiders helps to give fans some perspective on the Jets opponent for this weekend and what to expect.
(As a heads up, negative percentages are good on [...]
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Reader Oliver A. emailed us the other day with a cool screenshot from what looks to be NFL.com, here’s what Oliver had to say
“I just wanted to share this with you and hopefully you will put it on the blog. I thought that was some pretty rarefied company were holding there!”
Absolutely. Pretty cool to see [...]
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Yesterday we promised that we’re going to make posts, once a day, everyday until the end of voting (12/21) to badger you into stuffing the ballot box for Darrelle Revis.
While our (defensive) lord and savior Revis Christ currently has 33 passes defensed and six picks and a TD, Champ “The John Lynch Effect” Bailey is [...]
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While the question as to Sanchez’s ability to manage a game has come into question during the course of the season, we’ve seen him go from poised young rookie surprising the world, to disheveled rookie to handcuffed, game managing rookie. Partially because of that, Tim Graham at ESPN asks what if the Jets did things [...]
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Thought that was an impressive showing by the Jets? Here’s some of the highlights from the Jets defense in that game.
In the first half, the Jets held the Bucs to five rushing yards and ten yards of passing.
For the game, the Bucs had just 126 yards of total offense, averaging 2.3 yards per offensive snap.
From [...]
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Dave Hutchinson notes that the defense in New York is the league leader in yards allowed.
Jets coach Rex Ryan might not deliver the Super Bowl in his rookie season, but he has delivered the league’s No. 1 ranked defense.
For the first time since 1968 — their Super Bowl season — the Jets are ranked first [...]
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Well, we were all witness to greatness last night … I mean other than MTV’s new trainwreck Jersey Shore, of course.
The greatness came in the form of Terrell Owens’s marooning on Revis Island. Oh, this island has a shore too, but last night it sure looked like a cold desolate wasteland.
Terrell Owens: 9 Targets / [...]
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While some statisticians think that the Jets are in a clear space to win this game, here’s some interesting stats from ESPN-Accuscore. If MJD runs for 75+ yards and gets a touchdown, the odds switch to Jacksonville.
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Eight games is a general reference for getting a sense of how rookie NFL quarterbacks project forward. Why? I can’t be sure, but half a season seems like a fair sample size. To that end, I took a quick sampling of quarterbacks who have succeeded in the NFL (as or since their rookie year) and [...]
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