Jets Defense Takes the Night Off, Miami Wins, 31-27
NFL, Video October 13th. 2009, 9:15am
This is one of those mornings where we feel sluggish and uninterested in doing anything but wallowing in a painful loss. If this were an office job, we might pretend like we “forgot” about a doctor/dentist appointment and show up a few hours late to sleep off the disappointment. We’ll be brief below – the scars from Dolphins 31, Jets 27 are still too fresh.
* Prior to the game, we predicted Braylon Edwards would have a minimal impact: 5 catches for 68 yards. His actual line: 5 catches, 64 yards, one TD, significant impact. The only pass he dropped was a diving TD opportunity late in the fourth, but somehow he drew a pass interference flag on the play (it was a terrible call). If he can play at this level for more than half of the final 11 games, the Jets will lavish him with a great contract in the offseason. After a crucial 3rd down catch by Edwards over the middle in the fourth quarter, Mike Tirico said: “there are fans in northeast Ohio who are asking where were those hands when you were wearing the Cleveland colors, Braylon?” We laughed.
* Knew the Jets would be in trouble on the first drive when Miami rolled downfield – the Ronnie Brown pass was a stunner – and scored easily for a 7-0 lead. No team looked that dominant offensively against the Jets’ in the first four games.
* Miami’s Chad Henne looked sharp. Made no mistakes. Effective on 3rd down. They already love him in Miami, and with good reason. The play-fake bomb touchdown pass to Ted Ginn in the 4th was a beauty. Chad Pennington had to be uneasy watching Henne last night. It might not be easy getting his job back.
* The “mighty” Jets defense: 413 yards allowed, 0 sacks, 0 turnovers forced. Miami and its newbie QB went 9-for-14 on third down.
* Our thoughts on the Jets’ 2010 draft are likely to change on a weekly basis, but for now, the biggest need is clearly on the defensive line. After looking so strong in the first three games, they allowed 100 yards on the ground for the second week in a row. Also for the second game in a row, they got no pressure on the QB and didn’t register a sack. The Jets are tied for last in the NFL in sacks with four. We’re thinking defensive end with that first round pick, which is likely to be anywhere from 10-20.
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October 13th, 2009 at 9:17 am
Nice catch, Braylon.
/being a dick
October 13th, 2009 at 9:18 am
hope braylons TD drop doesnt cost the browns a 2nd round pick
October 13th, 2009 at 9:19 am
This has to terrify you as a Jets fan, no? I think the motivation factor is high with the desire to stick it to Cleveland and the desire to get a good contract, but isn’t he notorious for not working hard? Seems like fat and happy isn’t where you want Edwards to be.
October 13th, 2009 at 9:22 am
Miami’s o-line/running game is beast. Ricky Williams looks like his old self again and Ronnie Brown’s vision and overall game awareness is incredible.
October 13th, 2009 at 9:22 am
Where’s SC to tell us that the wildcat has been figured out, and will be obsolete by week 9?
October 13th, 2009 at 9:22 am
Doesn’t this make it obvious that Braylon Edwards was dogging it in Cleveland?
Oh, and wheres Jersey Yo to revise his Jets 15-1 prediction?
October 13th, 2009 at 9:23 am
Braylon is likely trying to pin his failings on the Browns braintrust…which Brady Quinn and Derek Anderson will also do come next year.
And the Jets D had a major offnight. If they right the ship next game, it can be dismissed as just a one-off. Do it again and then that 3-0 start will fade like the Sanchize love.
October 13th, 2009 at 9:24 am
ordinarily i’d agree. but edwards seems to have designs on becoming a multi-media star … and he can grow his “brand” in NY.
but only if he’s productive on the field. media is waiting for him to screw up. once that snowball picks up steam …
i really do think he’ll be fine.
/kiss of death?
October 13th, 2009 at 9:24 am
braylon had about 20 games like this. they all ended just like this one, with him dropping a touchdown.
October 13th, 2009 at 9:24 am
So Braylon is good now? Weird how that works. Fuck Ohio.
October 13th, 2009 at 9:25 am
I guess Monday nights are not a good time to play in Miami.
October 13th, 2009 at 9:25 am
Miami’s o-line/running game is beast. Ricky Williams looks like his old self again and Ronnie Brown’s vision and overall game awareness is incredible.
Agree, totally awesome. There’s not even an option on some of those plays, it’s just Ronnie Brown waiting for a lane to open, while forcing the linebackers to take a step with the fake.
October 13th, 2009 at 9:26 am
oh yeah. you do what you gotta do to get out of town, right? at least the browns got what they could. how many picks do they have next year?
October 13th, 2009 at 9:27 am
J-E-T-S are going to lose this weekend
October 13th, 2009 at 9:27 am
officiating is getting bad bad bad. the PI calls this year have been terrible.
October 13th, 2009 at 9:28 am
Jet’s defense resides in overrated city.
I thought Jaws was gonna be good along with Gruden on MNF, but during the last dolphin drive they were both literally drooling through the tv. At one point they used the phrase “big time play” on 4 straight plays. Brings me back to the Theisman days. The MNF booth is always a kiss ass festival of puke inducing proportions. I think Jaws might have asked Sanchez out on a date afterwards….
October 13th, 2009 at 9:28 am
@sparty: and what about the fact that the holding call appears to have gone away?
October 13th, 2009 at 9:30 am
Get on the Chad Henne bandwagon now, dude is going to be very good.
Braylon’s TD catch wasnt a catch, right foot never touched. Nothing like having a decent night to raise expectations, surely only to end with drops and bitching.
October 13th, 2009 at 9:33 am
at least the browns got what they could. how many picks do they have next year?
they had a bunch this year, and they fucked them up. They traded back two times to get a backup center.
Chad Henne was looking like Checkdown Charlie for the whole first half. In the end, though, he actually made some throws. Two of them were very impressive, but so was the line protection against the Jets blitz on those two plays.
October 13th, 2009 at 9:33 am
i’ve been surprised. yet, i still only see the dolphins running it effectively.
October 13th, 2009 at 9:34 am
What did Big mouth Rex have to say after the game? nothing about Don Shula? nothing about Crowder? weaksauce
October 13th, 2009 at 9:35 am
which is odd, because they said we would see more of those calls.
October 13th, 2009 at 9:36 am
i’ve been surprised. yet, i still only see the dolphins running it effectively.
so far, nobody else is running it right. Most teams run it with a QB split out, basically wasting a player, hoping for surprise. Miami runs it for the sole purpose of smashing you in the mouth.
The Jets had been running it well, but they didn’t bring it out yesterday.
October 13th, 2009 at 9:36 am
Get on the Chad Henne bandwagon now, dude is going to be very good.
As long as he has an incredible running game, a great offensive line, and the wildcat by his side.
/Brady Quinn would look good in that offense
October 13th, 2009 at 9:37 am
n|m
/that’s a middle finger
//fuck you braylon, fuck you mangini, fuck you jets
October 13th, 2009 at 9:37 am
he actually called out his defense.
October 13th, 2009 at 9:37 am
And, boy, are they good at it.
October 13th, 2009 at 9:39 am
Only watched the second half Chad Henne looked pretty solid last night would be nuce to get that kind of quarterback play in Frisco.
October 13th, 2009 at 9:40 am
right about Henne
totally wrong about Edwards TD catch
October 13th, 2009 at 9:40 am
quinn doesnt have the arm strength to throw that td pass to ginn
October 13th, 2009 at 9:41 am
False, Henne has a cannon arm, started for 4 years in college, and holds virtually every Mich passing record. Guy can play, just wait and see.
October 13th, 2009 at 9:41 am
the 2nd edwards td shouldve stayed a td
October 13th, 2009 at 9:41 am
how good did the MIami o-line look?
rushed all over the place, Henne not sacked (or even pressured, really)
HOW DID BUFFALO SACK HIM 6 TIMES LAST WEEK???
October 13th, 2009 at 9:42 am
Literally what I did this morning.
October 13th, 2009 at 9:42 am
ivanka trump on regis … look for the footage later (on the net, not here).
October 13th, 2009 at 9:43 am
The Saints game should have been a warning about the Jets’ run defense, when they were giving 4.8 yards per carry.
October 13th, 2009 at 9:44 am
REALLY good.
jake long actually looked great. fantastic game for the whole unit.
October 13th, 2009 at 9:45 am
can someone tell me where chanting “move those chains baby move those chains moooove.” when your team gets a first down came from?
October 13th, 2009 at 9:46 am
never heard it
/browns fan
October 13th, 2009 at 9:47 am
should have put gholston in. maybe he would have remembered how he used to abuse long.
October 13th, 2009 at 9:48 am
She is ridiculous. Long, tall, beautiful, and stupid smart. Really, the definition of the perfect woman, except for the fact that she’s smarter than almost everyone which HAS to be intimidating.
October 13th, 2009 at 9:48 am
Be honest… if the Jets had won, would you still say it was a terrible call?
October 13th, 2009 at 9:49 am
wally you left out that she looks like donald trump
October 13th, 2009 at 9:49 am
Heh, dick.
October 13th, 2009 at 9:50 am
hell.
it’s not hard…just run around him. jake long doesn’t have the lateral movement to keep up with super quick DL/OLB’s. he’s an RT playing on the left side because of a paycheck, not because of his skill set…which is kinda stupid considering he’d be one of the sickest RT’s in the league and carey is better suited for the left side anyways.
October 13th, 2009 at 9:50 am
nice burn duder. but seriously i want to know where i can place the blame for the single most annoying thing i’ve ever witnessed at a game. I was at the eagles chiefs game a few weeks ago and the section next to mine had a bunch of these jackasses. I disliked it but was nonvocal and nonviolent about it. There was a group of about 10 people in my section that wanted to kill the whole section and was being very vocal about it and leaning towards getting violent about it. Anyway they were saying it was a patriots thing and i was wondering if that was true
October 13th, 2009 at 9:52 am
Do you see anyone other than the Dolphins running it? Effectively?
Ronnie Brown is the reason it works. Belichick will figure out a way to stop it by week 9. He always does.
October 13th, 2009 at 9:54 am
False, Henne has a cannon arm, started for 4 years in college, and holds virtually every Mich passing record. Guy can play, just wait and see.
See great offensive line.
October 13th, 2009 at 9:55 am
He looks like a really shitty Jonathan Ogden to me.
October 13th, 2009 at 9:56 am
you’re not kiddin, Wally. Wait till you see the outfit
(she was also on GMA, big book push)
GHOLSTON needs to be shipped out of town. i’d play him and turn him loose and PRAY that he can get a couple sacks to up his value and then trade him, quick.
the browns would bite, right?
October 13th, 2009 at 9:56 am
probably the easiest way to stop it is to crowd the box and use one or two LB’s as a RB Spy type role, one covers the fake and one covers the real play. need great line play to limit the holes.
/armchair coach’d
October 13th, 2009 at 9:57 am
Bill Parcells loves three to four year college starters that had a lot of wins. Henne is a Parcells guy. He doesn’t have a bazooka for an arm but sure showed he is accurate last night.
Maybe watching guys like Henne will make NFL scouts and GMs stop wasting first round picks on guys like JaMarcus Russell who have howitzers but don’t care or aren’t accurate.
October 13th, 2009 at 9:57 am
TBL, Don’t worry about the jets pass rush.. it will be alive and well this Sunday vs Buffalo. Believe me.
October 13th, 2009 at 9:57 am
but is there a hat involved?
October 13th, 2009 at 10:00 am
fuck you…that was uncalled for.
he’s closer to an unathletic walter jones.
ogden had such ridiculous size that the only guy who comes close is jared gaither.
October 13th, 2009 at 10:02 am
What the fuck? Don’t do it Tony, they fucked you with their hand once already.
October 13th, 2009 at 10:04 am
Chris Myers is full of shit
October 13th, 2009 at 10:06 am
Right, b/c that’s what athletes do in contract years, intentionally play poorly.
October 13th, 2009 at 10:17 am
That’s begging to get eaten alive by the jet sweep.
October 13th, 2009 at 10:23 am
i wasn’t paid to come up with a solution for that one.
October 13th, 2009 at 10:31 am
ordinarily i’d agree. but edwards seems to have designs on becoming a multi-media star … and he can grow his “brand” in NY.
but only if he’s productive on the field. media is waiting for him to screw up. once that snowball picks up steam …
i really do think he’ll be fine.
/kiss of death?
I’m getting kind of sick of the idea that you need a city like New York or LA to build a brand of some sort. Maybe if this were the 60’s where you only had 3 networks and newspapers as the only way to get news and information. In this day and age, what with the internet and all, you can build a brand from Fairbanks, Alaska if you so desired.
New York ain’t the the big stage it used to be. If you’re a star, you’re a star, no matter where you play or reside. It’s not like Braylon got to New York and now all of a sudden he’s recognized. Everyone knew who he was before the trade, correct?
October 13th, 2009 at 10:38 am
yes, he was overrated, dropped alot of catchable balls and was a poorman’s TO. but now that he’s in NY, he doesn’t drop balls, he’s amazing, and he’s Larry Fitzgerald.
/espn’d
October 13th, 2009 at 11:26 am
Hard for Gholston to abuse anyone now that he is off the Roids. That’s what the Jets get for trusting that Prisoner Factory Ohio State.
October 13th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
What did Big mouth Rex have to say after the game? nothing about Don Shula? nothing about Crowder? weaksauce
irish: Only Danny Boy Marino
October 13th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
Holy Shit JPQ, I just went to the main page of that newspaper. Every single headline is bizarre, wacky and/or fucked up. Nothing normal happens in Florida.
I’m stealing two of those links right away.
October 13th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
Holy Shit JPQ, I just went to the main page of that newspaper. Every single headline is bizarre, wacky and/or fucked up. Nothing normal happens in Florida.
I’m stealing two of those links right away.
dirt: it’s TBL Gold, Jerry, Gold!!
put these in your favorites, and you will never have to venture to Austrailia again for a weird story:
http://www.sun-sentinel.com
http://www.miamiherald.com
http://www.palmbeachpost.com
I strongly recommend the “top stories” links, or go to “local news”. There’s 10 links/night and it takes 20 minutes (but no stealing from me!-lol)
October 13th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
My routine is similar, but with different sites.
upi.com/odd
reuters.com/oddly enough
foxnews.com – most read stories
I hit a few major news outlets besides and see if anything jumps out at me
I get the AP offbeat news feed at Dallas morning news
then fark.com to zazz up what I’ve got so far
finally, to the british tabloids.
I do pretty good with that routine.