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he's two inches shorter than Chandler, same weight, and only a couple tenths of a second quicker in the 40.. why should Schwarz do anything special to shut him down? let him have his underneath routes, and don't lose him in the seam.. no biggie..

“That’s where my job comes in is getting him to believe in what he sees and cut it loose,” Downing said. “That’s what I’m paid for to develop him in that regard and say, ‘Okay you’ve recognized the coverage, you know where to go with the read. Now just let it go.’ That’s what we expect to see from him down the road.” i think this coaching reinforces the message EJ received from losing the starting job.. that the consequence of not taking his shot is worse than taking it and missing. i don't know what motivated this kid to become one of a handful of athletes who could even be considered as potential NFL quarterbacks, but it hasn't been enough to get him to take command of his opportunity here. let's hope he sees that the only one holding EJ back - is EJ... and he decides to go down swinging

I wonder if he could cover Gronk?

funny you picked the flexbone.. both our high schools ran out of this for a number of years. it's a great option offense, which uses deception in the backfield to confuse the D's reads - coupled with zone(angle) blocking to allow a smaller O lineman to steer the D lineman away from the point of attack. You can look it up, but it was designed to give our service academies a chance against big schools with scholarship players. I'm not sure - because the biggest program I've ever seen run out of it was Georgia Tech - what advantage an NFL offense would get, other than flexing the slot backs to get a cleaner release for a pass play. even at the HS level, teams with superior speed at the second level recover in time to defend it.

i get where you're coming from, but there's only one guy in our division who we have no answer for - Gronkowski.

yes.. this is where I find him lacking. I don't believe he or Marrone have a strategic offensive plan after abandoning the EJ playbook. they need to play to their strengths, which now include a veteran QB and a playmaking receiver. every game they should make it their priority to stretch the D with the weapons Whaley's assembled, in order to open up the running game. They haven't adapted their strategy beyond their original 'keep EJ in manageable down and distance situations'. things have changed for the better, and they're not taking advantage.. they need to adopt a new plan.. one that allows them to execute tactics that can produce more with less risk than when the season started with a virtual rookie at QB. we should be challenging our opponents, and change tactics only in response to how we're defended. there's no plan.. no strategy.. what's Buffalo's offensive identity? great post, Simon.. hopefully Marrone and Hackett can answer this in the second half

just read that Chiefs' DC has been around the block - including a few years with the Jets, where he picked up Rex Ryan's version of the 1 gap/3-4. after coming to KC last season, he modified Romeo Crennel's 2 gap version and has successfully integrated his now healthy LBs into an aggressive D that likes to mix things up - including a creative defensive equivalent of an unbalanced line which could rattle our O-line, if they're not prepared for it. much like last week, we shouldn't expect much success running inside/outside zone against another D hell-bent on getting penetration.. but if we're prepared to find the voids they leave, we could attack the areas of the field they're willing to sacrifice in order to be disruptive.

as frustrating as these 'book burning' threads can be.. this is a rare, and honest glimpse into mob mentality. thanks for that.

it's a matter of preparedness.. having multiple plans that take into account starting field position, score, clock left, time outs left, whether you'll receive the 2nd half KO, and how you've been defended - what's worked, and what hasn't. you put that together and make a decision that at worst, doesn't give the opponent a chance to score before the half. now, all of that goes out the window when the team doesn't execute.. but like everything else on a football field, it starts with a plan and branches out into contingencies.

the good - we have outstanding depth on D, and McKelvin is putting his game together - so much so, that i'd suggest we take him off returns we have a diverse set of skill players on O, and Watkins can open the field up for all of them the bad - we have an OC whose gameplans are elementary, and do little to challenge the opposing DC

..and that's usually enough, unless it's your job, or you're interested enough to find the devil in the details - so thanks for your input. by the way, i think what's gotten lost is the jobs our backs did when asked to pass protect.. not sure what they'll grade out to, but considering neither has started before yesterday - and we we're faced with many obvious passing downs - i'm thinking Freddie contributed to their preparation.

yes they did, and good night to you, too.. but let's hope Marrone isn't as satisfied with his offense as some fans are, otherwise we won't improve - and if we don't improve, we won't beat better teams

I agree.. they were a play away from tying a game they had no business being in. we squandered opportunity after opportunity to tear their hearts out, and our inability to do so, motivated a team that should have been beaten at the half - not coming out with a "spring in their step".. anyone who can't understand that is either in denial, or is satisfied with medocrity.

no, Hackett is to blame for not having a plan that reacts to how the Jets defend what he wants to do.. and coming into a game with a defense whose strength is their D line, and whose weakness is it's secondary - Hackett's plan should have been protect the QB and take advantage of their coverages.. that's where he starts, and then works from there.. test them and be ready to adapt. this is basic Offense 101.. attack how you want, with who you want, and be prepared for how you'll be defended. Schwarz had a major brain fart versus NE, and Hackett had one here.

assuming the D will bail out the O, is a helluva way to prepare.. but with no evidence of an actual offensive gameplan, your theory is as valid as any

doing my best Will Ferrell.. "all i read was - blah, blah, blah.. nirvjam.. blah.blah,blah" just kidding, Bill.. always look forward to these.

the Jets D is like ours, in that we both like to penetrate, and force O-lines to adjust their blocking schemes - it begins with the DTs, but it ends with DEs. running deep hand-offs, and any play that takes more than a couple beats to develop, has a good chance of getting blown up. you beat us going north and south, or by forcing our outside second level guys to chase guys across the middle - in order to get something into the vacuum. but you're on the right track - today, we chose to not even use play-action to deceive the D.. baffling

with Orton taking the reins at QB, our biggest deficiency is our o-line, but an experienced OC would "coordinate" his gameplan with the strengths of his personnel in mind - and we are loaded in the passing game! even with Freddie and CJ absent, he'd still have at least the 'threat' of speed (Brown) and power (Boobie) to utilize in getting the opponent to adjust.. but he wouldn't feed them to the beast, he'd tempt the beast and attack it elsewhere

i agree with this, and most of the fans agree with this, and even the announcers agreed with this - but in case you missed the article, Hackett was going to 'play the hot hand' with his RBs.. maybe he should extend that philosophy to include the passing game

the worst thing about Hackett's gameplan was that it's design did nothing to force the Jets to adjust. They attacked our offense the way they wanted, the way we expected them to.. and he let them run their design without doing anything to get them off-balance. i'm guessing Rex was as surprised as anyone by our reluctance to force them to adjust. hell, he was probably ready with a plan B, to use when we started beating his blitz and getting the ball downfield - but I doubt he made any halftime adjustments at all. and for all you - "but we won" - folks out there.. we've lost at least one game this season by leaving points on the field, and if the Jets weren't such an inferior team, it would have cost us again.

2nd and long.. pass?

Liking me some Winn, today

boy, when Orton has time, it's just to easy to complete passes.. wonder what the heck Nathan's been thinking this game

the local ER's gonna be filled..

looks like we're going power I