{"id":33154,"date":"2016-08-12T11:06:02","date_gmt":"2016-08-12T15:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=33154"},"modified":"2016-08-12T11:13:03","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T15:13:03","slug":"jets-top-jaguars-game-observations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2016\/08\/12\/jets-top-jaguars-game-observations\/","title":{"rendered":"Jets Top Jaguars; Game Observations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Great to have football back!\u00a0It was only the first pre-season game but let&#8217;s take a look\u00a0at what happened:<\/p>\n<h3><strong>General<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&#8211; Very clean game with only two penalties and no turnovers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Good to see the rookies (Jordan Jenkins, Darron Lee, Jalin Marshall, Doug Middleton,\u00a0Juston Burris &amp; Charone Peake) take their camp performances into a game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Last year when the #1&#8217;s went out you saw a noticeable dip in performance. \u00a0Good to see that\u00a0wasn&#8217;t the case this year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; JAC has a lot of &#8220;name&#8221; talent, will be a sexy pick to make the playoffs and people\u00a0will love them in fantasy football. \u00a0But there&#8217;s something about Bradley as a HC that\u00a0I just don&#8217;t like. \u00a0He&#8217;s never won more than five games and 15 penalties in your first\u00a0game is not a good start to the season.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Special Teams<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&#8211; Good debut for Brant Boyer&#8217;s units all around. \u00a0Solid coverage, immediate tackles and good\u00a0blocking on the returns. \u00a0I guess the &#8220;trash can&#8221; drills worked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Lachlan Edwards consistently &#8220;flipped&#8221; the field with his punts. \u00a0And it was good to\u00a0see him in an end of game situation where he had to get a good punt off to pin the offense\u00a0back.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Bye Ross Martin, it was nice having you in camp. \u00a0You can&#8217;t shank a 39 yarder and come\u00a0up 5 yards short on a 54 yarder.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Big returns from Jeremy Ross and Marshall, haven&#8217;t seen that since the Leon Washington days.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Defense<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&#8211; Sloppy tackling that prevented big losses and led to big JAC gains.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Leaky run defense.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Nice to see the increase in our front seven speed on display. \u00a0Multiple times DL &amp; LB were in\u00a0JAC backfield ready to make plays (even though some of them whiffed).<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; JAC marched up &amp; down the field but it was good to see the defense get stingy in the red zone.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Good job Shelby Harris (2 sacks). \u00a0Can you continue that performance?<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; After years of watching Demario Davis, Calvin Pace and Quinton Coples &#8220;plod&#8221; around as LB&#8217;s, what a\u00a0pleasure to see Darron Lee &amp; Bruce Carter fly around. \u00a0Multiple TFL&#8217;s and good coverage from both of\u00a0them and a near INT from Carter.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Offense<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&#8211; Run blocking wasn&#8217;t powerful and needs work but the pass blocking was solid. \u00a0Ben Ijalana was totally\u00a0anonymous at the RT spot (which is what you want). \u00a0Can he unseat Giacomini?<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Crazy WR depth with guys like Enunwa, Marshall, Ross, Peake &amp; Robby Anderson flashing. \u00a0Remember when\u00a0our big WR&#8217;s were Holmes, Hill, Kerley &amp; Nelson?<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Those passes to Enunwa have to get you excited. \u00a0Because twice we were in a 5 wide formation and Enunwa\u00a0was 1 on 1 against an LB and destroyed him. \u00a0If he can get more consistent with his hands we can get big\u00a0gains from him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Surprised Smith started out so shaky (inaccurate passes, short hopping Marshall) with all the off-season\u00a0reps he got. \u00a0He got better towards the end of his night with that nice TD to Peake.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Petty showed a nice command of the offense and moved the ball nicely. \u00a0It would be nice to have him and Smith play well and force a tough decision at the end of camp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great to have football back!\u00a0It was only the first pre-season game but let&#8217;s take a look\u00a0at what happened: General &#8211; Very clean game with only two penalties and no turnovers. &#8211; Good to see the rookies (Jordan Jenkins, Darron Lee, Jalin Marshall, Doug Middleton,\u00a0Juston Burris &amp; Charone Peake) take their camp performances into a game. 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