As any reasonable Jet fan knows wins are going to be hard to come by this season. \u00a0So progress\u00a0has to be measured in other ways and in the first game of the season there were failures all over the place:<\/p>\n
– Tood Bowles failed on multiple levels, his game management and defense to name a few. \u00a0If\u00a0you’re going to be aggressive and go for the TD on 4th down and go for 2 pts in the third\u00a0quarter, you can’t punt down two scores with time running out in the game!!! \u00a0In addition\u00a0after three years of getting the personnel you want on defense, you can’t have the amount\u00a0of mistakes in execution which allowed simple plays to become “chunk” plays. \u00a0Also, what happened\u00a0to the secure tackling we saw in the pre-season??? \u00a0There were whiffs all over the field<\/p>\n
– The offense was a continuation of what was seen in camp and the pre-season. \u00a0There’s no\u00a0OLine push in the run game which allows the defense to crowd the box and sit on every WR\u00a0route. \u00a0With a compressed offense the only thing available is quick “dinks & dunks” which
\ndon’t stretch the field. \u00a0This won’t change until the OLine generates push in the run game.\u00a0As ineffective as they were the team was only down 14-12 in the 4th quarter. \u00a0The big culprit in this loss was the defense.<\/p>\n
– An example of how stats don’t tell the story, Demario Davis & Darron Lee both had\u00a0big games in the stat sheet. \u00a0But they may have played the worst interior LB game I’ve ever\u00a0seen!!! \u00a0In run defense, zone pass defense and man to man pass defense all they did all game
\nwas guess wrong, leave their lanes and allow simple plays to turn into disasters. \u00a0Don’t\u00a0let anyone fool you they were the main culprits in giving up 200 yards on the ground.<\/p>\n
– Unfortunate bad luck on the Juston Burris INT, he trips over his teammate (Marcus Maye?)\u00a0at midfield which sends him to the ground. \u00a0If he doesn’t trip it’s probably a 105 yard\u00a0pick 6 because there were no BUF players in front of him.<\/p>\n
– Good games by Kony Ealy & Josh Martin at the OLB spots. \u00a0Both brought pressure and set\u00a0good edges in the run game.<\/p>\n
– On offense Jermaine Kearse & Will Tye made an impact after only a week. \u00a0Kearse with\u00a0tough catches over the middle and Tye with physical running after the catch.<\/p>\n
– Kalif Raymond needs to secure the ball better, but he did show a glimmer of hope that he\u00a0can help in the return game with that 20+ yard punt return.<\/p>\n
– Excellent leg strength by Chris Catanzaro on his FG’s and kickoffs. \u00a0And Lachlan Edwards\u00a0except for that one shank was excellent in changing field position with his punts.<\/p>\n
– Awful game by Matt Forte, I know there were no running lanes but you can’t drop two screen\u00a0passes.<\/p>\n