{"id":37532,"date":"2017-10-03T09:00:34","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T13:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=37532"},"modified":"2017-10-03T02:49:29","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T06:49:29","slug":"passing-game-film-review-good-mccown-week-4-jaguars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2017\/10\/03\/passing-game-film-review-good-mccown-week-4-jaguars\/","title":{"rendered":"Passing Game Film Review – Good McCown – Week 4 (Jaguars)"},"content":{"rendered":"

While the biggest controversy surrounding the NFL deals with kneeling for the national anthem, the Jets have flown under the radar as a surprise team with two wins, which is almost halfway to their season over\/under lines<\/a>.\u00a0 However, the Jets were lucky to win this game against the Jaguars, as Josh McCown played a mediocre game, and got plenty of help from the running game and Blake Bortles.<\/p>\n

1)\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This is a 3rd and 7 play in the first quarter, and Jeremy Kerley does a good job of clearing the first line marker as he runs his out route, and McCown throws a great pass.\u00a0 This is a good read because the defender on Kerley is positioned about seven yards off the line of scrimmage, and taking inside leverage, so there is a free release to the outside.\u00a0 This is a good route and good throw for the Jets.<\/p>\n

2)\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This play isn’t anything special in terms of McCown, it’s a simple check down screen pass to Elijah McGuire, who splits defenders to run down the field.\u00a0 His college tape indicated very good agility in short spaces and he definitely shows it on this play.\u00a0 The other thing to notice on this play is the outside routes to the left of the formation.\u00a0 The Jets are running two deep slant routes against a single high safety, and that is very important as the season goes on.\u00a0 This won’t be in effect as much with McCown as QB, but if Petty or Hackenberg take over as starter, this will be important.\u00a0 The dual slant in this scenario forces the deep safety to pick which corner back he wants to assist.\u00a0 For a risk taking, strong armed QB, the read would be to throw to the receiver that isn’t being double teamed.\u00a0 It doesn’t matter right now, but keep an eye out for this play if Petty ever starts a game.<\/p>\n

3)\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

If you read last week’s column, you would be familiar with this play.\u00a0 It’s a tiered play, with a play action roll out to the right side of the formation.\u00a0 The Jaguars actually diffuse the roll out aspect of this play by penetrating the pocket, but McCown does a good job of hitting his first option in Austin Seferian-Jenkins.\u00a0 The play is designed to give multiple options as McCown rolls but he does well to improvise, given the defender in the pocket.<\/p>\n

4)\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Once again, a third down pass to Kerley.\u00a0 The Jets seem to fake a pick route, and go for a slant route to Kerley, and he gets to the marker.\u00a0 It’s a fairly simple play.\u00a0 This play is here for something that happens away from the pass.\u00a0 Notice Jermaine Kearse to the right side of the formation, put his defender on skates with his route running.\u00a0 This is a clinic on gaining leverage with route running skills.\u00a0 The defender is lined up in man coverage, and instead of giving away his route, he runs towards the defender and gives him a step the inside, which causes the hips of the defender to move.\u00a0 This slight move allows for a free release to the outside.\u00a0 The Jets did a great job of acquiring Kearse, because he may not always show up on the stat sheets, but he can definitely teach the young receivers on setting up defenders.<\/p>\n

5)\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

3rd and short, and here comes a pick play, which seems to be a staple in the offense, and rightfully so.\u00a0 It’s a simple play, the outside receiver disrupts the defender enough to spring Bilal Powell free towards the sidelines and pick up enough yards for the first down.\u00a0 The Jets also run a mirror pick play to the other side of the formation as well, which essentially has two defenders slowing each other down.\u00a0 These plays are fairly common in football now because they are virtually impossible to stop without switching, much similar to screens in basketball.<\/p>\n

6)\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This is an excellent grab by Austin Seferian-Jenkins.\u00a0 He makes a beautiful catch from a decent throw by McCown.\u00a0 The ball is a bit high, but Jenkins high points the ball and makes a wonderful catch.\u00a0 This is however, the wrong decision, especially considering the Jets are driving down the field in a 2 minute drill.\u00a0 The Jets have Kearse on the outside with at least a step on his defender, with the safety too far away to impact the play.\u00a0 Given that the clock was under a minute, the right choice would have been to take the shot with Kearse.\u00a0 However, McCown still makes a good play, and Jenkins makes a great catch.\u00a0 This is another example of Kearse using good route running skills to set up a free release, as he is facing press man coverage at the line of scrimmage.\u00a0 He makes a subtle move to the outside, which turns the hips of the defender, and allows for a free release up the field.\u00a0 It’s quite impressive to see him set up routes consistently.<\/p>\n

7)\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Another pick play combination from the offense, this time setting up Robby Anderson.\u00a0 The play is simple, as we’ve seen many times already.\u00a0 The read on this play is a bit more complicated, if the defender stays close to Anderson, and cuts behind the Jets receiver setting the pick, then the QB leads Anderson to the inside to run forward.\u00a0 In this case, the defender runs around the receiver setting the pick on the front side, so the ball is thrown towards the outside so Anderson can turn around and get some yards.<\/p>\n

8)\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This is most likely the best pass of the game from McCown as he makes a perfect throw to Robby Anderson down the field.\u00a0 There isn’t much to talk about this play, it’s just a great throw.\u00a0 The late movement helps set up the defender, but Anderson does a great job of attacking the defender straight on at first, and then watch how he has a slight step to the inside before releasing outside.\u00a0 There are shades of Kearse’s route running abilities rubbing off there.\u00a0 Other point of note is the Kerley route, which is to occupy the attention of the single high safety long enough to allow Anderson to run deep.<\/p>\n

9)\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This play is from a different angle to show McGuire break the ankles of Dante Fowler Jr. on this play.\u00a0 It’s a simple screen pass to McGuire who absolutely burns Fowler on this play.\u00a0 There was a chance that McGuire would have broken the second tackle as well, but seemed to slip a bit with his foot.\u00a0 Just a great run by the rookie after the catch.<\/p>\n

10)\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This is a good read, but mediocre throw for the first down to Kearse.\u00a0 The ball is thrown behind the receiver, which prevents any chance of running after the catch.\u00a0 McCown has a clean pocket and should have been able to lead the receiver, but makes an inaccurate throw.\u00a0 However, the receiver still catches the ball and does get the first down.<\/p>\n

11)\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This play may not seem like much in the grand scheme of things, but it’s a very good play.\u00a0 The Jets are backed up near their end zone and need to get a manageable third down.\u00a0 As the announcers constantly mentioned, a penalty in the end zone would result in a safety and a loss.\u00a0 This is a simple route by Kearse, and the Jets have Anderson running behind him if Kearse is covered on this play.\u00a0 If the defender on Kearse is too close, then the passing lane to Anderson would be wide open.\u00a0 It didn’t matter much because they didn’t convert the short third down, but this is an important play in getting out of tight situations and bodes well for the offense in the future.<\/p>\n

12)\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

There isn’t anything spectacular about this play, McCown goes through his progressions and hits Anderson for a nice gain.<\/p>\n

13)\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This play here is to praise Dante Fowler Jr.\u00a0 On the McGuire screen, he whiffed on the tackle, but he shows great hustle on this play.\u00a0 This is just a simple screen to Bilal Powell, but the Jets are set up extremely well down the field.\u00a0 If Fowler doesn’t chase down Powell, there is a decent chance that Powell breaks this pass down the field.\u00a0 \u00a0The Jets have blockers set up down the field for a major gain on this play if Fowler doesn’t chase him down.<\/p>\n

Bonus Play:<\/h2>\n

1)\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I’ve inserted the running play here just to highlight Elijah McGuire.\u00a0 \u00a0The Jaguars are lined up somewhat in a 4 wide stance, with the middle of the line being open against the Jets.\u00a0 Many teams employ this type of defense against the Jets, and the only real way to counter it is a running QB or a good running game.\u00a0 McGuire takes this hand off and hits the A gap, then runs around the safety for a touchdown.\u00a0 He shows extremely good vision, agility, and surprisingly sustains his speed down the field.\u00a0 He was chased down from behind quite a few times in college, which seemed to indicate a lack of high end top speed, but he maintains the distance between the defenders here for this long TD.\u00a0 It’s a very impressive run.<\/p>\n

Conclusion:<\/h2>\n

The Jets won this game, but it wasn’t because Josh McCown was great.\u00a0 He did have his good plays, but he was helped immensely by the running game, and played a rather safe game again.\u00a0 His stats won’t look awful because he rarely takes risks, and the offensive system helps with easy reads, but the QB play needs to improve for the Jets to win more games.<\/p>\n

Please check in later for our McFrown article.<\/p>\n

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A.\u00a0 How much longer will McCown play in your opinion as the starter (without injury)?<\/em><\/p>\n

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