A frustrating home opener as the Jets lose to MIA 20-12, basically the whole\u00a0game can be wrapped up in one phrase, “missed opportunities”. \u00a0Let’s take a
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Special Teams<\/strong><\/p>\n – A total turnaround from the DET game as the special teams couldn’t flip field\u00a0position and left the offense in negative territory all day.<\/p>\n – Lachlan Edwards had decent distance and hang time on his punts. \u00a0Jason Myers\u00a0scored half the the points on the day and had an impressive 55 yard FG. \u00a0But missed PAT’s will\u00a0get you cut (missed opportunity).<\/p>\n – Andre Roberts was taken out of the game as MIA punter & kicker had him fair\u00a0catching all day.<\/p>\n – Caught an awful break on MIA second punt as they bounced the snap and got a\u00a030 yard roll to pin the team at the 10 yard line (missed opportunity).<\/p>\n Defense<\/strong><\/p>\n – Awful day for the rush defense as MIA was able to move the ball at key times and\u00a0eat clock. \u00a0Also they never had an answer for Tannehill’s designed runs which – A new DLine scheme which had 2 DL and 2 OLB rushing the passer brought more\u00a0pressure but I wonder if that left them vulnerable to the run.<\/p>\n – Good games by Brandon Copeland (2 sacks), Henry Anderson (sack), Jordan Jenkins\u00a0(strip sack & fumble recovery) and Leonard Williams (multiple TFL’s).<\/p>\n – Avery Williamson got burned in coverage a couple of times and didn’t have an impact\u00a0in the run game.\u00a0 Darron Lee had nowhere near the game he had in DET.<\/p>\n – Jamal Adams would’ve had an A+ game as he was all over the field with a sack, forced\u00a0fumble and good coverage. \u00a0But on the 3rd & 19 to Gore it seemed like Adams was responsible\u00a0for covering him and he got caught up in the line.<\/p>\n Offense<\/strong><\/p>\n – The OLine got pushed around all day in both phases. \u00a0Spencer Long struggled getting\u00a0movement in the run game, James Carpenter and Kelvin Beachum picked up killer penalties.<\/p>\n – Chris Herndon got his first catches as a pro but he had an awful game. \u00a0Not diving for\u00a0the end zone at the end of the first half (missed opportunity). \u00a0And dropping a 35+ yard\u00a0completion down the sideline as the team was trying to come back (missed opportunity).<\/p>\n – Poor ball security by Robby Anderson and Terrelle Pryor killed the team. \u00a0Anderson fumbled\u00a0when the team would’ve had a first down at midfield trailing only 7-0 (missed opportunity).\u00a0And Pryor did an awful job finding the ball on the INT in the end zone which would’ve made\u00a0the score 20-13 (missed opportunity). \u00a0Which is too bad because other than that Pryor was\u00a0very impactful (4 rec \/ 84 yards).<\/p>\n – Quincy Enunwa was a beast making tough catches (7 rec \/ 92 yards) and running over people\u00a0all day. \u00a0And he almost made an incredible TD catch at the end of the first half as Sam Darnold\u00a0was throwing the ball away.<\/p>\n – Bilal Powell struggled running the ball but was a terrific outlet for Sam Darnold in the\u00a0passing game (5 rec \/ 74 yards).<\/p>\n – Sam Darnold will get “credited” with his first loss and two INT’s but there was a lot of\u00a0encouraging things to take from his performance. \u00a0In only his second game where his OLine\u00a0struggled, had no running game and his receivers had awful ball security he was able to\u00a0keep the team in the game. \u00a0Darnold got banged around and was still able to be productive\u00a0(25\/41 334 yards) and maintain his accuracy.<\/p>\n
\nkilled them on multiple occasions. \u00a0The pass defense was solid holding MIA under\u00a0170 yards but the 3rd & 19 screen to Gore was a back breaker (missed opportunity).\u00a0It brought back memories of other Jet defenses not getting key stops when it counted.<\/p>\n