{"id":9355,"date":"2011-09-27T06:57:27","date_gmt":"2011-09-27T10:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=9355"},"modified":"2011-09-27T06:57:27","modified_gmt":"2011-09-27T10:57:27","slug":"jets-place-cumberland-turner-on-ir-rex-addresses-defensive-issues-namath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2011\/09\/27\/jets-place-cumberland-turner-on-ir-rex-addresses-defensive-issues-namath\/","title":{"rendered":"Jets Place Cumberland, Turner On IR; Rex Addresses Defensive Issues, Namath"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cumberland placed on IR-<\/strong> Tight end Jeff Cumberland tore his ACL on Sunday and will be placed on injured reserve.\u00a0 This injury leaves the Jets a bit thin at tight end with Matthew Mulligan backing up Dustin Keller and it would not be surprising to see the team sign a free agent.\u00a0 In the meantime Josh Baker will be elevated from the practice squad.<\/p>\n

Turner to the IR-<\/strong> According to several media outlets the Jets will be placing offensive lineman Robert Turner on the IR.\u00a0 The Jets were initially hoping that Turner could return by mid-season, so this is a huge blow to the offensive line in terms of depth.\u00a0 Look for Gang Green to sign a veteran lineman or possibly two to add much needed depth to the line.<\/p>\n

Rex addresses defensive issues-<\/strong> On Monday New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan addressed the defensive issues his team had on Sunday.\u00a0 Here are some of Rex’s quotes courtesy of the Jets.<\/p>\n

“Obviously, we want to get that game behind us, but we have to learn from it. What we said yesterday basically holds true. You look at the tape, that old saying, \u2018It\u2019s never as bad as you think it is, it\u2019s never as good as you think it is.\u2019 That holds true in this game. We did a lot of good things on defense, I mean there were five three-and outs, things like that. But the thing that really hurt us was we never set the edge. We talked about that, and when you play against an explosive player like (Darren) McFadden, that\u2019s the number one thing you have to do. And so I think that was the biggest disappointment. Obviously he ripped us for that 70-yard touchdown run. He had a broken play where he goes for 30 (yards). They run a reverse, we have three guys there and don\u2019t get him on the ground. So, overall it was not up to our standards by any stretch, and quite honestly there\u2019s only one other time I can remember a game like that happening to me, and (I\u2019ve) coached, what, 15 years in the NFL? So it doesn\u2019t sit too well with me or anybody in this organization and the good news is we get to play Sunday.”<\/em><\/p>\n

On if he is concerned about his defense\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

“No. Like I say, it\u2019s a long season. We\u2019re certainly not starting off with a bang, but I have confidence that we\u2019ll get it fixed.”<\/em><\/p>\n

On Hue Jackson wanting to \u2018bully the bully\u2019 and if the Jets don\u2019t have an \u2018edge\u2019 this year\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

” I don\u2019t think so. They got around the perimeter a bunch on us. (They) tried a throwback pass, we covered it and the guy outran us for 30 yards. (They) ran a reverse. I hardly think that\u2019s really bullying us. And you know what? Maybe we\u2019ll get a chance to play them again. I hope so.”<\/em><\/p>\n

On why they replaced Cromartie with Donald Strickland and not Kyle Wilson\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

“First off, Kyle, he had some cramps and things, so he was actually out of the game for a little bit. He came back, but at one time, we were like, \u2018Ok,\u2019 looking around. It was one of those deals. We\u2019ll see. Strick (Strickland) is an excellent player. That\u2019s why we brought him back. He knows our system. He\u2019s tough, he\u2019s competitive and we can do a lot worse than Donald Strickland.”<\/em><\/p>\n

My take: <\/strong>Sunday’s defensive performance was pathetic but you have to give Rex the benefit of the doubt that he will get things cleaned up.\u00a0 Rex Ryan is one of the best defensive minds in the game and I am not buying into the notion that team’s have figured out his schemes.\u00a0 The Jets played a clunker, nothing more, nothing less.<\/p>\n

Rex responds to Namath-<\/strong> On Monday Rex Ryan responded to Joe Namath’s comments that Gang Green was overconfident and lacked preparation.<\/p>\n

On whether you can make players overconfident\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

“The great thing is I\u2019m confident with our football team. There\u2019s no question about it. I\u2019ve told you this many times, I\u2019ve never gone into a game I didn\u2019t think I\u2019d win. (I) haven\u2019t won them all, but I certainly think we can and will. I\u2019m not going to change who I am because Joe Namath said something. Namath can come in here, and if he can still throw, we\u2019ll have him as a backup quarterback, but you know what? He doesn\u2019t know our team. He\u2019s on the outside. Even though he\u2019s a Jet, and once you\u2019re a Jet, you\u2019re always a Jet, but he\u2019s on the outside. He\u2019s not in these meetings. I think if he was, he\u2019d be shocked with the preparation.”<\/em><\/p>\n

On Joe Namath questioning the team\u2019s preparation\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I welcome him to come out here and watch our guys prepare. He\u2019d see a team that, in my opinion, prepares as well as any team I\u2019ve been around. I disagree with him.”<\/em><\/p>\n

My take:<\/strong> <\/em>I think it is way too early to be pressing the panic button.\u00a0 Yes this was a horrible performance by the Jets, but it is only week 3.\u00a0 The landscape of the NFL changes on a weekly basis and I expect Gang Green to bounce back strong and put up a big time effort against the Ravens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cumberland placed on IR- Tight end Jeff Cumberland tore his ACL on Sunday and will be placed on injured reserve.\u00a0 This injury leaves the Jets a bit thin at tight end with Matthew Mulligan backing up Dustin Keller and it would not be surprising to see the team sign a free agent.\u00a0 In the meantime […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[213],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9355","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-jet-news"},"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peLffi-2qT","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9355"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9361,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9355\/revisions\/9361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}