Instant reaction to tonight's Jets game: a stinker that made Jets fans sick and thrilled the rest of the country who now hate the loud mouth Jets.
-OFFENSE. And I thought the Mets offense sucked. While they looked terrible during the preseason, the Jets offense tonight was just disgusting. Practically nothing thrown down the field all game (the only completion to Keller was of course called back on a penalty) and Shonn Greene was ineffective and couldn't hold onto the ball. Plus, once he was benched he seemed to lose focus as evident in the dropped pass in the 4th. LT had some nice plays but we shouldn't be relying on the back up RB for offense. Hey guys, I just suffered through 6 months of a team that couldn't score in baseball please don't give me 4 more months of the same shite during football season. And to close it all out, the last drive was a complete JOKE. Every ball was thrown 6-10 yards down the field and to finish it, Keller goes out of bounds one yard short of the first down on 4th and 10.
-PENALTIES. Are you kidding me? How many times did the Jets commit a brutal penalty tonight? Running into the kicker, pass interference, holding and more. For God's sake Braylon Edwards had penalties on offense AND special teams. The worst was probably Wilson's pass interference that led to the touchdown before the half although Edwards's illegal formation hurt as well (the aforementioned penalty that took away the Keller completion inside the 10.) Either way, when you have almost ten penalties lead to first downs and over 100 yards of penalties you're never going to win.
-DEFENSE. It's tough to get on the defense tonight but a good defense gets off the field on 3rd down especially 3rd and long. Tonight that failed to happen about a dozen times. The MNF crew made it sound like it never happens to the Jets and while that might be statistically true, there were many key 3rd and longs last year where the defense didn't get the job done. It might not have cost them tonight but it will down the line.
-THE CB'S. Kyle Wilson did not look ready for prime time (pun intended) and the Ravens took full advantage. Between penalties and just looking plain lost at times, opening night was not one to remember for the rookie from Boise State. Luckily
Antonio Cromartie was brutal as well (and no, I don't care about the interception) Holding, pass interference and being beaten time and time again helped me forget about the interception and return. I'm dying to make a comment about his proclivity for procreating right now but I'll pass for tonight. I find it amazing that the guy who missed all of training camp and showed up a week ago was the most effective corner back tonight. Unreal.
Overall a disgraceful game from a team that has been running its collective mouth for the past 8 months. On top of tonight's stinker they have the Pats (who looked pretty good against the Bengals yesterday) rolling into town on Sunday and I'm sure they're just dying to get their shot to shut up Rex and Company.
Better get it together boys because 0-2 going into back-to-back road games at Miami and Buffalo is not going to look too good.
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