Post#119 » by Flaming Mo » Tue Oct 12, 2010 2:54 pm
Nice win, 4-1 is a great start to the season. Now I think the Jets teams in recent years would have lost this game, great teams prove themselves in ugly wins to and find a way to prevail. That's exactly what the Jets did yesterday.
The offense is looking very good and we arguably have the best offensive line in football. Slauson is getting better every game and Brick has shaken off his early season struggles and continues to pick up where he left off last year. Rushing for over 150 yards against this defensive front is just outstanding. We proved that we can truly rush it against anyone. LT looked great again.
Our receiving corps is just as legit as our run game. Braylon Edwards is doing very well since the DUI incident. Holmes will come around as he had a few drops yesterday but no concern here. We are just incredibly talented all around the board. Cotchery is our fourth option in the passing game, go figure. Sanchez was a little off but hell, the conditions were tough and they played a good defense. He didn't commit any costly mistakes and still managed to put some points on the board.
In the first half the defense looked as good as ever but as longer the game went it showed some of its weaknesses. There is absolutey no excuse for giving up touchdowns on 3rd and 16 and 3rd and 17. Just horrific! We live by the blitz and we die by the blitz. I'm fine with that and I believe that with more time we will not make such mistakes. But it is a reason for concern. Safety and speed edge rusher seem to be more and more of a need for next year.
The run defense once again was anchored by Pouha. Along with Ellis and DeVito he really controlled the line of scrimmage. The linebackers do a tremendous job flying into the gaps and we are hardly ever moved back at the point of attack.
Revis isn't a 100% and he propably wont be for a few weeks. But in the end we gotta like the fact that he can take this defense to another level whenever he gets his feet under him. Right now we lack his presence on the outside and against the pass. Cromartie is doing fine as was Drew Coleman. Quietly Rex turned him into a player.
What I like is that all three phases of our team - defense, offense and special teams - are capable of really dominating the opponent. Now we rarely have been to get every phase going at the same time but we have unbelievable potential which we should realize as the season goes on.
Oh and btw, screw Favre that bastard!
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