Falcons 10 Jets 7: Kicked Away
by John B on Dec 20, 2009 7:00 PM EST
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The Jets fell back to .500 after suffering a crushing 10-7 loss to the Falcons today at the Meadowlands. Once again this team loses in the final minute. Once again this team wastes a great defensive effort. Once again we have to ask how the heck the Jets lost a game they seemed to control. It's the story of the season.
More after the jump.
The Bad:
Jay Feely: Jay, I'd like to introduce you to Doug Brien, John Hall, and Cary Blanchard. Feely helped kick the Jets out of the Playoffs by not connection on a pair of makable field goal tries. If he does his job, the Jets are comfortably ahead in the fourth quarter. No, he doesn't get a pass because the wind was bad. This is Feely's second season in the Meadowlands, and he spent time with the Giants before. He has plenty of experience in the Meadowlands. Does he get blame for kicking it too low on the blocked try? You bet. Last week's hero is this week's goat.
Kellen Clemens: Fine, we've established you can't play quarterback. Now you can't even get a hold down? The whole reason the Jets made him the holder was because of the botched field goal try in overtime against the Bills. The Jets wanted a guy capable of throwing it on a broken play. Using the backup quarterback presents a different problem. He's not on the field and doesn't handle the ball. Maybe Brad Smith would be a better choice. He sees action and can make something happen with his legs and arm if things break down.
James Dearth: His long snaps were terrible. They didn't help matters.
Sending Three on Fourth Down: The Jets are an aggressive team. That's how they became the top statistical defense in the league. It's how they shut the Falcons down all game. Why go away from what works and only rush three on the play that decided the game?
Offensive Line: The rare performance where the other team was successful loading up the box because the offensive line wasn't getting enough of a push. I'm not going to get on Thomas Jones (19 carries, 52 yards) because I didn't really see anywhere for him to run most of the time.
Missed Opportunities: Five trips in Falcons territory ended in no points. That's a recipe for heartbreak.
Danny Woodhead: Very unimpressive game. Didn't come up with a pair of catches he should have had early. Later he showed no ability to break tackles. He was slow to break after the catch on a third down, and his run back on the kickoff following the winning touchdown put the Jets' back to the wall.
Alan Faneca: Idiotic personal foul killed the last drive before it really started.
Donald Stickland: Terrible penalty on the last drive. Even worse coverage.
The Good:
Darrelle Revis: Roddy White had 4 catches for 33 yards. He almost had as many times begging the officials for a flag as he had receptions. Revis shut him down.
David Harris: 10 tackles and was effective as a blitzer. The Jets surely won't be going to Miami for the Super Bowl, but Harris should go there for the Pro Bowl.
Kerry Rhodes: The missed tackle was bad, but Kerry played a great game aside from that. He registered 6 tackles and was excellent in coverage. This was the player we were expecting at the start of the year.
Brad Smith: A great kickoff return to start the second half and made good reads out of the Tiger formation.
Mark Sanchez: Yes, Sanchez goes here. He did some bad things, namely holding it too long, not throwing it away in some spots, and once again not sliding. I think you need to find a new scapegoat for the last drive. Can you blame him for the last interception? The Jets needed to get it downfield. He had to try and force something. The first pick was bad, but I was impressed with the way he responded. The rest of the game, he was making good throws and making good decisions with the ball. Even on the second pick, there was a window open. We were worried whether the cold was in his head. The throw seemed to give him confidence he can play in the cold. That's huge for the future. When you look at the numbers, it won't look great. In the grand scheme of things, I view today as a net positive. He proved he can make plays in the element. Mark will have to play better next week to get a win, though.
Braylon Edwards: 5 catches for 105 yards and a touchdown. He also drew doubles which in theory should have opened thing up for others and did good work as a blocker. Admit it. You were nervous he'd drop the touchdown pass.
I hate to let the defense off the hook. I mean another game winning drive late is upsetting, but the fact of the matter is the game should never come down to the last drive when you only give up 10 points. This game was lost by the field goal unit and the offense not finishing drives. I have nothing left to say. You'd think I'd be used to it by now. Just like last year, we see a season essentially die in a snowstorm the Sunday before Christmas.
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In no way defenses fault
missed tackles were very low, especially since they played most of the game on the field against a tough falcons team.
Only one solution, ditch our QB’s.
Huh?
The Defense, just like in a couple of other games this year, packed it in on the last drive. Did Feely and Sanchez let us down? Sure. But all the defense had to do is make a stop. They didnt, even though everybody knew where the ball was going. This D is not as great as its made out to be. They dont create TO’s or get many scores on D. Great defenses do.
Even with a big shutdown squad you can’t expect the defense to play every single series to perfection for you. It’s just not practical. All we had to do is make 12 of 3 field goals and the defense would have finished the game for us.
Not their fault.
All you have to do is cover the best TE to ever play the game
Thats unrealistic though. Have you seen the replay of that last play? How can defend how bad the D was on that play? There was 5 Jets all circled around TG wishing him a Merry Christmas.
Why is that?
He hangs on to that pick during the final drive, we are sitting here discussing who we want to face in the playoffs.
by YankeesJets on Dec 20, 2009 11:56 PM EST up reply actions
Revis had an awesome game. 4 missed field goals lost that game Darrelle did nothing but good in the game and to even bring his name up in a negative manner is absurd. He's a shutdown corner in every game. Don't put 1oz. of blame on Darrelle dude...
Thomas Jones runs this league
4 missed FG's? You just lost any credibilty
Fine, Darrelle its not your fault, enjoy not playing in the playoffs. Ask Darrelle, he will tell you he should have caught that int.
Nobody said he didnt play well...
He said that if he makes the pick we win; and he’s right. Same could probably be said for Leonard who had a ball doink off his digitis.
You sound just as dumb as yankeesjets,
if Jay Feely makes 1 out of 4 field goals we could have won. If Ryan runs a man to man defense and not let Tony Gonzales stand wide open in the endzone we would have won. If Kellen Clemens doesn’t mess up the snap we could have won. Darrelle Revis did everything he had to do in that game and he did it well. Even remotely blaming him for losing is ludacris.
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Let's just all agree
that’s there’s plenty of blame to go all around.
Just a little extra effort was needed by everybody.
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Exactly really great players.
make that pick on 3rd and goal, he need to go to the jugs machine. One of Feely’s kicks was blocked I can’t blame him for that one. he missed one and he doesn’ deserve to get fired. honestly, if the Ravens win out i will feel so much better that this game didn’t cost us.
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So Revis isn't a great player because he dropped one interception
(nevermind that he never gives up any yards to anybody)? Good job. That is such a misguided theory I’m not even sure what to say. It’s like saying Pujols isn’t great because he struck out one time. Or Peyton Manning isn’t great because one time he made a bad throw. So moronic there isn’t really anything to say.
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Never said he wasnt great
All season long, he and the rest of the D has dropped a ton of INTs. The one he dropped today on third down would have won us the game. But thats no biggie, only cost us the playoffs. At least we can be excited about the Pro Bowl, cause thats whats important.
No, he said great players make that pick.
I’m no genius, but that is his cute little way of saying Revis isn’t great. Maybe he isn’t great. I don’t feel like great is a strong enough adjective to describe how wonderful Revis is. You were probably one of those idiots talking about how “unclutch” A-Rod was huh? I never understood the idea that you blame the best player on the team for the crappy performance of the team. The Jets lost, Revis is on the Jets, Revis must stink. Logic fail, dipshit.
"It's like the old phrase goes.....The balls in your court now Mr.Church, so you take that ball, you dribble it up the court and....................................... get a layup"
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Yanks, that wasn't even addressed at you by the way, my first post wasn't at least,
I brought up the A-Rod thing because I thought it was you who made the first post since you responded to my post. I was talking to Jerrad P. I still disagree with you though. You can’t say Revis isn’t great just because he dropped an interception that you think cost us the game. I think the horrible offense, numerous dropped picks, and 3 missed field goals cost of the game. It isn’t fair to blame Revis for costing us the season when he has locked down the best receivers in football every single game and without him we wouldn’t even be talking about the playoffs. He locks down every single player he faces, taking away the teams biggest threat consistently. I think it is absurd to pin him with the blame for costing us the season, when he is easily the best player on the defense.
"It's like the old phrase goes.....The balls in your court now Mr.Church, so you take that ball, you dribble it up the court and....................................... get a layup"
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Who said Revis isnt Great?
You seem to be looking for a fight. Do you know why Woodson will win the DPOY over Revis? Because Woodson makes those INTs. Im not pinning the blame on Revis. Do u remember when the Giants won the SB over Pats? On the game winning drive, Eli threw a pass that NE shouldve picked but the ball was dropped(I think it was Samuel), this is the same thing. Why does the D get a pass? They had to make a stop and didnt. Dont bring up ARod either, because everybody has become a hypocrite with him now.
I still think he's great.
Perhaps a poor choice of words, but for a player of his caliber he should have picked it off. Not saying its his fault we lost at all. But he has dropped a couple int’s this year. and knowing Revis he’ll work on every weakness he has.
Two things that really bothered me.
One, Revis locks down White all night. Why, on 3rd down on the final drive, in the most important play of the game, do we decide to play zone coverage, and have Revis drop White off to Strickland, who let him get away and pick up the first down, then extrapolated the problem by giving an extra 15, and two, how did nobody touch Tony Gonzalez, not jam him, bump him, cover him, anything? Even Gonzales was laughing at the defense they called for that play. I don’t know why we are surprised. Same old jets.
"It's like the old phrase goes.....The balls in your court now Mr.Church, so you take that ball, you dribble it up the court and....................................... get a layup"
- Keith Hernandez
Why not do what worked?
When the Falcons got into the red zone Revis was put on Gonzalez to lock him down. Why didn’t they do it at the end? Revis is good a t shutting down the top receiver. Why not put him on the TE for a key play?
And for the love of God, somebody please just beat Brian Schottenheimer to death with a bat.
He wants to protect our QB, so he figures the best way to do that is to run every first down and lose yards, when there are 9 in the box, and force Sanchez to throw in second and third and long, when they expect pass. Not when there are 9 in the box, and it is the best chance to go through the air.
"It's like the old phrase goes.....The balls in your court now Mr.Church, so you take that ball, you dribble it up the court and....................................... get a layup"
- Keith Hernandez
I wish they had a cam where you could just focus on the route running, because I’m sure we either run crossing routes or out routes and occasionally a post. This offence seems to be really vanilla, no wonder Sanchez is having to throw into coverage, we get no seperation because the plays called all look so basic. At least that’s what it seems to me,
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If the defense knows what's coming...
Eventually they will figure out how to stop it. So you have to be unpredictable and unusual sometimes, plus have different alternatives that you can use.
how is sanchez’s performance part of the good? he is the reason for the loss today. his first pick led to the FG. His second gave the falcons great field position but luckily the defense bailed him out. a good quarterback makes his passes in obvious passing situations such as 3rd and longs and on game winning drives. i wasnt impressed by him on any 3rd and long throughout the game. a few of his 3rd down conversions were stupid throws and bailouts by his receiver. jay feely has been almost automatic all season and today he had 1 extremely close miss, 1 botched snap, and 1 blocked kick. how is he the goat? sanchez is the goat of this game and the entire season. imagine how incredible our defense would be if it wasnt for his 23 turnovers in 13 games giving the opponent good field position. imagine how much better our record would be. i know its early but i havent seen any progress or promise since week 3. im ready to label him a bust.
Love Him Or Hate Him, Sanchez Had Us In Position To Win
The Defense, just like in so many other games this year, forgot that the game is longer than 58 minutes. The defense lost us the game. Cry about Feely, but their kicker missed one also. Only one FG was Feely’s fault.
Cmon man... the D only allowed 10...
Sanchez definitely belongs in the bad with yet another game with excessive picks and a horrible completion percentage and a costly grounding call.
But the not-so special teams definitely blew this game. 2 FGs and we control our own destiny. We had all the help in the world today and we still find a way to lose.
Same Old Jets.
The D didnt cover TG in the end
You play defense on that last drive , Jets win. FG’s and Sanchez picks dont matter if D comes through at crunch time.
If sanchez doesnt throw a pick they dont get their first FG.
If he doesn’t intentionally ground and take us out of FG range maybe we get one through.
I don’t think its fair to ask the D to only allow 3 pts in order for us to win. 10 pts is more than enough. If ur offense can’t score more than 10 u can’t win.
10 points should be enough, but I think what is trying to be said here is that the situation was laid out in front of them, stop and we win the game, the what if’s at that point don’t matter. A top of the line defence covers one of the best pass catching tight ends to play the game in a 4th down situation like that
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As soon as the Falcons started driving, I told my wife, the Jets r gonna lose
I was having Mangini 08 flashbacks on that drive. The D got lazy. They dont get a pass, they blew the game. They covered TG well all game and they knew it was going to him. How can you not cover when you already know where the ball is going?
I agree that u cant leave Tony G all alone in that spot though...
That was just retarded. But i give the D a pass bc they only allowed 10.
It was just a bad game all around and just another entry into the journal of Jets disappointments.
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They should put up a disclaimer before Jets games
Not for fans with weak hearts. I swear this team is going to send me the hospital one of these days. Now you know they will go out and beat Indy, its just what this team does.
what about the playoffs?
is there any chance, according to Rex it is over. I hope he understands math. With a loss by Baltimore next week, the bengals lose to KC, Denver lost today also. Miami, Pittsburgh lost. Without any reason we still mathimatically can get there. Of course now Jacksonville is back in our faces. We don’t deserve to play in the playoffs but neither do the above teams. I would take a playoff game at 9-7/
We cant beat the hapless Falcons at home, but we can take down the undefeated Colts in Indy
I cant see this happening, especially after a loss like this.
No, I think they beat Indy, then talk all big like it matters.
Knowing the Jets, the probably have everything fall perfectly next week, go into week 17, have everything work out for them, and get beat by a Bengals team with no Ocho, no Palmer and no Benson. Thats our Jets.
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They actually can make the playoffs if they win out
Using that playoff generator, it wont even be that difficult. Our playoff dreams are in the Steelers hands. If the Steelers and Jets win out, Jets are in. They are the SB champs, if there was a team to depend on, its them.
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IF KERRY RHODES WAS PLAYING SO WELL ALL GAME. WHY DID RYAN TAKE HIM OFF OF TG WHEN HE SCORED THE TOUCHDOWN WHO ELSE IS MAT RYAN GOING TO THROW IT TO BAD DECISIONS BAD PLAYS IN THIS GAME.
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I must have missed this great game by Rhodes.
He made one good play on that run that came right at him, but other then that……? He is always late putting a hit on a receiver because he doesn’t want to get his nose dirty, and he only makes plays on balls the are ridiculously overthrown right at him, 10 feet over the WR, in garbage time of blowouts. That Norwood play up the sideline was all Rhodes fault. Not only the missed tackled, but he stood on the NFL logo until after Norwood caught the ball. He sucks at reading a QB,.
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From now on, please TIVO the game and watch it over
You obviously didnt pay attention the first time it was on.
I’ve been saying it all season, I’ll say it again. Fire Schotty Jr, Fire Westoff.
Atlanta’s putting 9 in the box. WHERE ARE THE SCREEN PASSES?!?!? Why run it up the middle? And then they put Greene in and I figure “Okay, 9 in the box, here comes a screen play to a flashy open space runner” But No, THEY RUN IT UP THE MIDDLE AGAIN! wow, just amazing.
"So basically, the Stats make no sense whatsoever."
Screen Pass? Whats that?
Couldnt agree more. Its like they think Washington is the only one able to catch a screen. Granted Greene isnt known to catch but they have abandoned screen passes. I wish they would utilize Brad Smith more in the wild cat. They are going to have to the rest of the way, Sanchez is throwing to the defense too much. If only Sanchez got to face the Jets d, he wouldnt have to worry about any picks then.
From what I’ve been reading everyone here is just putting the blame on anyone who did bad in this game against the Falcon. Really the stats show whenever Sanchez throws multiple picks we lose. It’s really a basic concept, turn the ball over and the other team has more chances to score. The defense held them to 10 points, yeah they couldn’t stop the Falcons in the last 2 minutes but so what, all the offense needed to do was put up 2 TDs and the game was won. The Jets D is ranked number 1 in points allowed, i believe it’s about 16 points a game, all this team needs is a game manager who can bring them down the field and get two to three scores a game, obviously Sanchez is not doing that this year, he needs time to grow and learn, but in all truth he blew this season for the team. Almost all the games we lost were games he threw multiple picks. Blame the D all you want but the fault was in the play calling and the turnovers.
Great #1 Ds make goal line stands and they make stops on final drives
The D didnt just lose this game, how about the Jacksonville game? The first Miami game? Dont go by stats, Sanchez didnt leave TG wide open in the end zone, your vaunted defense did. I would give Sanchez a break on that final pick too. On the play before, he ran with nobody open, causing the TO to be used and Rex was screaming at him for it. So next play, nobody is open, but because Rex shook him up, he throws into coverage. The Jets made a huge mistake handing a team with this kind of talent to a rookie.
We can sit here all night pointing fingers
Fact of the matter is, it doesnt matter now. Hopefully the Jets can win out and get help. Maybe going on the road will be a good thing, they stink at home.
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Record when no defensive TD’s allowed: 5 – 0.
Record when at least one defensive TD allowed: 2 – 7.
Too much pressure on the defense. They’re not perfect, but they’re being asked to be perfect. Cut out the turnovers and stop giving the other guys short fields, and maybe some of these L’s turn inot W’s because the game’s alreday been decided.
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While I think they shoudve stopped Atlanta on that last drive
Schotty and his schotty play calling needs to get some blame. The D had to be gassed a bit with all those 3 and outs and ints.
Being gassed is no excuse for that last play on 4th, you can not leave TG open like that, was a terrible play call from the sideline. Schotty is terrible, everyone has said it for a few years now, but he is coasting off daddy’s reputation.
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I agree its no excuse, as you can tell by reading my other posts
Schotty has to go, and sadly I think Westhoff might need to go too. We need a run oriented offensive coordinator, Schotty loves the pass, he forgets he has a rookie back there.
Have to disagree about the run oriented part.
First of all, we did run in this game but it didn’t go well. Thomas Jones was 19-52.
But the main point is this, the run by itself won’t win you the games. If your team runs for 200 yards in the game, which is considered a good number, that only adds up to 2 touchdowns or 14 points. Not enough to win most games.
Yeah but you also use up the clock
And you keep you D off the field, which keeps them fresh, while the other D will be gassed. Its not rocket science. Not saying to run every play, but with Sanchez trying to top Favres 22 int from a year ago, best not to let him throw much.
by YankeesJets on Dec 21, 2009 12:30 PM EST up reply actions
Bad play calling and leaving points on the field
Early in the second quarter, on 4th and goal, the Jets went for it. OK, if it works you’re a hero, but that early in the game, when you’re leading 7-3, just take the field goal and get 3 points, you will have other scoring chances.
On the Falcons’ drive in the fourth quarter, they should have blitzed more. 3 in front on the TD play? When the Falcons got their FG, Revis was put on Gonzalez to keep him from scoring. Why didn’t they try it at the end?
Also – throw 3 interceptions and you deserve to lose, unless you throw 4 TD’s to go with it.
The only positive point I saw in this game was Braylon Edwards. He has given the team a deep threat to go with steady Cotchery.
Faneca should be benched
and not play next week. That was one of the most idiotic penalties of the year, and it put the Jets in a horrible position. If you are going to hold guys accountable, you have to sit him next week.
Faneca has not been as good as I thought he would be on the Jets
For being the top paid OL when he signed his deal, He has not been great. And dont give me that pro bowl crap either, they get rewarded by reputation, its a joke.
by YankeesJets on Dec 21, 2009 12:32 PM EST up reply actions
Personal fouls and after-the-whistle hits should be automatically punished
Or the players should get their salary docked for that game, as a league rule. What’s a 15 grand fine to somebody who makes a million a year? Flying zippola.
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