New York Jets Lose an Advantage By Playing New England Patriots

by John B on Nov 29, 2010 8:01 AM EST

I normally like it when the Jets play on Thursday. There is no disadvantage for the team. Yes, the Jets get a short week, but the opponent gets a week just as short. However, playing on Thursday provides a sort of minibye, an extra three days of rest a future opponent playing on Sunday does not get. When a Monday game follows a Thursday game, it means ten days of rest, opposed to the normal six.

The problem for the next game is the New England Patriots also played on Thursday. They will have the exact same amount of rest. The Jets get no extra advantage. Both teams will be equally fresh.

Some people have a theory the extra rest will be a bad thing because the team had extra rest before its only two losses. I find this theory a bit difficult to buy. Those were two of the toughest games on the schedule, and there have been weeks the Jets have looked lackluster in victories. Give me a few extra days off near the end of a grueling season.

I suppose it's fair the league did things this way. For the sake of competition, it is probably best to limit these edges whenever possible. As a football fan, I think the league did a good job. As a Jets fan, I wish the league didn't do such a good job.

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Nice call.

True that.

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by Max Strauss on Nov 29, 2010 10:00 AM EST reply actions

I Completely Agree

We seem to have a bad record when it comes to getting lots of free time.

by MachlinT on Nov 29, 2010 10:11 AM EST reply actions

This game will be our biggest test of the season... We need this win, it would be Huge. If we have big plays on special teams like we did this week w/ Smith an have no turnovers we should win.

by DJ. Quillz on Nov 29, 2010 10:44 AM EST reply actions

I think a lot more goes into winning this game...

than just those few areas.

We need to limit penalties (which we haven’t been able to do no matter how many push ups are repped during practice)

Time of possession will be important (The less time Brady is on the field the better)

Our D-line needs to get pressure on Brady to release the ball earlier than he wants

Our linebacker/safety coverage in short middle routes needs to be solid.

Sanchez needs a better game than he played against the Bungels.

We need to establish the run and create sustained drives.

I’m sure I can list another 10 things that need to be executed well to win this game, but you get the idea. I think it’s going to be a tight contest that will be decided in the 4th quarter. It can go either way in my opinion. Let’s hope it’s the Jet’s who come out on top.

by JetGreen on Nov 29, 2010 11:10 AM EST up reply actions

Our linebacker/safety coverage in short middle routes needs to be solid.

I have had nightmares already about welker/woodhead over the middle. and is one of those ten things being the game coming down to a field goal with folk kicking?

by jaxopguy on Nov 29, 2010 1:46 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah you can throw Nick Folk in there

Missed field goals are going to cost big in a game like this. If ever there was a time for Folk to stop shanking, this would be it.

by JetGreen on Nov 30, 2010 8:14 AM EST up reply actions

Schotty

Giving Schotty extra time to dream up unnecessary, exotic plays will not help us. Whatever happened to opening a game with a 2 minute drill? 3 points in the first half made me choke on my turkey…

by Brooklyn Joe on Nov 29, 2010 11:50 AM EST reply actions

Bye and rest for this team...

We should have beaten Green Bay, period. I blame this indirectly on the bye week. However, our D played one of its best, if not its absolute best game of the season after the bye. They were fresh, fast and shut Green Bay dawn.

Our offense, on the other hand, looked out of sync. Passing games usually suffer a little with time off because there’s so much of a timing issue but… in a game where we should have pounded the rock like no other we relied on a shaky passing game against a team that practicing against Aaron Rogers week in and week out. Good job!

The more time BS has to think the worse we do. Why does our 2 minute offense work? BS is limited. The 2 minute drill is the 2 minute drill. No stupid tricky stuff. No calling the Tiger without a pass. No nonsense. Even with a struggling offense last week, when we needed to score at the end of the half last week, we moved the ball (and Folk missed again). So I blame the bye week in the sense that it lets BS over think the game.

If “clutch” Sanchez shows up and we play the pass early, get up by a score or two and then ground and pound, we’re good. (Also, we need the Green Bay or last week’s D to show up.) We have to win this game. This is the kind of game the separates the champions from the “other teams.”

by cult hero on Nov 29, 2010 12:35 PM EST reply actions

Belichick is the best in the biz at breaking down schemes and identifying tendencies. When he has extra time it usually means the opposing offense will be taken out of its comfort zone bc the bread & butter will be taken away.

Schotty is the best in the biz at coming up with tricky plays to call at the most inopportune time to ensure that the offense will sputter and remain out of synch for long periods of time.

These are not good combinations. If schotty could some how restrain himself from trying to out-coordinate Belichick, and schemes to match-ups rather than trying to outsmart the defense, we’ll have a shot. But if he tries to be cutesy and then fall back on old reliable (ie slant on 3rd down) when his bs doesn’t work, we’ll be in for a loooong night.

by Crackback on Nov 29, 2010 1:08 PM EST via mobile reply actions

League did it right in this instance

The extra rest can’t help but be good for both teams as players are really banged up at this point and the short week beforehand didn’t do any of them any favors, especially the guys on the lines.

Keep the faith!

by Marima on Nov 29, 2010 1:18 PM EST reply actions

I am worried about the extra rest,only for the offense’s sake. Schotty did say he may have “overprepared” for GB because he had so much time. Let’s hope he learned from his mistake. The D however played perhaps it’s best game of the year after the bye.

As far as the Pats game, usually I am pessimistic before every game, but I am confident the Jets will win this game. The number one reason is because of the man that actually shut the NE offense down,Rob Ryan. Rex said today that he has talked to him about just what they did to stifle that offense. If the Browns can confuse the shit out of Brady then you know the Jets can. We also have the most clutch WR in the game!!

by chrebetsthebet on Nov 29, 2010 4:30 PM EST reply actions

Unfortunately...

He’d also said they over-prepared for the Ravens. Maybe third time’s a charm? I doubt it.

by cult hero on Nov 29, 2010 5:21 PM EST up reply actions

The number one thing to help us get a win

Rex needs to take the clipboard away from B.S.

B.S. dwelling on play calls for an extra few days is the greatest disadvantage of all.

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by Bro Namath on Nov 29, 2010 4:58 PM EST reply actions

I see what you did there

by Bob_The_Friendly_Baker on Nov 29, 2010 5:28 PM EST up reply actions

The big disadvantage is that if you give the Jets coaching staff

extra time they put in all kinds of fancy stuff that completely freaks out the offense and Sanchez, because the coaches want to show how smart they are – see their record after the bye – while if you give the Pats a bunch extra time, they put in a complex game plan that is perfectly suited to counter their opponent, a scheme that the Pats do a very good job of executing.

Since 2003 the Pats are 8-0 after a bye.

Sanchez is an instinctive QB, the last thing he needs is Schottenheimer loading him up with special plays and the team with all kinds of motion.

by ________key on Nov 29, 2010 5:20 PM EST reply actions

yeah like motioning too many people! What’s with all the motioning? Like you said it confuses the offense and it disrupts the rythem. When are they gonna let Brad Smith throw the ball? Let him run around on a reverse stop and throw it.

by chrebetsthebet on Nov 29, 2010 5:56 PM EST up reply actions

Sanchez this week admitted that the offense was completely psyched out, and way over prepared for the Ravens game. They have a formation and play for anything and everything the Ravens would do. And we saw how the offense looked.

And the Jets didn’t seem to have learned their lesson at the break this year either.

There is a reason why Sanchez does well at the end of the game. You just go to the few plays that he knows really well, and has a lot of confidence in.

by ________key on Nov 29, 2010 6:02 PM EST up reply actions

We should no-huddle on every first down.

With a TE like Keller, who never leaves the field, and a good set of backs, we should always catch teams in certain personnel packages and exploit it on first down.

Sanchez can make a simple read to check to the right play at the LOS. If we convert a 3rd down (or any down), we can catch a team in nickel and go to the run on first down. If we catch a match-up to exploit in the passing game, make them stay in the same defense and keep going right back to it.

And if we don’t succeed we still have 2 more downs to convert. I think this will keep us in attack mode and focused on exploiting match-ups. Will also keep individual players keyed in on finding somebody to pick on and engaged; they’ll know if they get going that we’re hard-wired to come right back to it.

by Crackback on Nov 29, 2010 5:37 PM EST via mobile reply actions