Who is the "unsung Hero" of the Jets win?

by JerseyJetsFan on Dec 20, 2010 1:39 PM EST

In a yesterday's game, the Jets largely won the battle for field position. Most of this was due to excellent punts from Steve Weatherford. On multiple occasions Steve pinned the Steelers deep in their own territory inside the 10 yard line. While the Steelers did sustain drives of over 90 yards because of the Jets defensive inabilities, Steve's punts also resulted in a game changing safety. Without the safety, the Steelers would have been able to send the game into OT with simply a field goal.

If you haven't looked at the stats sheet yesterday, Drew Coleman recorded 10 tackles, 2 sacks and 2 forced fumbles. Those are some pretty incredible stats and it goes to a player who often times goes unnoticed. If a bigger star recorded these numbers, ESPN would probably be talking about it today.

Wayne Hunter filled in for Damien Woody and he did it well. The Jets offensive line allowed a whooping ZERO sacks to the daunting Pittsburgh defense. The offensive line in general was a huge difference maker in this game. When looking back at the Miami game to yesterday's game, there was a huge improvement. Sanchez was on his butt for half of the Miami game, but when the Jets gave him time against Pitt, he proved he can make smart decisions.

I don't know if Brad Smith can necessarily go as unsung, but he is damn good. Rex Ryan was right yesterday, Smith absolutely does deserve a spot in the Pro-Bowl for his special teams efforts this season. He is a terrific player that always manages to give the Jets a spark in a variety of ways.

-Rob

So take the poll below and let Gang Green Nation know who you think the Unsung Hero of Jets vs Steelers was!

Poll

Who was the unsung hero? (Jets vs Steelers)

Steve Weatherford

398 votes

Drew Coleman

262 votes

Wayne Hunter

78 votes

Brad Smith

236 votes

Another player

39 votes

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Bryan Thomas?

A nice sack and then a FF late in the game

by flixenuz on Dec 20, 2010 1:47 PM EST reply actions

I think Coleman got that FF during the sack.

If we are thinking of the same play.

by Timmaht on Dec 20, 2010 4:15 PM EST up reply actions

Coleman has really stepped it up this season. He definitely was a big influence in yesterday’s game. I know they drafted Wilson to be opposite Revis but I think Coleman deserves a chance to fill that spot. Assuming they cannot resign Cromartie.

Was it Coleman who jumped too soon against the Colts in the AFC Championship last year, trying to defend that pass to Collie?

by chrebetsthebet on Dec 20, 2010 1:51 PM EST reply actions

other - d'brick

he made harrison invisible without a ton of schematic help.. I’ll never understand why he can take a great rushbacker out of the game yet struggle with gerard warren

by HaffisonM on Dec 20, 2010 1:59 PM EST reply actions

Very good point.

I don’t want to take away from Hunter’s performance because he did play well, but the Jets gave him frequent help (and rightfully so).

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by John B on Dec 20, 2010 2:06 PM EST up reply actions

If we didnt start the game with a 7 point lead from Smiths return we would have lost the game. Everyone did well and did there Jobs. Team effort and The Jets played like a team and Won. GO Jets

by DJ. Quillz on Dec 20, 2010 2:25 PM EST reply actions

Ifs are pointless

Maybe we would have gone down and scored a TD anyway. Maybe the Steelers would have felt less pressure, played a bit more relaxed and we put up a lot more. You can’t just subtract 7 points on an if in football.

by EVT on Dec 20, 2010 3:29 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah.

The only time “what ifs” are valid are on the last plays of games. If Rapistburger completed a pass in the endzone for a touchdown on the last play yesterday, we lose.

But even then… he didn’t.

by cult hero on Dec 20, 2010 5:23 PM EST up reply actions

Jason Taylor

although I don’t know how unsung it was. The way he grabbed the running back and flung him to the ground like a sack of flour was the true iconic moment of the game. I think JT earned his entire year’s paycheck in that one play.

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by YuckFou on Dec 20, 2010 2:53 PM EST reply actions

+1

My wife has a crush on him, so I have a natural aversion against him (besides the dolphin thing).

But after that safety, I would have given him a handy had he asked me to.

by EVT on Dec 20, 2010 3:30 PM EST up reply actions

I thought Bart Scott played great.

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by Ryan Alfieri on Dec 20, 2010 2:58 PM EST reply actions

the reason the tackles were high for coleman is because of the amount of times

passes were completed to him

JETS

by michael28102 on Dec 20, 2010 3:17 PM EST reply actions

Steve Weatherford is my guy

more so after seeing how bad a punter can be courtesy of the giant game.

by renzen on Dec 20, 2010 4:05 PM EST reply actions

Brad Smith set the tone of the game and scored one of our two touchdowns.

I’d say that of Shotty being an unsung hero for not calling the terrible game we all expected him to call.

by Timmaht on Dec 20, 2010 4:16 PM EST reply actions

Schotty was dead on, with the bootleg and the direct snap to Tomlilnson

But the biggest difference is that the receivers caught the goddamn ball. If they did that last week, we would be 11-3 and we wouldn’t be expecting “terrible” from schotty.

by HotChipWillBreakYourLegs on Dec 20, 2010 4:18 PM EST up reply actions

I wonder though...

How much did Rex’s presence with the offense this week affect Schotty? He’s off my shit list this week, but I’m going to be incredibly critical of EVERYTHING the guy does until his game plans are consistently decent. Right now he’s the Alex Smith or Rex Grossman of offensive coordinators.

by cult hero on Dec 20, 2010 5:19 PM EST up reply actions

How could Coleman or Smith be an unsung hero?

It had to be Weatherford with the 2 clutch punts or Hunter since you didnt hear his name called and thats a good thing

by JetsFan718 on Dec 20, 2010 4:47 PM EST reply actions

i vote mark snachez not only did he play awesome he played with a sore shoulder

http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/news/story?id=5940175

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by JETSFANF0RLYF3 on Dec 20, 2010 5:44 PM EST reply actions

Unsung Hero? Rex Ryan

For finally calling off that ridiculous and stubborn overload blitz which was being burned all day, late on the final drive. Dropping off to a 3 man rush for the final plays actually WON the game…barely.

(I’m assuming it was Rex’s call.)

by ________key on Dec 20, 2010 5:48 PM EST reply actions

It has to be Jason Taylor

Its simple, without the safety we probably lose. Ben wouldnt be going for a TD if they only needed a FG to tie.

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by YankeesJets on Dec 20, 2010 6:08 PM EST reply actions

Unsung means that nobody is singing their praises.

by ________key on Dec 20, 2010 6:28 PM EST up reply actions

I know what it means

He isnt getting enough credit in my opinion. Thanks for the lesson though.

by YankeesJets on Dec 20, 2010 6:30 PM EST up reply actions

lol

"Don't give up, don't ever give up."

by Jeterian 2 on Dec 20, 2010 6:31 PM EST up reply actions

Hmmm. How much credit should he be getting? Is there anyone who thinks that the Jets would have won without that safety?

by ________key on Dec 20, 2010 6:43 PM EST up reply actions

Im not sure of your point here

by YankeesJets on Dec 20, 2010 11:26 PM EST up reply actions

Jason Taylor or Weatherford.

The deep punts took off some clock.

"Don't give up, don't ever give up."

by Jeterian 2 on Dec 20, 2010 6:15 PM EST reply actions

I can’t believe how bad Weatherford was against NE. An excellent recovery.

by ________key on Dec 20, 2010 6:29 PM EST up reply actions

Weatherford’s piss poor performance against New England is why I wrote the game off. He’s usually pretty solid. That was one of those games where everything fails at every level.

by cult hero on Dec 20, 2010 7:21 PM EST up reply actions

i would have to say our offense of line

and if not them braylon . the o line for giving sanchez the time to throw the whole game, and braylon for making the clutch catches when we needed them

by realsouthace on Dec 21, 2010 8:46 AM EST reply actions

Weathord and Hunter in a tie

Weatherford’s punts consistently pinned Pittsburgh deep in their own end. I have no idea how he does it, but that guy’s accuracy on short punts is absolutely amazing.

Hunter’s day was equally as good, in my opinion. He had a tough job to do and, even with a little help, he managed to do an excellent job of keeping Sanchez upright.

Coleman’s numbers look good, but you have to ask yourself why he had to make so many tackles. He’s a cornerback for chrissakes. The reason he had 10 tackles was because he was picked on all day. Personally, his poor coverage was more often than not the reason we couldn’t get off the field on 3rd down.

by struckanerve9 on Dec 21, 2010 10:40 AM EST reply actions