Adjusting to Weaknesses

The run game has been extremely disappointing this season. It seems to me that Schotty uses Greene the wrong way, especially when running the stretch. Greene simply doesn’t have the speed or the vision to get out into space and then cut at the right time. Seems to me that Joey Mack would be suited to run that type of play.

I would also like to see the Jets run more counters, I hardly ever see them in the playbook but the few times they’ve run it I recall a high success rate. It confuses the defense and allows Greene to do what he does best: break the first tackle and run like hell until he meets another defender in the secondary where he fails to juke and falls or just keep trucking down the open field lol.

I also think they should start to open it up more and pass on first downs. Not just short slants run some play action make the defense pay for stacking 8 in the box. Let Holmes do what he does best on iso and allow Sanchez to get confident early.

Speaking of Sanchez I’ve been watching this dude since his USC days (he’s the reason I really started following the Jets and ironically the Chargers and Jets are my two teams). I always like the guy for his attitude, leadership, and work ethic. But the fact of the matter is he struggles under pressure, panics and tries to force plays instead of analyzing the field and making the best possible decision. Confidence and rhythm play an important role in this as does I think his mental attitude: he has to be in complete control and in sync if he wants to be successful, hence why I think he’s so much more clutch in the 2 minute drill then the 1st quarter.

But I think the most glaring problem with Sanchez as of now is the fact the dude DOESN’T SET HIS FEET. Does anyone else notice this?? It pisses me off to no end the guy will make a great dodge off a defender slide to the right and then throw the ball with terrible mechanics and completely miss the receiver. I think all Jets fans can see just how inaccurate he is under pressure, even when he completes his passes most of the time his receivers have to adjust to him. Compare this to guys like Rivers and Brady who command presence in the pocket and have the balls to be ready to take a hit if it means throwing a strike with the proper mechanics.

I understand that Sanchez has had almost no time this season so I can’t really blame him too much. But I think there is something to be said when a QB deals with pressure calmly and makes plays happen rather than running around like a chicken with his head cut off and slings the ball downfield hoping to make a play. Don’t write him off yet he still is very young in terms of experience. I really do believe that he will win a ring with this team, he’s a natural winner. He just needs time to mature and a better OC.

I think Jets will make the play offs this year, but they really need to get their shit together. A lot of it is making sure all the cogs are working in sync and the rest falls on Sanchez, Schotty and Ryan to inspire and utilize the considerable talent that NYJ have.

Been a reader for 2 + yrs. First time poster. Just wanna say this is a great blog and I look forward to contributing to the discussion more in the future.

we need to get Joe McKnight some more touches to the outside and even split him outside which is a nice touch.

I think we should make it a point to get Joe involved early. Get him on some stretch plays where he can get in space and use his speed and cutting ability, throw him some screens and outlet passes. Mix it up.

If Greene don’t like it, good. He runs better when he’s angry anyway. And if it effects him adversely, screw him; he looks like shit any way.

I think we made the right decision though. Ellis is shot, not playing well at all and Mo has shown a lot of flashes.

Has he ever gone through an entire set of progressions? I don’t think I’ve ever seen him go past his second option before checking down or scrambling around. Hell, most times he doesn’t even get past his first option before checking down.

His struggles are imo almost entirely a coaching issue. Schotty is his father’s son—which means he’s conservative by nature. Every once in a while you get something crazy, but said craziness is usually a silly running play that goes nowhere. Otherwise it’s just dinking and dunking, taking the occasional shot downfield when the defense has put all 11 men in the box for the 3rd play in a row. And he’s in Sanchez’s ear, all “DONT MESS IT UP SANCHITO BURRITO” putting the fear of Reggie White in him. “THIS PLAY IS DESIGNED TO GET HOLMES OPEN, DON’T WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE IGNORE KELLER WIDE OPEN IN THE BACK OF THE ENDZONE.”