I agree, even Rex said he wasn't expecting the snap to come so soon. In the end, look at our board all these complaints. WE WON JETS FANS!! WE ARE IN FIRST PLACE AFTER 5 GAMES AND ARE TIED FOR THE BEST RECORD IN THE LEAGUE. WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO? LEAD THE LEAGUE IN WINS!!
Two curious calls. This wouldn't have mattered because the Jets won anyway but have to be addressed. 4th Quarter - 1st and 10 Jets on NYJ 35 with 2:47 remaining. The Jets should have tried desperately to run a play that takes 7 seconds on the clock. The Jets could have than run their 2nd down play after the two minute warning and assuming the play takes 5 seconds there would be 1:15 seconds on teh clock before 3rd down. The Jets than could have taken another 45 seconds off the clock and there would have been approximately 30 seconds before the 4th down snap. 2nd and 11 - 2:05 left in 4th quarter - Sanchez incomplete pass. If Jets ran gameclock down there would have been 2:03. I don't really fault Sanchez too much as I do the Jets coaching staff, who should have called a timeout with 1 second on the play clock to guarantee the next Jets play would have gone to the 2 minute warning.
That plus the DBs still not being in sync and/or Revis not playing as he did last year. Cro's been amazing so far, but last year Revis was something else. Our d-line without raw speed had a few more seconds to get to the QB last year when Revis was shutting down half the field. I think Rex realized this last week in the Bills game and even the week before against the Phags; we seemed to show more fake blitzes and drop guys back into zones. Maybe Rex thought that with Revis back he could resume the gonzo blitzes on 3rd and long. And the D was playing pretty lights out in the 1st half, so maybe thats why there weren't that many adjustments made in the 2nd. Rex and Pettine are great defensive minds. They'll figure it out. Good for them to get their "bad job" out of the way early (and if their worst performance yielded a win, can't complain too much!)
I was watching the play clock and the game clock, knew it would be close. But I thought they might pass because the 2:00 warning stops the clock regardless and they had just hit the slant to get the first down two plays earlier. By snapping it early the play ended at 2:03, thus backfiring.
I think he snapped it at 2:09...if he waited until 2:03 or even 2:05 there should have been enough time run off during the play to run it down to the 2 minute warning. That's definitely on Mark.
Love it when ignorant fans blame when the ball is snapped on Rex.... Newsflash: the HC doesn't snap the ball....
Either way, the coaching staff deserves blame because they should have just called a timeout with 2:03 to make certain that the next play was going to go to the 2 minute warning. I agree though, snapping at 2:09 was an enourmous error.
If you do it right it's a great call. You need another first down, it's 2nd and 11, the clock stops anyway at the 2:00 warning so why run into the line and set yourself up to punt? The execution was bad, they snapped it too early and missed the pass.
To the people bitching about blitzing on 3rd and long..... where have you been? This has been the gameplan all season and all last season. That's what Rex always calls. 3rd and long? It's ALWAYS a blitz. This isn't anything new.
I think that's part of the problem. Not so much that teams have figured it out- I'm sure they knew last year that we were going to blitz on 3rd and whatever- but without the DBs being fully in sync and Revis playing like the Almighty the O has just enough time to deal with the pressure and find an open receiver. We did pretty well in the last couple of weeks faking the blitz or better disguising our blitzes to keep the QBs off balance. Maybe last night Rex figured with Revis back he could get back to the maniac blitz mentality.
Yeah but don't sell Rex short on being able to change, he must by now see that his blitz on 3rd is obvious to the league (they've all adjusted to the Rex Jets defense since last year) and IMO he's going to mixup that game plan against the Broncos. He should be feeling the heat a little on that just like he felt the heat after the Ravens game and changed the offense
The playcalling on offense was terrible. Conditions on the field were really bad, the ball was slippery, the wind was a factor, everything said keep the ball buttoned down and grind out a win in the rain. It was just like the Buffalo game last year. Instead the Jets passed on 2nd down 13 times in 16 plays in the first half. They passed on 3rd down 10 times in 10 plays in the first half. That's ridiculous. You run 1 play in a series and then pass out after that? Against one of the best defensive teams in the league?
7 second play?? If the Jets can keep the Vikings D-Line in check for 7 seconds whenever they want ... they would've blown the Vikings out by 30+ points. 7-seconds means you've got a ball carrier constantly dodging the best defensive line in football & then not fumbling when taking the big hit. === The Jets coaching staff shouldn't need a timeout. Sanchez made an idiot move by snapping that ball early. Should Jets just burn timeouts just incase there might be an idiot play by one of their players? How about Sanchez do what every other QB in the NFL & NCAA does when trying to run out the clock & wait till the last second to snap the ball?
The problem I had in this regard last night was the way the defense reacted to the dummy snap count by Favre. I expected to see them bounce out of the blitz when he caught them, but they just held position every time, continued with the pressure, and Favre hit his target on every play. I'd imagine Rex would want to become more flexible in that situation, but on the other hand, I don't think we see another QB this year as adept at drawing out assignments presnap. Like I said last night, there's plenty to work on from this game. The great part is, while he didn't call a great game last night, we all know Rex is a hell of a coach overall. He'll make adjustments where necessary. I still can't believe we're arguing over that snap count, BTW. There was another thread with that gem after the game last night. How could anyone think Schotty told Sanchez to snap the ball with 5 seconds left on the PC?
Easy .... some fants want Schotty to be fired so badly that they're viewing every play with blinders & only hoping to find reasons to confirm their point. I'm not the biggest Schotty fan but some posters are clueless or biased to the extreme to think coaching staff wanted their qb to not wait till playclock almost expired to snap ball.
That 2nd and 11 play call was fine if the ball is snapped at the right time. Clock stops already and it was a quick slant, if it's not there immediately you throw it away and call it a run for no gain. If it there and u get the first down or close to it the game is essentially over.
