St. PJ
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Due to the style of defense the Jets play, I think to be succesful and come away with a win, we will have to play exactly as we played today.
I am very happy we rushed for over 200 yards on repeated rushing attempts mostly between the tackle (and its not like we broke 3 60yrd runs). The quick pressure they were able to get on Drew, and how well they played the short passes-- the interior run was what was needed to counter that.
The fumble-- it seemed Drew was getting a little impatient and waiting uncharacteristically too long to throw the ball. But if you notice, since that play, he had been content to throw it away, throw it short, or just hand off. What I am saying is that the fumble was Drew's fault, but he learned from his mistake and really took care of the ball in a close game and didn't try to force anything or make anything happen that wasn't there throughout the rest of the game.
The reason I point that out is because I think the Jets will frustrate Drew much the same way. I think they will get great pressure, but I do think if we can run it like today, the playaction will help tons. Id really love to see us get good on screens much like we were when we had Jerry Fotenot.
Anyway, major kudos to Special Teams, even though they gave up that TD, the punter and coverage were awesome today. And of course major thumbs up to the defense. Today we saw what GW is about when he smells blood.
I am very happy we rushed for over 200 yards on repeated rushing attempts mostly between the tackle (and its not like we broke 3 60yrd runs). The quick pressure they were able to get on Drew, and how well they played the short passes-- the interior run was what was needed to counter that.
The fumble-- it seemed Drew was getting a little impatient and waiting uncharacteristically too long to throw the ball. But if you notice, since that play, he had been content to throw it away, throw it short, or just hand off. What I am saying is that the fumble was Drew's fault, but he learned from his mistake and really took care of the ball in a close game and didn't try to force anything or make anything happen that wasn't there throughout the rest of the game.
The reason I point that out is because I think the Jets will frustrate Drew much the same way. I think they will get great pressure, but I do think if we can run it like today, the playaction will help tons. Id really love to see us get good on screens much like we were when we had Jerry Fotenot.
Anyway, major kudos to Special Teams, even though they gave up that TD, the punter and coverage were awesome today. And of course major thumbs up to the defense. Today we saw what GW is about when he smells blood.