Monday, October 19, 2009

How 'Bout Them Yankees

Over the course of a 16-game National Football League season, there are, on average, an equal amount of highs and lows. A team that finishes the season 10-6, four games over .500, for instance, will spend roughly 42 days a year lamenting missed opportunities and piss-poor performances, possibly longer, if they bow out in the first round of the playoffs. Winning in this league ain’t easy. Which seems to indicate that losing, like it or not, is inevitable, just as much a part of the game as zone blitzes and three-and-outs.

Just try telling that to a Jets fan.

Yesterday’s ugly loss was as bad as it gets. Bad quarterback. Bad coaches. Bad special teams. Bad game plan. Bad execution. 

How bad was it? Let the professionals count the ways.

Manish Mehta, The Star-Ledger: 
The numbers were ugly. In the worst game of his life Sanchez completed 10 of 29 passes for 119 yards, no touchdowns and career-high five interceptions. Sanchez doubled his season total of picks to a league-high 10.
George Willis, New York Post:
It was the kind of performance that makes you wonder how long it's going to take the franchise quarterback to actually play like one. Yesterday, Sanchez didn't just play like a rookie quarterback; he played like he had no clue, no confidence and no concept of what it takes to win a close game.
Mark Cannizzaro, New York Post:
Frauds. This is what the big-talking, chest-thumping, swaggerlicious Jets have shown themselves to be since their audacious 3-0 start. 
Vedmedv, The Gang Green Forum:
Ryan Fitzpatrick just beat us at home.
Just a brutal loss. 
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4 comments:

  1. Football ChickOctober 19, 2009 at 12:46 PM

    Of course I wanted the Jets to lose, but I was totally shocked by this one. The Bills had NO offense and I just kept thinking, ok NOW the Jets will get it together. The biggest thing Rex Ryan has left to prove is that he can rally the troops after a loss. And he REALLY needs to prove that next week.

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  2. Miles DoyleOctober 19, 2009 at 2:49 PM

    What worries me most is how undisciplined and sloppy the entire team--from top to bottom--looked. sure, sanchez was awful, but this one really falls on rex. for the past two weeks, they just didn't look ready to play. not good.

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  3. JMWOctober 20, 2009 at 11:40 AM

    Whenever I watched the game, the Jets were running through the Bills' defensive line and breaking into open field. How in the world did Sanchez end up throwing 29 passes? That's really, really dumb. I think he's a long, long way from being a decent QB, much less a franchise QB. The defense still looks pretty good; this team has to learn how to win with that and the run game. But let's face it, this isn't a playoff team.

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  4. Football ChickOctober 20, 2009 at 2:09 PM

    I don't know. Just as it was crazy to crown them in September, it would be crazy to write them off now. 10-6 is still a possibility.

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