Another good game for Weatherford. There's a strong argument that he should be the AFC's Pro Bowl punter. He's second in net average to Lechler by 2.1 yards, having had one more punt (51 to 50), but leads him in fair catches (19-6) and I20 (21-17). Sam Koch is another contender, but he's slightly worse than Weatherford in those categories with the exception of I20 (23-21).
I can see Lechler making it due to tenure, but if Weatherford is the pro bowl alternate, its the same as being voted to go. Right now he's an great punter.
Lol, I can't remember a time when I've been so pleased with our punter, (hmm Early Ben Graham actually). Pro bowl will still see Lechler, jut with his reputation , pro bowl still sucks. Not a hater, but come on BP, SURELY you have to be getting it by now? Didn't like the pick up initially and the whole concussion thing has me still worried. I pray that we get a new FS, Pool just isn't very good and is a poor communicator which for a FS is crucial.
Apparently safety is a difficult position to fill in this defense. I've been begging for d-line to be taken early in the draft for years but I wonder if a top flight safety wouldn't be more useful? Does anyone know if Gilbert cleared waivers and got re-signed to the practice squad?
Can't find the link because I'm at work, but I remember reading that he cleared and is back on the squad.
Was Lowery hurt this past game? It seems to me that if our safeties are getting beat so bad... why not move Lowery into the position and see what he does with it? At worst, it should shore up our problem with letting TEs burn us every week. That's going to be an especially big problem vs. the Patriots. Pool has been about as below average and uninspiring as a safety can play... let's see if Lowery can at least bring his penchant for making big plays in spots to the position.
This is my biggest concern this season. I must have screamed at the TV a dozen times at least about this, and yes the Pats are going to rip us, look what Hernandez did last time out.
And they scored 14 points. Most teams don't use a TE as the focal point of there offense. We will be focused on stopping those two cock suckers now that Moss is gone. Rex is very good at taking away an offenses strength.
I still think you go DLine. Nothing makes a secondary look better than good pressure up front. I think we'd find our current safeties to suddenly look like pro-bowlers if we could get good, consistent up front pressure.
DLine seems obvious because of Ellis age and DeVito's hold-the-fort-ness... but a playmaking safety or a monster pass rushing OLB would go a long way as well.
Thats why the loss of Kris Jenkins hurts so much. Not only was he a force in run defense, but he would occasionally blow up his blocker and get in the backfield and force pressures.
According to the official site Gilbert is on the Practice Squad. http://www.newyorkjets.com/team/roster.html It is amusing to me that we have five QBs on the roster in one form or another. Guess they're like DBs, can never have enough.
So it sounds like Rex made an adjustment in coverage to try to keep Revis and Cromatie more around the ball. As opposed to just letting them cover the opposing teams wr's and taking them out of the game. i figured Rex would make some kind of adjustment. It seemed like for the most part with the exception of a few broken plays the Texans had a tough time passing on the Jets. The personnel at safety is forcing the coaching staff to change the defense. The good thing is that safety is probably one of the easiest positions to upgrade. Whether they sign someone or use a draft pick they should be able to upgrade the position without spending a fortune. Tomorrow should be interesting because the Bengals have good receivers and a typical tight end that causes match up problems for the Jets. I think they will win because a 2-8 team playing on a short week are probably not going to bring the same energy to the game and the Bengals just aren't that good. At what point do you think the defenses will stop playing 8 in the box and run blitzing linebackers on every first/second down?