The Jets outgained the Bengals 336-181. They completely dominated both sides of special teams. The Bengals had one drive the entire game that was longer than 28 yards, while the Jets had four that went for longer than 40. The only aspect of the game that the Jets did not play at a high level was Sanchez in the second half (5/11 for 35 yards and an INT), and even then he threw a TD pass. The Jets clearly dominated the game, and it's not even a close call.
Just like the roughing call on Palmer or the roughing call on Owens aren't usually called by competent officials to keep drives alive. I could play this game too. If you take away the call on Coleman for roughing they score 3 and not 7. You take away the questionable call for block in the back by Harris on the Cromartie INT and the Bengals don't even get the good field position to be in the position to score. If you take away the roughing call on 4th and 3 that kept a Bengals drive alive the Jets get the ball near mid field and who knows what they do? The Jets D held the Bengals to 49 yards in the second half. What part of that would not consitute dominating? Owens had 1 catch in the 2nd half and OchoCinco had none. Just wanted to clarify that for you.
Sure the Jets dominated special teams. But like I said, that isn't something you can count on happening every game. The 90 yard kick return skews that number. Do you really see Brad Smith returning a kick for a TD every game? As far as drive distance, does that really matter? Only in a game of field position. But there are no points awarded for drives of 40 yards or longer The ball bouncing off Cincys head was a clear fluke and set up the easy TD. No unbiased person would call that game domination
Questionable calls happen in every game. Regardless of the bad calls and fluke plays, it still did not constitute domination. Really it is an insult to your team to call that "dominant". The D didn't play very well on 3rd down and the offense couldn't sustain any drives
Do teams normally have 49 yards in the 2nd half of games and win? So what your saying is the Jets should be penalized because Smith ran a kick back. Were the Eagles penalized because Vick threw 6 TDs in a game and that doesn't happen every game? Of course not, your just being a pain. No unbiased person would say the Jets didn't dominate.
Cincy was 4-15 on 3rd down, the defense was dominant last night. Palmer was 17-38 with 2 picks and a safety. The offense wasn't good last night but the defense really stepped up.
Really? The Bengals were 4 for 15 on 3rd down which would constitute a less then 30% success rate? Palmer threw more incomplete passes then he threw completions. Cedric Benson was held to 41 yards and Owens and OchoCinco had 7 receptiosn for 58 yards between the two of them. The only player on Cinci that you could even make te case for having a good game was Shipley but he only had 38 yards.
The rushing offense was excellent also, with over 170 yards. The only aspect of the game in which the Jets didn't dominate was the passing offense, and it was perfectly fine in the first half. But you see if a team isn't dominant in one aspect of the game (but were still clearly better than the opponent), that means they didn't dominate the game.
What a total douche nozzle. The Bengals O was nowhere to be seen yesterday and the Jets finally had some pressure on the QB. The Bengals were lucky to get drives extended on ridiculous penalties.
Yes, Cimini, let's take away two touchdowns and give the Bengals the ball back on another possession. WTF IS THE SHIT?
There was a reason Lewis didn't challenge it. Did it hit Caldwell? I don't know but Lewis had to think at the very least it did or he would have challenged it.
Exactly. And based on the lack of camera angles on NFL Network it would have been impossible to reverse the call on the field anyways. Maybe that Saturday night replay with all of the cameras will make it easier to see definitively? And Cimini's hypothetical 'what ifs' are annoying. What if Edwards doesn't commit a stupid penalty on a FG attempt and Greene doesn't fumble against Baltimore? What if Holmes doesn't drop what would have been a TD against GB? Then this team would be 11-0. What if, what if, what if...
