https://thejetpress.com/posts/ny-jets-ol-coach-extra-hours-disastrous-game-plan NY Jets OL coach put in extra hours for a disastrous game plan The NY Jets knew that they had their work cut out for them in a difficult Week 2 matchup against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. With Aaron Rodgers out, the Jets were relying on third-year quarterback Zach Wilson to lead their offense. They were aware of the challenges they would face and put up in some extra work last week to properly prepare for a tough Cowboys defense. They simplified the playbook and spent many additional hours devising a game plan that would allow the Jets to find success on offense. The result of all that extra effort was what we saw on Sunday — a disappointing, abysmal showing in which the Jets' offense looked woefully unprepared for everything the Cowboys threw at them. The Zach Wilson excuse doesn't fly, either. The Athletic's Dianna Russini reported before the game that Jets offensive line coach Keith Carter had "logged extra hours [last] week getting the offensive line group ready for a game plan to not only protect Wilson but also help ignite an expected strong ground game." Needless to say, Carter's game plan failed. And it's worth questioning what his game plan was in the first place. The NY Jets offensive game plan failed on Sunday The Jets knew that they were going up against one of the best pass rushes in the NFL, led by superstar Micah Parsons. The Cowboys even had Parsons prepare for the Jets by double and triple-teaming him in practice. The expectation was that the Jets would do everything in their power to limit Parsons on Sunday. Instead, they played right into the Cowboys' strengths and let Parsons wreak havoc on a struggling Jets offensive line. The Jets asked Duane Brown to block Parsons one-on-one, with no help from additional blockers, on a shocking 14 snaps in Sunday's game. That's a lot to ask any offensive tackle in the NFL to handle, let alone a 38-year-old who missed most of the summer recovering from major shoulder surgery. Parsons responded by racking up a whopping nine pressures, four QB hits, and two sacks. He single-handedly changed the complexion of the game, and it's because the Jets allowed him to. That's the best Carter and the Jets were able to come up with, despite the extra hours of planning they put in. Perhaps that's what makes Sunday's performance so embarrassing for the coaching staff. On top of that, offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett's questionable personnel usage continues to be an issue. Hackett's refusal to play Jeremy Ruckert, the team's best run-blocking tight end, more than five snaps on Sunday is puzzling. Ruckert is Pro Football Focus' highest-graded run-blocking tight end through two weeks. Meanwhile, C.J. Uzomah finished dead last among all 79 tight ends in the NFL in PFF run-block grade in Week 2. Uzomah continues to be an important part of the offense, even lining up at wide receiver in some formations. All the while, Ruckert sat on the bench while the Jets struggled to get their ground game going. Even the Jets' approach to their rushing attack made no sense. Despite the team finding success running behind the right side of their offensive line, the Jets continued to run primarily to the left. The Jets rushed eight times for 18 yards when running to the left. They only ran to the right twice, but each play gained six yards. As it turns out, running behind Alijah Vera-Tucker and Mekhi Becton — the team's best run blockers — is a good idea. Running behind Duane Brown and Laken Tomlinson, especially with Micah Parsons on that side, is a bad idea. This is simple stuff that anyone watching from home could point out. The numbers show it, too. The film definitely shows it. The Jets came out with one of the worst game plans they could have put together on Sunday. They played into the Cowboys' strengths, gave Parsons every opportunity to take over the game, and limited the effectiveness of their own players. That's bad coaching, and it falls largely on the duo of Hackett and Carter. Maybe this proves that spending extra time to prepare doesn't always yield better results. Or perhaps it just shows that the Jets might not have the right guys in charge. Either way, changes need to be made entering Week 3. The Jets aren't going to find success with this type of offensive game plan.
Oh good grief… this guy thought brown could 1v1 parsons?!? We have a bugger problems than our players
Idk man I always think it can't be that simple if we can see this clearly certainly the guys in the building can figure this out? Gotta be more to it.. or they just think they're the smartest guy in the room and trying to catch opponents off guard by doing what they least expect
Yup…I wanted no part of Hackett (mostly because I thought his dad was one of THE worst OC’s ever), but only got my head around it for the Rodgers factor as we all knew that’s what he wanted. Well now we’ll get to see if he’s a decent OC as he’ll have to do it without Rodgers. Test One against Dallas was an epic fail. On to the Pats
This is concerning. We've talked about it ad nauseum. The game plan was dumb. MIND BOGGLING DUMB. Things better change this week
They sure better the Pats D is not Dallas…they don’t have a Parsons. But Judon has wreaked havoc on us in the past, and BB is totally in Zach’s head, so while the talent level at NE on D is not on par with Dallas, BB kind of makes up for that with coaching and game planning. I want to see a creative game plan from Hacket and I want to see Zach play a solid fucking game.
Kind of a bad article. What was his game plan? I doubt he spent extra time to come up with Duane Brown 1 on 1 vs Parsons.
Yikes... I keep reminding myself they played a really good game against Buffalo, who is also a great team. Run game was looking solid. It's easy to forget they actually won a game and looked good doing it
I want a lot of things ..that doesn’t mean I get it This Jets CS is just too stupid ..and Zach ? He needs a miracle The Pats are vulnerable this year but Saleh Ulbricht and certainly Hackett will never out coach BB If the game is close going into the fourth quarter we’re screwed..lol My season prediction remains the same ..every game is a potential Jet loss. Wouldn’t count on beating the Texans at this point..smh
Yes ..I had the same fleeting feeling..Then I realized 60 percent of that W was Josh Allen throwing 3 picks
This is beyond disappointing to read. It's not bad enough these 2 buffoons, Hackett and the O Line coach come up with this mess, do they even run it by Mr Receipts or do they have full autonomy to green light this idiotic plan? Look, we know ZW sucks, but to basically make the guys job infinitely harder just by your game plan is fireable unless your intent is to pick #1 overall in the draft. Like holy shit, shouldn't a game plan maybe start with, "Parsons is not going to wreck the game, the other guys on the line might, but that dude isn't..." His 1st sack was the fastest I have ever seen a guy get to the QB, like ridiculous...
Micah Parsons is such a force of nature right now in the NFL I was almost thinking you need do a reverse Randal Cunningham/running quarterback strategy and just take your best TE/RB/FB type guy for the job and just shadow Parsons wherever he lines up and help on him. Thats literally that players only job is to help contain him no matter what the play is. I know thats totally not how football offensive plays usually work but when you got 1 single guy destroying everything your doing anyway you gotta resort to extreme measures.
Can't say that this is surprising. The Jets are a franchise that, at its best, only take two sides of the football seriously. They've proven now over the span of multiple decades now that they do not have any interest in trying to field a modern NFL offense. And the Rodgers trade was simply about being the only way that the Jets could justify raising ticket prices on a franchise that hasn't been to the postseason in going on 13 years now. Only way to justify it was to bring in a superstar that the fans would cling to. It was never about trying to field a modern NFL offense, and we know that this coaching staff is utterly incapable and/or uninterested in putting one together either.
This video proves that Saleh and Ulbrich can’t coach anymore. The guy they learned from defense outdated.
This is amazing. I pointed the same things out on my threads and if a dummy like me figured that out you got to wonder what kind of a CS we have. It was a massive embarrassment. If this is not fixed this week, Saleh will be on the hot seat, and feeble excuses won’t cut it.
