Maybe it's just me but unless we "obliterate" the ppg record then we really haven't done anything. Other then that you are comparing apples to oranges.
Has Favre been broken? I am pretty sure he concedes that our passing game is short, quick passes. I mean, it's been working the last 3 weeks but I hope this doesn't mean it's the gameplan from here on out. I knew he threw some picks stupidly on hail maries in the middle of games, but we need to hit guys deep here and there to keep teams honest. I also wonder if we have gone to the short stuff because we just don't have a deep threat.....or a consistent one anyway...
I think the gameplan sticks until someone stops it, and then perhaps they will let Favre air it out. Its almost like using all the other weapons in your arsenal without using the biggest one. Being able to keep the big guns in your pocket until they are needed are huge. They can go deep, remember Arizona.
Breaking a team record is nothing? *shocked* When your producing more points in a season then you have ever in franchise history, I think that means something is going right.
i agree that its special to break a franchise record. but the current record is based on a 14 game season. so while its impressive that we are breaking that point total right now, i think the point is it would be more impressive if we end up scoring more points per game than that season since its an equal comparison when you do it that way...
Hmm. It seems to be one of the myths of Brett Favre -- maybe to fit the "gunslinger" image -- that he doesn't throw short a whole lot. The opposite is true, throughout his career. His yards/attempt this season is actually right in the middle of the range for his career, and almost the same as his superbowl winning year.
It's because he has a strong arm and some of the idiotic deep throws he makes. But yes, his whole career has mostly been predicated on short passes.
It's definetly surprising that Favre's longest pass this year is only 56 yards (second lowest long pass of his career for a season), and that was from the play action td from the first game at Miami! That says two things: 1) The receivers can't seperate and get deep one on one. 2) When the receivers get the ball, they don't have the speed and/or elusiveness to go the distance.
I don't think thats why. They don't have Randy Moss but Coles and Cotchery can catch a deep ball. The problem is that when you have a player like Favre who can throw deep the secondary will play cover 2 and not allow them to throw deep. Every time Favre throws deep of late he seems to get picked off. I also don't think Shotty feels it's neccessary to throw deep when they are playing cover 2 and the short passes are working so effectively. If they wanna play cover 2 then hit em with short passes all day. I like the balance of the Jets offense. They can run, they are great at throwing slants and short passes, and they can throw it deep if need be. I'd say the lack of deep passes hasn't effected the Jets offense has it?
I thing PPG is an overrated stat... Talk to me about W's... The Jets success begins and ends with their defense. It's ironic that the Jets have scored so many points because of the ball control nature of the offensive scheme... I guess the point is, I think the Jets can possibly make a playoff run because of their defense, not because of their ability to win a shootout.
If you want to compare the '68 Jets to the '08 Jets, I think this team dominates more at the LOS. But I'm not certain how powerful that is yet because this team seems to be improving with every passing game, so it's hard to evaluate. Check back with me Sunday evening.
wtf. The team is on pace to destroy the franchise points scored record but people don't like the way they're doing it. gtfoh.
Coles nearly had a long ball on the 4th down last sunday, but it was defensive PI which hindered him from making the catch. The Jets simply aren't airing the ball out because they don't need to.... but I feel that they may try to do so soon to give DC's new looks to gameplan for, just to mix it up a little bit.
The point several people have made is that they are not on pace to destroy the points scored record, since their points per game is actually lower than it was in 1968. Unless they score 97 points over the next 3 games, or 156 points over the next 5, they won't be the highest scoring team in franchise history by any reasonable measure. Either way, there's nothing to complain about - being the second highest scoring team in franchise history is hardly a bad thing.
I would agree, but the record has lasted 40 years. This isn't the best offense in Jets history, but that 14 game mark has beaten every 16 game effort the Jets have offered (kind of sad). It's impressive though.
