Firstly, I love how this is a positives thread and people are still finding ways to attack Sanchez. Now for the positives: -Kerley showed us what he can do. While not a #1 receiver, was our brightest player at the position after starting the season as the #4. -Our pass defense showed up to play all season without Revis which is great considering I, and most people, were terrified when he went down. -Coples looked very solid and proved me wrong for the most part. I honestly pictured him being another Gholston after seeing him give up on plays in college.
There are a ton of positives to come out of this season. Rex was able to keep this team in playoff contention despite the loss of holmes, revis, keller mcknight and everyother receiver on the team. This was one hell of a coaching job. The defense looks like the young guys are stepping up and will be very good for a long time. The negatives are we just don't have enough talent on offense. That starts with the oline. Improve that and all of a sudden the rb looks better qb play will improve and the wr look bette Improve the oline bring in a vet qb this team is a. Playoff team again.
I can think of about 25 teams that would love to have Kerley. And no, he's not easily replaceable. Same with Wilk and same with Landry. Coples flashed his potential. The only o e on that list that is easily replaceable is Powell.
Really? How many blown coverages you saw from Landry this year? Not many. He was average in coverage. He had his moments but wasn't bad in coverage. What he lacked in coverage to be great, he gained in his tackling. He goes for the big hit and he delivers as advertised, unlike the speedbreaker we had in Sherry. If Landry was terrible in coverage, Bell was over the hill and slow while Wilson was a below average corner, how do you think we had a top passing D?
That's one of the worst excuse that I continue to hear on this forum. Teams didn't need to air it out, but when they did, they were not successful. Jets D allowed I e of the lowest comet ion percentage in the league. If there was one malcontent on the field, QBs would have attacked him more often. They didn't cuz our coverage was above average throughout the field. Your arguments keep getting worse.
There is a long list of positives from the season. No one on the OL. Powell showed he can be our backup, not much. Kerley was clearly our biggest positive. I liked Clyde Gates for depth purpose. Cromartie played lights out. Duo of Bell and Landry was successful. I hope we bring back both of them. Wilk showed he'll be a great player for years to come. Coples showed he has the potential. And the guy we continue to miss, our punter MALONE. finally we have a punter we dont have to worry replacing every off season. Sanchez showed a lot of potential holding the clipboard.
Some positives already mentioned I agree with include Bobby Malone, Kerley, Cro's big improvement, Wilkerson. Those imo are beyond question. Some of the others mentioned here are varying degrees of more problematic. I would tend to see Landry as a clear and definite positive, except for two things. One is he's just not been that great in coverage. He makes his mark with big hits and has made big contributions to run D. But he's closer to average in pass D. More significant is that since the FO only signed him for one year, he's an FA who will almost certainly go to the highest bidder. That situation is not a positive. Ftr I think the OL did better than they would have if Hunter had stayed with the team and started, but the fact that he didn't and that Howard was an improvement is not enough to give me the warm and fuzzies. Howard in short is overall a mediocre player. Kyle Wilson. You would expect some development in a first round pick going into his third year. I just don't get that excited about where he is now in relation to his draft status. He seems slow at times (like he looked like he had cement shoes trying to chase Spiller). Not a shut down corner. Powell. I like Powell, but the ypc number is not great. Blame the OL, blame the lack of a passing threat due to our awful Qb, but the bottom line is the yardage yield is not great, and like Greene Powell is not much of a receiver. The one guy who has pleasantly surprised me I don't think anyone else metioned is Bell. He has quietly made a real contribution. A solid player. And did anyone mention Gates? Not a great player by any means, but he's done better than I thought he would. And ftr I know McElroy had a rough game against SD, but I still remain hopeful he can be a solid #2 qb for this team next year.
BLASPHEMY!!! I have a large group of guys in this thread killing me for saying the same thing. I stopped arguing because if I have to explain that Laron fucking Landry isn't known for his coverage ability but for his big hits to them it's just not worth it, seemed rather self-explanatory to me.
1. Cromartie looked like the player we thought we were getting 2. OL was good down the stretch in the run game 3. Landry looks like a top S 4. Wilkerson and Coples are looking great
2. OL run blocking did improve down the (softer) stretch but run blocking's only the half of it and that SD game was a disgrace. 4. Rockinz, I'm not getting the Coples 'looking great' love both here and elsewhere in this thread, like Mo & him are Mantle & Maris. I liked the pick of Coples and badly hope the guy pans out, but I think the jury's still out on him. Yes, leading the team with 5.5 sacks is nice and all but imho that points more to the Jet's lack of a decent pass rush. While he's capable of getting a push to the QB, I just hope he ends up as stout vs. the run as well.
You keep saying he's "known" for big hits and no coverage, but did you watch any games this season? Apparently not because he was good in the pass, got a couple picks, a couple good deflections, and overall played well on the pass. Like I said, the defense wouldn't have been 2nd against the pass if he was playing so bad in coverage, especially since they didn't have Revis and Kyle is supposibly bad, and to add to that an old hard hitting safety in Yeremiah.
Wilkerson breaking out and being a Pro Bowl snub. Coples coming on at the end of the year. Kerley managing 56 receptions for 827 yards with Mark Sanchez at QB. He can be a good wide receiver if he keeps developing. Landry managing to stay healthy over the full season and helping the safety issue we had. I hope we can keep him. Cromartie stepping up shows and leading the Jets to a top 5 secondary is nice... It gives us a little more levergage when dealing with Revis because the Jets still had a top 5 secondary without him. Robert Malone. Enough said. Oh ya, can't forget the Tannenbaum firing and Mark Sanchez benching. All positives.
Well, not to make too much of this point, because I brought up Landry's coverage on pass plays to merely point out what is not the best part of his game. Surely you concede that pass D was not the strongest part of his game? Take the Spiller catch that gave Buffalo the lead Sunday. Despite my saying Bell has been a positive, I merely said that because I don't think anyone else mentioned him. But both Bell and Landry misplayed that coverage, and it cost the Jets the lead that they never got back. It's the nature of the safety position that a steady hand and game long concentration are probalby more important there than anywhere else on the D, because they are often the last line of the D. What happened on the Spiller catch showed both Bell and Landry in poor position and taking bad angles to make the tackle. It was actually Landry who was matched up on Spiller on that play, and the mistake was very costly. Again, I think Landry was mostly a positive, but his consistency in pass coverage was a problem, and we should not overrate him in that regard. And of course it is also not a positive that he is an FA and will likely go to the highest bidder.
