Studs Copeland - had a strong game at OLB, in the 2nd drive of the game had a big TFL , a sack, and almost a safety. 3rd down Defense - held them to 0 3rd down conversions in the 1st 3 quarters and 13% converted overall Claiborne - shut down diggs in man coverage all game pretty much. even tipped the 1 TD he let up Roberts - vikes tried to pick on him and he held up very well for being overmatched Herndon - 4 catches for 42 yards and a TD and was inches away from a 2nd TD which darnold ran a QB sneak the next play. not sure why we moved away from him cannon - wound up being the leading WR on the game with 69 yards. he had the long35 yarder early then we didn't use him much despite powell going down adams - 9 tackles 3 for a loss Duds Bowles - jets were just sloppy all game long. they didn't look prepared or ready for this game. 5 fumbles and 3 INTs you can't win in the NFL if you can't keep the ball. WRs - a huge let down. robbie could have had a big game if darnold played better he was open fora couple of big TDs darnold missed him on but the rest are making the duds list Kearse - 0 catches Deontay - drops an easy catch right in his chest peake - dropped an easy catch that was picked off Roberts - useless as a WR and has a returner muffed one and fumbled out of bounds on another run game - crowell had 0 room due to blocking and couldn't break a tackle either all game long Darnold - not that it was all his fault. drops hurt him. he was credited with 4 turnovers but 1 was on peake and one was on long. either way though he missed a lot of throws he normally doens't and didn't look comfortable or in command of the offense. sailed a lot of balls high and couldn't move the offense the 1st half at all really Bates - piss poor playcalling. I know we were down WRs but use the TEs and RBs creatively. herndon and cannon should have been more involved Special teams - outside of myers, the rest were awful. a bad snap on a punt from out endzone resulted in a shank, muffed punt, fumble on a return, just overall a bad day for our special teams Long - more bad snaps and a holding penalty
Bowles does not belong in Duds. There's an entire thread about that. To put this much blame on him is ridiculous. A coach coaches and players execute. There was ZERO execution yesterday. And to blame Bowles for interceptions and fumbles is absurd.
if you credit the 4 drops as completions and take the peake interception he still had an awful game: 21-42 (50%) 206 yards 1 touchdown 2 interceptions
his gameplan was solid for sure on defense but the offense was a mess. he has to shoulder some of the blame for that and for the sloppy play hence why he was a dud, i was just saying it wans't all his fault
Can't disagree with your assessments. They're all spot on. I'm liking Herndon more and more as a weapon for Darnold.
another solid Studs and Duds, SolidGoldBowles.....for my money, one of the best weekly threads on the message board. Keep up the good work!
You have to put Jason mayers as a stud his powerful leg cut right through that wind. Dan bailey kicks were blowing all over the place. Think we got a good kicker for awhile
thanks! thought about it but he didn't get many opportunities to kick FGs and be a stud but he did do his job for sure. has been on of the better kickers in the NFL. right now he's 2nd in the NFL in FG % (minimum 10 attempts) to mcmanus who is 11 for 11. and he's 1st in Fgs made with 17. I actually went back and rewatched the game last night and really claiborne and roberts were studs and it can't be overstated how well both played. nickerson had a rough go of it and brooks did great filling in for middleton and could have been a stud as well
I agree. I'd love to see someone write "The team was unprepared and won". Teams that fail to execute usually lose.
Duds: The whole team except Herndon. The announcers. That was the closest I've been to muting a Jets game in a while. One guy talked in almost exclusively small fragmented catch phrases. The convoluted way he described Darnold's first rushing TD made me puke.
