I see the first play as follows. I agree with 1985er that Kerley breaks open while Geno is still dropping back and that Geno gets the ball out in 2 seconds or perhaps a fraction of a second more. You can't fault him for that much. He could, and perhaps should have thrown the ball to Kerley instead of Owusu, I'll agree with that, but imo it begs the questions why he made the decision he did and when in the season did that play occur? Is this the 1st Dolphin game or the last game of the season? Also, didn't Kerley have a somewhat bad year last year and have a problem with some drops? If so and this is the last game, then it could be understandable if Geno had lost some confidence in Kerley. Now it could just have been a matter of Geno's having made a bad read and/or a bad decision. He's certainly done that a lot before. The clip moves pretty fast. IMO the routes are all too close together on that play. #11 isn't even 5 yards behind Owusu. I can't see his number but the WR on the left side of the formation cuts over the middle and is barely 5 yards behind Kerley. That clumped all the DBs close together and increased the chance of an interception, a deflection and incompletion, or at best zero YAC. IMO this is a poor play design by Mornhinweg. On top of that, we don't know where the play was designed to go and in which order his progressions were supposed to flow. It also appears that two of the pass rushers are beating the Jets' OL and starting to get some fairly significant pressure on Geno. I think he did well to get the ball out as quickly on that play as he did. On the second play, yes there was single coverage down the middle and that Jet receiver looks to have a step on his defender. I disagree however that Geno threw up a prayer in throwing it to #14. He had a step on his defender and the safety was late coming over. Geno could have made a better throw and led the receiver more, and the throw should have been to the outside rather than the inside, I'll grant you that. If the Safety had been a step quicker getting there he could have possibly intercepted the pass or at least knocked it down. Another factor is that it looks Geno either didn't take a very deep drop or the pass rushers were pushing the Jets' OL back. Geno stepped up towards the pressure to step into the throw, and I'm not certain that he would have had time to switch to the receiver going down the middle and then step into the throw, without getting sacked or having the pass knocked down at the LOS.
The other defender was right in that vicinity. When Kerley was on the flat, he was open; Kerley was looking for the ball prior to the first down line and even Geno was looking at that direction. The better decision would've been the middle of the field or Kerley on the flat as he was uncovered. Instead he moved up in the pocket, nothing wrong with that - but Geno was looking at that direction and decided to go with Chris. Just observe the direction where Geno's head was and Kerley looking for the ball, he could've completed that pass. I don't want to get into specifics cause I don't know everything, but a classic 3 step drop and make the quick throw would've been a good decision - would like to see the pre-snap though.
Versus Minny: I agree that Marty had the WRs too bunched together but he knew that Kerley was going to get the benefit of a clear out (a 'rub') against the DB and imho should've been prepared to check his drop back and gotten rid of the ball. If that's asking too much, fair enough, then he should've also kept in mind the down and distance (2nd & 3) and gone with the wide open check down--and first down--staring him in the face. This was the same stupid misread Sanchez made down the stretch on Monday night in Tennessee when the Titans were trying to hand INT-happy Mark the game in cruch time: Sanchez had a wiiide-open Bilal Powell as a check down directly in front of him (and with a free path down to at least the 10 yard line) but instead he forced a pre-determined, one-read pass intended for Cumberland into triple coverage---game, set, match. Versus Miami: that was the last game of the season and that 36 yarder was Owusu's only reception of the game (he had that end around rushing TD). I have to give Geno's a pass since he ended up having a very good game, but to play devil's advocate, I'm looking to see where's there single coverage (even if it entails looking off that 2nd DB and getting him out of the way). But that's yesterday's news and all's that's left is whether or not "the lightbulb" goes off in Geno's head by some miracle. And while it's still early, if nothing else, it seems like he's maybe one up on any of the current stiffs the Bills are lining up behind center so let's hope for the best.
As I said in my earlier post, I think it was a poor play design. I agree that the routes caused too many defenders to be both areas where the receivers were. Geno did not move up in the pocket, while looking, He had already committed to going to Owusu (his body is already angled that way by the time he completes his drop back), and he took two steps up to step into the throw to Owusu. I think where Geno could be faulted is that in his mind the throw was going to Owusu the whole time, and he was locked onto him. With his body position there's no way the throw could have gone to Kerley. Kerley's break came just before Geno completed his drop back, and as I said, Geno was already locked onto Owusu. He probably never even saw Kerley.
I think it was designed to create some sort of spacing for Kerley, but I do understand it may look like a poor design. Beats Schotty's 5 yard curl routes lol ... your bold is exactly what I have been trying to say. Gotta do better of scanning the field because Harvin could've done damage over the middle or he could've gotten Kerley for the potential first down. If Geno didn't see Kerley (while looking in that general direction) then Geno has major tunnel vision.
Kerley's a great Jet but he's really mediocre. We've just dealt with such lackluster talent he's shined.
LOL What doesn't beat Schotty's 5 yard curl routes on 3rd and 6 or longer? If it was designed to create spacing for Kerley, why did the outside WR on the left side come across the middle about 5 yards behind Kerley? IMO he should have stayed on the left sideline or run a post pattern.
This guy looks like a fucking player! Anyone even think about Jeremy Kerley today? Not to mention the nosering Kerley was wearing? wtf bro
I had hopes that Kerley would develop into a Cotchery calibre player for the Jets. Not a star, but a reliable target that could be counted on to make the tough 3rd and 9 catch to keep drives going - it really hasn't worked out that way with his concentration lapses. Still not closing the door on him contributing as the season unfolds. If anything this humbling will cause him to realize that PT is earned, not given...
I didn't even think about him once. I heard Enunwa was going to be the 3 which I thought was an odd choice over Owusu. Good thing that report must have been wrong.
He had a good game, IMO. So happy we resigned him. Guy can be clutch. He has good hands, and is a big body. Loved it.
As much as people want to discredit the blowout because it was to the Browns, that defense is legit. It's a top 5 secondary and in all likelihood a top 10 overall defense. It's really encouraging that we put up 31 points against it, we didn't eclipse the 30 point mark until week 17 last year and especially struggled against good defenses. If Owusu is going to step up and we can get any contribution at all from Devin Smith, we've got a nasty 4 wide receiver set, not even considering Kerley as the number 5. Just think about that, the number 1 receiver from 2013 and some of 2014 would become the 5th receiver in this offense. Paired with the running game, which I expect to be near the top of the league, this offense can be a lot better than I was expecting it to be.
