I know Rex loves to defer the coin toss. But when I think about this matchup it may make more sense to choose to receive in this one...Controlling the clock would be very important and getting up to a lead on the first drive would be equally important. What do you think?
Absolutely. Set the tone early, knock Rivers around, and show the world that this defense is for real. THEN you run it down their throats.
lol funny but this is actually really important... if the jets are trying to control the clock do we receive in this one and try to sustain a drive for a score? or do we take a chance and hope to stop the chargers from going up early? it's not exactly along the same lines of the choice of Gatorade
Defensive coaches prefer to defer. Set the tone with your best side of the ball. Showing them they can't move the ball is the most important. Or do you expect them to run us over?
i don't expect them to run us over....but what i do think is important is to sustain a long drive early and try to take a lead...the last thing we want to do is play catch up from the very start i really believe that our running game is going to be our best defense in this game
That's what I was thinking. If the Chargers ever get in a position where they're about 14 points up, it might force us to abandon the time consuming run-oriented gameplan and leave the game in the hands of Mark, which may not be the best thing. However, we have a great defense, and it'd be a great statement shutting them out the first drive of the game. We'd also get the ball first in the second half, and if we find ourselves with a lead at the half, we can come out in the 3rd quarter and dictate the clock with the run. I just don't know, but I'm not Rex, so whatever Rex will want to do, he'll do.
i'm not asking IF they will I'm asking if you think they SHOULD that being said...i think this will be something different in this game
Choose to kickoff. Put the ball in Rivers hands and let the defense set the tone on the first drive. Like Rex said, 'We should be favored in every game."
I know Rex will defer like he always does. However, this is one game I wouldn't mind gettig the ball first. Get San Diego's defense on the field first, eat up the clock like crazy the first quarter, and wear them down. If San Diego's offense is going to score, they're going to try and do it quick, so in a way it works to keep their defense on the field from the start of the game. This way, if San Diego does score, their defene is going to have to come right back out, still tired from the first series. It should make the passing attack easier, if we can wear down their defense by mid-third quarter. Their defense is already bad against the run, imagine what they'll be like when they're gased. If we control the ball for 40 minutes, we win this game.
Not a chance in hell. There is nothing that can possibly give the Jets a bigger boost than to get the ball first and drive it for a TD on the opening drive. The sooner we jump out to a lead the more likely the Jets are to pull off the upset.
so to paraphrase the OP here... you think we should stop doing what's been successful and do something new. i think he should defer, like always. my $0.02
i have always been in support of defferring...but looking at the matchup and the type of offense the chargers have it may be in our best interest to eat clock early and score first...even if its 3 points
i get what you're saying, but they've got a hot team. deflating a hot team early can be huge. edit: stopping their drive then going on to score afterwards would suit that need nicely.
i agree...but also scoring early on them and then sending our defense out there with a lead is even better no?
yeah mean really we're arguing the same thing here... just in different orders... truth is, the jets D needs to stop them on the first drive, regardless of who gets the ball first. i just feel that fixing something that ain't broke isn't really in a coach's gameplan. then again, i'm a software engineer... so that's like me asking rex what design pattern he thinks should be used here.
