particularly around their base plays. For example, I'd like to see a pump and go on the long sideline screen pass. I think the Jets should be pumping on some of the short in cuts they used last week and hit a receiver flying down the opposite side line or a back coming out on a circle route. I'd like to see the return of the double pitch play the Jets used to use in 2002, where Pennington would pitch it to the up back who would swing wide and then pitch it further out to the 2nd back.
I think you are still in Herm mode and his never changing game plan. I think Mangini will be fine. Next week our most important goal has to be the establishment of a running game.
We're not going to play them the same way we have. Don't worry about that. As for a running game, that would be awesome, but don't force feed it. If we win rushing for 10 and passing for 400... so be it. (I know, those #s are not realistic, Im making a point)
I agree. I think we're all still thinking Herm and it's so refreshing to think of the possibilities now. We've actually got a coach with some innovative ideas! This game is going to be REALLY interesting.
we must run run run. you can't pass all day and expect chad to not get hit hard. we shouldn't rely on chad's arm.
We have to rely on Chad's arm. That's what he's in there for. If we can run it, so much the better, but we have to rely on his arm. Fortunately, it looks okay now. I'm going to eat crow here and say that I was one of those who thought Penny wouldn't be back. Or at least, I thought he might be a backup. I'm totally impressed with his arm-strength now, though (it was never a laser, but at least it seems to be almost as good as 2002). I have to hand it to Chad... he has taken on this challenge and doesn't seem to have any fear of being back in that situation. Let's hope for the best and that he stays healthy.
well he has some zip,that's true,for him at least. we just can't win games if we continue with a 2.2 ypc average. we did once but not against good teams.
mangini will be fine...if anyone knows the new england defense, it's him...i'm sure we'll come out with a nice gameplan
we must keep in mind that penningtons mechanics are very very deliberate and to ask him to pump and fake and all that stuff may not be the best thing. he is very fluid to the point of almost looking slo mo on some plays - that was one of my biggest things against hackett/edwards and that offense - the plays that required certain footwork and upper body motion would just take too long to develop...... and in the NFL those microseconds mean somethin. jil
Belichick Q+A from Wednesday Morning Submitted by Chris on Wed, 2006-09-13 15:15. Here's the complete transcript of Bill Belichick's Q+A with the media this morning at Gillette Stadium: Good morning. Watching the Jets against Tennessee, seeing the tape of that game, it was a very good win for the Jets. I thought they did a lot of things well in that game, [defensively] they turned the ball over three times. They played very well in the kicking game. That was a big return by [Justin] Miller that kind of set up the last game-winning drive. And they had a very productive day offensively -- [Chad] Pennington, [Laveranues] Coles -- and they moved the ball, and they did it when it counted. So it's a team that, really in the first week of the season, did things better than a lot of other teams did in terms of turning the ball over, special teams, total offense, those type of things. It doesn't really surprise me. There’s a lot of talent on the team. They did a good job and they played very well down there in Tennessee. My big focus is getting our team to improve. There are certainly a lot of things that we can do better starting with the coaching. We just want to do a better job this week of getting our team ready to play and hopefully we can play better than we did last week. We're going to go on the road and that's a big challenge for us, it always is down there. It's a tough stadium to play in, so there will be a lot of energy, a home-opening game for them, and we'll have to bring our energy level to match what's going to be down there in Giants Stadium. That's our challenge this week, that's what we're going to be working on. Can you kind of see Eric [Mangini’s] stamp on the team already? I don’t know. I’m sure there’s a lot of people, a lot of forces that work down there. They have a big staff. They have a lot of people. They’re going to develop their own style, whatever that is. So far, it looks pretty good. Was there a point when you thought that Eric could be a head coach? I don’t know. That’s not any kind of decision that I have to make. I don’t own a team so I don’t know what owners, or sometimes general managers, whoever is making the decisions, are looking for in their specific situations. I don’t know. Each franchise is different. Each franchise makes their own independent decisions in whatever form or fashion they make them in. I try not to get too concerned or worry about all of that. I’m just trying to coach this team. When he worked for you did you see him as a head coach one day? Again, that’s not my decision to make. I see coaches as coaches. I ask them to do things in our organization that help us win. What the outside world, how they view things or what their decisions are, whether it’s Eric or Romeo [Crennel] or Charlie [Weis] or Pat Hill or Kirk Ferentz or Al Groh or Nick Saban or whoever they are. Those aren’t my decisions. They’re somebody else’s. When those organizations or schools or teams make them, then they make them. It’s not anything I have any control over. So I don’t really worry about it. Are there things in particular that were special about Eric when he worked for you? He worked hard. He worked hard. He had a lot of different responsibilities. He started back in Cleveland, really, with no responsibility at all, and worked his way up to a coordinator position. There’s a lot of steps along the way. Are there similarities here that you see in the Jets system? I don’t know. I’m sure there’s similarities to every system. There are some things that, maybe, are similar to the way we do them. I’m not really worried about that. I'm worried about how we match up against them and how we’re going to compete against them. I don’t think they’re trying to replicate anything down there. I wouldn’t say that, no. What are the pros and cons of rotating running backs in and out of the game? I don’t have any idea. All I can comment on is our situation. We’re trying to do what’s best for our football team and utilize the players at our positions in a way that we feel they can be productive. What somebody else is doing, why they’re doing it, you’d have to ask them. I really don’t know. Are there any pros and cons to using two backs? I think whatever you decide to do as a coach is what you think is best for your football team. If that’s one guy running certain plays and another guy running different plays, guys splitting carries, one guy having all of the carries, one guy blocking, the other guy running, whatever you decide to do, it’s because you feel that’s what’s going to make your football team the most productive within your system. Each system is different. Each player or players that are involved in it are different. I’m not sure that one necessarily is right for somebody else. It could be, but I don’t think that’s necessarily the case. Coach [Brian] Schottenheimer is there now. Is there a lot more carryover? Is there a difference in their offense? Again, I don’t know. I don’t know what percentage is who and what percentage is somebody else. I think you just look at the team and try to defend what their threats are and figure out where you think they’re going to attack you and try to make sure that you’re ready for those points of attack. I’m sure there are a lot of people that have input in their program. I don’t know exactly who decides what or what percentage of what is who’s. I really don’t know. I’m not sure I really care. I just know what we see and what we have to deal with. I don’t really know who’s idea it was or what the genesis of it was. Does Pennington look better than he has over the last few years? Well, he didn’t play last year. He played well. He had over 300 yards passing. He had some big plays. He didn’t really have any bad throws. He took care of the ball. They moved the ball efficiently. He did a good job. He looked good in preseason. They’ve looked good in preseason. The Jets have looked in preseason period. He’s part of that. He has a good receiving corps, a good offensive line, tight end, the backs run hard. They have a good offensive unit. They were productive. Are your personal feelings for Eric different now that he’s the head coach of the Jets? No, but professionally we’re competing on the same field. We’re on the opposite sides of it. Is one of Pennington’s strengths is he takes care of the ball? I think that’s a key to any good quarterback. That’s the most important thing, is to come away with possession at the end of the play. There’s nothing worse than losing possession of the ball. You can’t score that way and you end up giving up a lot more points in the long run. It’s just hard to overcome those turnovers. I think he does a good job of that. I think if any good quarterback that you talk about, you’d have to put in that category, that they don’t give the ball up too easily. How would you evaluate your receivers and the separation they had from the Buffalo defenders? I think that we can improve in every aspect of the game, every aspect - offense, defense, special teams, every aspect of the passing game. We can block better. We can coach better, let’s start with that. We can coach better. We can block better. We can throw better. We can catch better. We can run routes better. We can do all of those things better. We can improve in every area, that includes everybody, all 11 players that are out there, every coach on the offensive staff, the head coach, everybody that is involved in the passing game, everybody that is involved in this football can do better than what we did last week. There’s room for improvement from everybody and that’s what we’re going to work on. They have a couple of new guys on the offensive line. Has their style of play changed at all? They have a couple of young players there. [Rashad] Mangold has been very impressive. I think he looks very good in there at center. He’s a strong, powerful guy. [He has] good movement in the running game. He really gives them a good solid level of play in there. He’s been very impressive. They’ve pretty much rotated three tackles in preseason and three guards. Those guys have all played and they’ve all done a solid job. Sometimes it’s sort of hard to tell who is in there and who isn’t. It’s not that noticeable. Mangold pretty much has gone all the way to center. Like I said, he’s been very impressive. Have they changed their running game at all without [Kevin] Mawae in there? It’s a new staff. It’s different than it was last year, that’s for sure. He was out quite a bit last year anyway. He only played, I don’t know, three or four games. Whatever it was, it wasn’t very many. He wasn’t there last year either. Can you talk about the special challenges that you and your team face this week preparing for a team whose head coach was one of your coordinators last year? I think that’s really all in the past. The thing we have to focus on is how we can, number one, improve and number two how we match up against the Jets. That’s really what it’s about. Every week we play somebody that had a player on their team or a coach that was on our team and that kind of thing. This is about the hundredth time that that has happened. I don’t think that’s anything that is that extraordinary. I think probably pretty much every team to the league goes through it. Last week it was Jonathan Smith and André Davis. It’s every week. I’m not too worried about that. I’m a lot more concerned about us improving as a football team and us being ready to specifically go up against the challenges of the Jets personnel and their schemes.
Sorry... couldn't post the second half of the interview. My mouse wouldn't right click on copy... too much volume. See above link for the rest of the interview.
Belichick is impressive in that it's Tuesday and he already knows a lot about our team, despite his reluctance to comment. for example, he described Leon Washington's style and the only thing he did last week was return a punt. that's why he's a great coach. cheers
well what do u expect of the guy. the reporter or whoever it was is asking him questions about how the jets run they're team...how is he supposed to know that??
i know. relax. i expecting nothing more, nothing less from the guy. but maybe vary the diction? i don't know. haha. cheers
I think the biggest part of the game will be keeping our mistakes to an absolute minimum. In the last 3 years mistakes are what has really hurt us the most except for last year (no QB). We have to play loose, but play smart. If you give NE field position from an error (fumble, interception, stupid penalty) they usually always capitalize on it. We have improved, but not enough to make costly errors and still expect to win.
