We've tried to use this dumb a$$ play a couple of times in the last two games, and both times its placement was a complete head scratcher. Its like, hey look, we're moving the ball well, lets try to TRICK THEM! WTF?!?! If we're moving the ball well we don't need to trick anyone... and look what happens, we fumble and give up an easy TD. Shotty needs to stop getting fancy and just stick with what works.
This is one of those times where the player deserves full blame. That play was going to work and it was going to be a big play. Cotchs fault for losing focus and completely seeting a bad tone for the game.
I think you need to put your players in the best position to succeed. Bad weather, wet ball, us running the ball just fine conventionally on the Denver D = NO WILDCAT DOUBLE REVERSE!!
I completely disagree. Cotchery was going to be running for a long time if he didn't fumble the toss from Smith. This is another classic example of a fan (you) blaming the play-calling instead of blaming the execution. The play was designed to take advantage of the overpursuit of the Denver defense and attack the void left by that pursuit. It was set up well and a big gain was there to be made.
You can't blame the weather here. The Jets were sloppy in the Weather and the Broncos weren't. The Jets dropped passes and the Broncos didn't. Brett Favre underthrew passes at critical junctures and Culter didn't. The Jets didn't tackle well and the Broncos, for the most part, did. etc, etc, etc . . . Cotchery and Smith are expected to execute that exchange regardless of whether it is raining or not.
Personally I'd like to see MORE of the wildcat. We have alot of options w/ a guy like Brad Smith..and w/ teams already having their hands full trying to prep for the likes of Favre's arm, Leon's playmaking ability and Keller creating mismatches...A brad smith ran wildcat attack would be complete overload.
I disagree, it was a perfect play except for the fact Cotch had butter fingers, if he can't catch a simple toss then we don't deserve to win.
Blame needs to also fall on Smith for what looked like a launch of a toss over to Cotch. Should have been a little softer in those conditions, maybe even a handoff instead of tossing at him.
the play call was good, the execution was horrible. not everything that goes wrong is the fault of the coaches. the play was there to be made and the players dropped the ball.(literally)
There's a right time for that play and a wrong time... that was far too early in the game... If you can pick up 4 or 5 yards per carry on the ground you don't need to "trick" a defense... you already own them up the middle.
Exactly, that would be overload, we've already tried all those trick plays, i think you remember in the beginning of the season we kept setting so many receivers in motion that it confused the offense instead of the defense. So, we've changed our offense to be simpler, because Favre doesn't want to learn dozens of new trick plays.
if the jets don't start out quick, they will lose sun. bank on it on the road.... i hate to say it,, i probably will bet about 10,000 bucks this week based on the fans craig carton's picks,, he was the ONLY one who had the guts to pick denver against the jets and was dead on in his analysis,, these other a blanks know as much as me in their analysis...
And also, this is not the wild cat!!!!! It's the pistol offense actually. Not every offense with a WR at QB is the wildcat. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistol_Offense
SMith put in right in Cotch's hands, not much more you can ask from him. Cotch lost focus, he took his eye off the ball at the last minute. That play is all on Cotch.
agreed. id like to see brad smith throw some passes too. everyone know its a run when hes under center, lets see how his arm is.
the fumble wasnt designed into the play, you can say any play is bad if it ends in a fumble or interception...cotchery had mostly an open field ahead of him and i bet it wouldve gone for 20 or a TD...depending on if he beat the safety
