Listen, we're going to be in every game here on out with Mike White at the helm. It's not even a question. If our defense doesn't give up 20 points in the 1st half, we beat the Vikings easily. What made it tough was the defense playing poorly in 1H, our slot receivers not catching or toe-tapping, and MLF overuse of Berrios in the redzone. Mike White was slightly off, but not terribly off - MLF just called way too many pass plays, because we got down early.
Agree. I would add this, the issue of too many passes was pervise even with Zach at the helm particularly on the NE game under bad conditions. This team is built to use the run and compliment it with the pass to keep them honest. That unfortunately is not the way MLF see it, irrespective of QB under center. That to me is our achilles heel. We are not the Bills, or GB or the Chiefs or the Bengals. We need to stick to our strong run identity. If we don't establish a strong feared running game we are playing into the hand of the better defenses.
Also MLF is feeding the wrong personnel. Conklin had a terrible game. Braxton can't break tackles. Sometimes in these tight games you have to get the ball to your most athletic talent on the field. And for that game it was Wilson, Knight, Moore, Davis and Mims. Conklin and Brax should not get more looks or touches than the last 3. Hopefully he fixes the personnel grouping.
We beat these guys earlier. The blueprint is there: effective running game and mistake free QB play. White should be able to equal Zach's performance.
Is Ruckert hurt? Was the plan to have him be red shirted this year? Wish he got some in game experience this year.
Ruckert has played 27 snaps this year on offense, including 2 against Chicago. He has been targeted 1 time, and has 1 drop. He also is part of the punt and FG squads, but is currently inactive.
I think he was a luxury pick, they had already addressed the position and are taking their time bringing him along. Although I could be wrong and he could just suck.
The Jets passed the ball 11 out of the first 15 plays. MLF just wanted to show off a QB who actually stayed in the pocket. If he does that again he’s going to stick a pin in the Jets playoff chances. White needs run support to look his best. The dump-dump-shot downfield he is capable of will not beat a good defense by itself.
Mike White slightly off enough that he was a dropped Berrios touchdown away from leading a double digit comeback on the road while throwing for almost 400 yards.
There's nothing wrong with using the pass game as an extension of the run game. Throwing a 1 or 2 yard swing pass is just the same as a zone run is for the sake of game flow. Just can't be throwing in 60x a game, which I can guarantee you wasn't the intention.
Tight ends traditionally take a longer time to transition from CFB to the NFL. Ruckert did have a foot injury going into the draft and coming into camp. I think the Jets are fairly content red shirting him this year considering they have Conklin and Uzomah, granted, Conklin fucking sucks.
What happens if the dump-dump pass is sat upon and we are in constant 3rd and long? That's a recipe for disaster.
White can at least make a "dump-dump" pass. Zach would throw it at the receiver or backs feet, or 3 yards in front of them.
This is true, but either the OL couldn't open the holes, or the RBs couldn't find them, or a combination of both. Maybe if they had pounding away the running game might've got going, but they were in too big a hole to rely on that. The key to relying on the run is for the "D" to shut down the other team and keep the game close. And facing Allen will make that hard to do. That said, if Allen's arm is still hurting him, that helps a lot.
I know, but I just wanted to point out that Zach couldn't make those same throws ;-) A little trolling
