Has anyone questioned why we didn't go back to the deep ball after Chad's early bomb to LC? I mean, this is a horrible defense we are up against, and there were a number of pass plays after that deep TD pass. You can't tell me that at no point after that we had an open WR down the field. To me, it is almost as if Chad was saying, "Hey everyone, look what I can do, now shut up, I am going to go back to doing what I want." As we continued to move the ball on offense, I knew we needed TDs, not FGs if we were going to win, yet even after turnovers and sustained drives, we didn't throw the ball into the end zone. If you look at the official game thread, you'll see us all saying "throw it into the EZ" followed by comments about good FGs. If this was a play-calling issue, Schotty is an idiot, but the players need to have input and get the play calls that will help them score. I found this extremely frustrating....I mean, we went to the well so many times on the short passes that they picked us for a TD, yet completed one deep ball for a TD and said "OK, that's enough, now let's go back to what doesn't work" There are so many problems with this team, it makes you wonder, if Parcells or another big name coach was here, what would the record be? Was last season a fluke? Can the players on this team that made us all think they had potential really be this bad? There is a weak link somewhere, and not tryign to let Chad and Lav go deep again makes me wonder how many levels the problem is on....I think it is a player (Chad liking short passes) and coach (Schotty sticking with bad offensive gameplans) problem, and that does not bode well.
It was probably a combination of Shotty and Chad being conservative...I just don't think Shotty has confidence in Chad throwing those passes and Chad is too conservative by NFL upbringing. During the Herm Era the offense ran on the make no mistakes principle, and while effective with Curtis, it's time is past. Chad is a good game manager, and he's not going to win it with his arm, nothing new there. We have some talent deficiencies...but when a team continues to make stupid mistakes as well as a number of turnovers and lack of takeaways I think it falls on the coaches. These are things you preach and you put your defense into position to make plays. I think Parcells would have 3-4 wins, at least, with this current roster. We're not THAT talent deficient.
If it is Chad, why aren't the recievers/offense/defense/coaches complaining about it and getting him out of the game. I can't believe the coaches are taking the losses and the heat because Chad checks off. In film session, they would be all over him if there was open receivers deep that don't get the ball.
I read a post earlier that seemed to indicate what happened... Something along the lines of the dbs came in licking thier chops with the idea they woould jump routes from the jump, so they hit em with a double move and Bam Coles was open, but after that the stopped biting on the double moves so all chad could do was check down...
Right, that's what I figure, so why is this not happening? It's ridiculous.....I mean, am I crazy, or does it make sense to try another deep pass at some point during the game when you score a 60 yard TD by going deep early? To me that means they're sayign Chad will only throw that ball if a WR is down the field with nobody withign 5 yards of him......can't the WR beat a DB in one on one coverage? Doeas Chad's "accuracy" only count on short passes? because if that's true, then he isn;t any different than most Qbs in the league, who are all reasonably accurate with the shorter stuff...
The first play from scrimmage was by design. Coles was wide right, Cotchery Slot left, both in man coverage with a safety over the top. Cotchery, at the snap, ran diaganol right at the safety freezing him. Coles double move back to the inside allowed him to get inside position, and Chad threw a perfect strike. Coming over, with deep help responsibility was the corner that had COtchery at the snap. The reason it only happens once, is (most likely) the corner is told to not turn over the receiver, and the Safety does not take a man but is charged with ONLY deep help,or he backs up two more yards. IN either case its a one shot deal. What it tells you, is that the Offensive coaching staff is clearly aware of how teams intend to defense against Pennington.
Lets see what Schotty can do when Clemens gets in the game. A conservative offense does not have to be called and he can stop the Brad Smith Trick plays every game as well. All of Chads Offensive Coordinators had to call a conservative gameplan to suit his skillset. He caught them once deep but the Bengals Adjusted. Schotty should be judged when they get the man that him and Mangini touted to be the future face of the franchise.
What it tells me is the OC is good at the intial game planning, but does not make adjustment very well once the D adjusts. I think this is evident in the 2nd half shortcomings of the offense. Disclaimer: I am only making an observation on the play calling, not on the QB. This is not blaming or defending Chad.
Because, like I have said in so many different posts. THE JETS ARE MORE WORRIED ABOUT HURTING FEELINGS THEN DOING THE RIGHT THINGS TO WIN GAMES. CHAD SHOULD HAVE BEEN BENCHED 4 GAMES A GO JUST TO TRY TO PUT A SPARK IN THIS TEAM.
But man, I cannot imagine that there was not another opportunity to toss it deep after that point. I am not sayign the same play, but some other play call that splits the safeties and gets someone open up the middle vs a LB or a 4 wide set that sends more than one WR into a safety's zone.....something....I just don't get it, another vulnerable defense that we don't exploit... When Clemens played the entire game against Baltimore, the play calling was conservative until the 4th quarter when we had to come from behind...
The next logical step would have been to exploit the safety covering deep, by running the same play but having Cotchery drag the corner at the safety, BUT!!!!! That requires the ability to fit a 20 yard throw in a tight window, not a 50 yard timing strike....
And Im sure Schotty and Mangini will change the playbook to suit Kellen's talents. You have to realize the playbook is still designed to call a game for Chad. Im sure they are drawing up plays this week.
This is the one thing that pisses me off....we have no medium-deep pass plays over the middle the either take advantage of gaps in a zone or allow a WR to make an inside move and hit him while the CB is trailing. Every team calls these plays, we have hooks, outs, and fades....that's about it.
They better be, but if they plan to install a bunch of passing plays this week, we had better be ready for some miscues on offense on Sunday. I assume there are deep pass plays in the playbook, but they aren't called on gameday because our players do not perform them well enough in practice. If Clemens starts on Sunday and there aren't at least 5 pass attempts of 40+ yards, I will start to wonder if (a) our coaches are doing their jobs and (b) if we still don't have a QB that the coaches are confident going down field with.
Because Coles fell down. I love him as a receiver but he has slipped up several times and it has been costly for the Jets this season. Maybe he needs different spikes.
and he dropped one in the EZ that game too that he usually catches even if it's a crappy pass.....and McCareins shat the bed....twice..... we're like 3-4 if a few thigns go different this season, but we don't realyl deserve it, and that's football anywyas...
