Mehta (Here it comes)

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NY Jets hit new low in embarrassing 31-0 loss to San Diego Chargers

 

Ryan and his players cling to the fading hope that they can magically reverse course at 1-4 and be a viable playoff contender this season, but the painful truth is that it’s not going to happen. The Chargers treated the Jets like the Brooklyn Bolts of the fledging FXFL, overpowering the visitors in every imaginable way.

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Published: Monday, October 6, 2014, 1:18 AM Updated: Monday, October 6, 2014, 2:34 AM A A A

 

 

 

Mike Vick proves to be no better than Geno Smith as nothing goes right for the Jets on Sunday.

SAN DIEGO — The Jets ruined a sun-soaked Southern California Sunday afternoon with the kind of dumpster fire that you’ll be telling your grandkids about one day from a green-and-white rocking chair.

 

The tale will surely include colorful metaphors along with some more suitable-for-print language such as inept, embarrassing, punchless and horrific.

 

Rex Ryan’s team was a special kind of bad in a humiliating 31-0 loss to the Chargers that exposed many warts — such as an overmatched quarterback, moth-ridden secondary and general lack of good football players.

 

The coach shouldered 100% of the blame for the meltdown, but he wasn’t fooling anyone. The Jets are a wretched mess thanks to inept roster building, putrid execution and middling talent.

 

“It was a complete ass whuppin’,” Ryan said, trying to take the bullet for the guys upstairs in suits and the guys in the locker room in shoulder pads. “And it was me that was getting my ass kicked.”

 

Ryan and his players cling to the fading hope that they can magically reverse course at 1-4 and be a viable playoff contender this season, but the painful truth is that it’s not going to happen. The Chargers treated the Jets like the Brooklyn Bolts of the fledging FXFL, overpowering the visitors in every imaginable way.

 

The ineptitude was far-reaching.

 

“We got to do a lot of soul- searching,” Mike Vick said.

 

NOT EASY BEING GREEN'S QB

 

Who should Jets start at QB next week?

 

Geno Smith - Why the f#@*! not?

 

Michael Vick - But he played like a dog, too

 

Matt Simms - At least he has name recognition

 

Joe Namath - Guaranteed to be better option, even at 71

 

Tim Tebow - He can play shirtless to help sell tickets

 

Tom Brady - If Gisele thought the Pats WRs were bad...

 

Mark Sanchez - At least the Butt Fumble was entertaining

 

Joe Benigno - Bro, bro, the pain bro

 

Derek Jeter - He can write 'unfiltered' account of outing

 

Fireman Ed - Now Jets fans can mock him on the field

 

Vinny Testaverde - Even on a bad Achilles, he'd be better

 

Boomer Esiason - He's got about 15 jobs, what's one more?

 

Brett Favre - Just don't give him your cell phone number!

 

The Jets offense didn’t cross midfield until midway through the fourth quarter en route to racking up a grand total of 150 yards (half coming during fourth-quarter garbage time). Geno Smith (4-for-12, 27 yards, INT and 7.6 QB rating), who missed team meetings on Saturday, according to a source familiar with the situation, looked lost before getting yanked at halftime. Vick (8-for-19, 47 yards, 49.7 QB rating) didn’t quite provide the second-half spark that Ryan had hoped for.

 

“Everything was a blur,” wide receiver Jeremy Kerley said. “You look at the score and it’s like, ‘Wow.’

 

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On a day when the expectations for the offense hovered somewhere between low and center-of-the-Earth, Ryan’s beloved defense never looked worse to ensure the first four-game losing streak since he rolled into town oozing with confidence five years ago.

 

The Jets allowed three 90-yard touchdown drives — 306 total yards in the first half — to dig an insurmountable 21-0 hole. Even the league’s top-rated run defense cracked, turning fourth-string running back Branden Oliver (182 total yards, two TDs) into LaDainian Tomlinson without warning.

 

Linebacker Demario Davis admitted that “right now we’re not practicing like a championship football team” and that “I don’t feel like guys are not putting a lot of effort into film,” which, frankly, is unacceptable.

 

There were defensive breakdowns everywhere — from poor execution to blown blitzes — for the better part of 3 hours, 11 minutes. “It was a combo platter,” Ryan said.

 

Ryan somehow masked similar deficiencies to win eight games last season, but the magic has worn off. “We have enough talent here,” Ryan said.

 

Puh-lease.

 

There’s nowhere close to sufficient talent on this team to be a viable playoff contender. Then again, general manager John Idzik, the “architect” of the last-place roster, already knew that.

 

 

Ryan is a master motivator, but inspiring pregame speeches can only stretch so far. Sooner or later, he needs enough talented players to win. The problems won’t disappear when Ryan wakes up Monday morning or the following 12 Monday mornings.

 

 

There are only so many ways to make chicken salad out of less-than-desirable ingredients.

 

 

The Jets need a franchise quarterback, at least two cornerbacks, two receivers, a pass rusher and an interior offensive lineman or two. Other than that, everything is perfectly fine.

 

 

Ryan said he’s sticking with Smith as his starter next week against the high-octane Broncos, but that’s only a temporary fix. That guy isn’t the answer.

 

 

With each poor performance, the picture becomes clearer: The Jets must find another quarterback this offseason.

 

 

 

Smith looks on from the ground after getting his helmet knocked off.

 

“It was definitely a pathetic showing on my part,” said Smith, who has thrown an interception in 17 of 21 career games. “I didn’t help out at any point of the game.”

 

Although Smith was far from the only culprit on Sunday — there were unofficially 52 other guys that deserved to get benched as well — Ryan has a serious issue at the most important position in the sport. Vick looked, uh, rusty in relief.

 

The secondary was consistent. Philip Rivers (20-for-28, 288 yards, 3 TDs and 125.3 QB rating) took turns burning everyone not named Dee Milliner in the defensive backfield.

 

The Jets also committed 12 penalties to add to the heartache. The smart money is that the issues are too great to fix over the next 13 weeks, but the few frustrated players in the losing locker room still say they can climb out of this cavernous hole.

 

“We got to,” defensive lineman Sheldon Richardson said. “We better. We don’t have a choice. Otherwise, there’s probably going to be some changes."

 

Ryan knows that better than anyone. Time is running out three weeks before Halloween.

Now that’s downright scary.

[joewilly12]

The Jets need a franchise quarterback, at least two cornerbacks, two receivers, a pass rusher and an interior offensive lineman or two. Other than that, everything is perfectly fine.

 

Idzik FAILED to address the needs of this team in the off-season why isnt Woody firing him?

[kay_gee]

I hate Mehta.

[RSJ]

Mehta has been right all along.

[T0mShane]

The only thing that troubles me is the Demario Davis quotes. That's bad, bad, bad sh*t right there.

[Il Mostro]

The only thing that troubles me is the Demario Davis quotes. That's bad, bad, bad sh*t right there.

 

That is the truth, truth, truth right there.  This team is balls deep into its own ass.

[kay_gee]

Mehta has been right all along.

nah. he says this crap all the time, he just happens to have a few valid points this time. broken clocks and all that.

[kay_gee]

The only thing that troubles me is the Demario Davis quotes. That's bad, bad, bad sh*t right there.

yup.

[sourceworx]

The only thing that troubles me is the Demario Davis quotes. That's bad, bad, bad sh*t right there.

Yep. That means Rex has packed it in. This is going to get really ugly.

[joewilly12]

The only thing that troubles me is the Demario Davis quotes. That's bad, bad, bad sh*t right there.

He sucks balls as well no room to talk

[jetscanes331]

nah. he says this crap all the time, he just happens to have a few valid points this time. broken clocks and all that.

 

I hate him as much as the next person. He was spot-on with the Idzik piece last week and he's spot-on again now. I hate to admit it.

[Lizard King]

They had recording of Sheldon this morning and Mehta asked him a question and Sheldon said "You don't ask me questions. Next"

[Latinlawyer]

"The Jets need a franchise quarterback, at least two cornerbacks, two receivers, a pass rusher and an interior offensive lineman or two. Other than that, everything is perfectly fine."

 

That statement is the truth. 8 players away from being good. I don't like Mehta but this is truth.

 

sigh.

[JiFtheOracle]

I said 2 weeks ago this is bottom 5 roster in the league, fast forward 2 weeks and I can't name 5 teams with a worse roster. The Jets are the least talented team in the NFL with yet again, the worst QB.

Go Jets!

[kay_gee]

I hate him as much as the next person. He was spot-on with the Idzik piece last week and he's spot-on again now. I hate to admit it.

but if you do it every year, eventually you're going to have a year where you're right.

[joewilly12]

but if you do it every year, eventually you're going to have a year where you're right.

45 years and counting this team has won nothing...............................

[#27TheDominator]

They need a pass rusher?  They lead the league in sacks.  I remember when that was going to fix everything.  The probem is getting 20 yards of offense and turning the ball over twice at the half.  

[joewilly12]

The defense i

 

They need a pass rusher?  They lead the league in sacks.  I remember when that was going to fix everything.  The probem is getting 20 yards of offense and turning the ball over twice at the half.  

Babin and Pace suck they need to be cut the defense is tired they are on the field way too much throughout the course of a game

[pointman]

Why does no one heckle that moron?

[faba]

QB, two guards and  a tackle, one WR, more athletic linebackers, one CB at minmium

[faba]

And Manish is a joke. Built on sensationalism

[jetscanes331]

but if you do it every year, eventually you're going to have a year where you're right.

 

He's been crapping on the Jets since he took over at the Daily News. We just also happen to have sucked since he took over at the Daily news. I'm not saying he's a prophet.. I still think he's a douche. But that doesn't make him any less right in this case.

[PatsFanTX]

The only thing that troubles me is the Demario Davis quotes. That's bad, bad, bad sh*t right there.

NFL games are won Tues-Sat, not on Sundays.

That right there is all on the HC.

[Jolot]

Mehta getting ready to do some serious work for his boy " it's not his fault" Rex,..guys it's not completely off the table he survives this and Idzik doesn't

[Warfish]

Yep. That means Rex has packed it in. This is going to get really ugly.

For whatever little it was worth, Rex looked very detached, un-Rex-like, on the sidelines yesterday.

He looked, honestly, like a coach who knows he's done.

[flgreen]

They had recording of Sheldon this morning and Mehta asked him a question and Sheldon said "You don't ask me questions. Next"

That quote scares me alot more then what Davis said.  

[Lizard King]

That quote scares me alot more then what Davis said.  

I thought it was funny but Sheldon probably got fined

[Latinlawyer]

Sheldon, sheldon, sheldon....

 

sigh.

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  Corey Griffin8m

  Almost as interesting as Geno missing the meeting — who leaked it? Is this Rex’s camp vs. Idzik’s guy? Or is it from the locker room?

  Beat Writer / Columnist

[SickJetFan]

cant wait for Rex tell all book...well the cliff notes anyway

[faba]

The media frenzy- you thought is was bad before- they are lining up to get their whips out

[T0mShane]

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  Corey Griffin8m

  Almost as interesting as Geno missing the meeting — who leaked it? Is this Rex’s camp vs. Idzik’s guy? Or is it from the locker room?

  Beat Writer / Columnist

Ah, Twitter analysts.

This revelation makes absolutely every person in the organization look like sh*t. No advantage to be gained.

[sourceworx]

For whatever little it was worth, Rex looked very detached, un-Rex-like, on the sidelines yesterday.

He looked, honestly, like a coach who knows he's done.

I think he's given up. If that's the case, put him out of his misery, and let's move on.

[jgb]

Week 5 and already a team rife with internal strife. Hallmark of Rex teams. Guy is a ridiculous clown.

[Jolot]

I think he's given up. If that's the case, put him out of his misery, and let's move on.

he hasn't given up the pouty face man at his wits end act is just that..it's all part of his continued scam of the media to deflect blame....the "it's not Rex fault" crowd led by Craig carton, Mehta and cimini eat up his every man routine