JetNation Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 New York Jets Report Card Week 5: New York Jets @ Pittsburgh Steelers 10/09/16 Quarterback: B- Fitzpatrick: 25/38, 255 yards, TD, 1 rush for 9 yards For a change, Quarterback wasn’t the problem. Unfortunately, it wasn’t the solution, either – as the team put up just 13 points. They were shut out in the 2nd half and have still only put up 7 points in 3rd quarters this season. An inability to punch the ball into the end-zone continued today, and while Fitz was largely efficient on paper, avoided the costly turnover and can blame some of his troubles on his receivers, but a number of throws were well off line. Running Backs: C+ The Jets finally ran Forte to the outside… and it resulted in a 28 yard rush. Why they insisted on pounding him up the middle for 4 straight games as if he was Chris Ivory, we may never know. Forte: 12/53/0, 2 receptions for 7 yards Powell: 4/10/0, 6 receptions for 41 yards Wide Receivers/Tight Ends: B- B. Marshall: 8/114/1 Enunwa: 4/51/0 Seferian-Jenkins: 2/17/0 Anderson: 1/10/0 Bostick: 1/9/0 Peake: 1/6/0 Marshall was his usual self: a few big plays, a few costly drops. 6 different receivers/tight ends caught a pass. That’s right: tight ends. The Jets finally had a tight end catch a pass! In fact, they had two tight ends catch at least 1 pass: Seferian-Jenkins and Bostick. Offensive Line: C- Brent Qvale struggled mightily, getting beaten on multiple plays. Mangold had some trouble with low snaps and later suffered a knee injury. Protection was adequate at times, but not often enough. Defensive Line: C Williams and Richardson combined to force and recover a Big Ben fumble, only the 3rd turnover the Jets D has forced this year. Apart from the Bengals game, where has this unit been all season? They should be dominant, but they’re not taking over any games and they’re not helping the secondary out, either. Linebackers: C- Teams don’t try to run on the Jets but then again, why should they? Despite everything we’ve heard about added speed at the position, Jets linebackers still can’t cover and still can’t rush the passer. Secondary: F This was a dumpster fire before Revis was hurt, so it’s certainly not going to get any better with him on the bench. Once again, an opponent beat the secondary deep early as Big Ben threw to Coates for a 72 yard TD. Poor tackling, broken coverage and miscommunications persist and there is no silver lining. Special Teams: B- Folk was 2/2, Edwards made several significant punts, though the Jets coverage team failed to down one of them within the 1 as they should have. The coverage team also gave up a big return, but fortunately Calvin Pryor finally managed to make a tackle and prevent a touchdown on that play. Coaching: F It’s incredibly frustrating to watch the Jets kneel out every half, while trailing in the game and knowing that the opponent is set to receive the 2nd half kickout. 40 seconds and 1 timeout is plenty of time to try to get yourself into field goal range. It’s frustrating to watch them punt on a 4th & 2, down by 2 scores with less than 8 minutes to go. It’s frustrating to see them burn timeout after timeout for reasons that have nothing to do with preserving the clock. And to do so in order to make a defensive stop… only to not make that defensive stop. But most of all, it’s frustrating to watch coaching that believes you can beat Pittsburgh on the road without taking any chances or applying any creativity to your gameplan. Click here to read the full story... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 Good job Matt. Secondary and coaching were definitely the stories of the day. Unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity28 Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 Sorry, the defensive line was an F also. Steelers OL was banged up, and we couldn't generate any pass-rush without blitzing, which means the sh*tty secondary has to cover longer. Just and outright mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevisIsland610 Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 23 minutes ago, Maxman said: Good job Matt. Secondary and coaching were definitely the stories of the day. Unfortunately. Rinse and Repeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugg Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 Coaching: F It’s incredibly frustrating to watch the Jets kneel out every half, while trailing in the game and knowing that the opponent is set to receive the 2nd half kickout. 40 seconds and 1 timeout is plenty of time to try to get yourself into field goal range. It’s frustrating to watch them punt on a 4th & 2, down by 2 scores with less than 8 minutes to go. It’s frustrating to see them burn timeout after timeout for reasons that have nothing to do with preserving the clock. And to do so in order to make a defensive stop… only to not make that defensive stop. But most of all, it’s frustrating to watch coaching that believes you can beat Pittsburgh on the road without taking any chances or applying any creativity to your gameplan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
win4ever Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 I'm not sure anyone gets above a C from me. We lost in all levels of the game unless Folk is apart from special teams. Team looked lost, defense can't stop anything. Offense has no identity as we come up short week after week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 Fitzpatrick deserves a D. His TD should have been intercepted. But, worse, he's so darn inaccurate. Watching him in contrast to Big Ben was especially depressing. Ben was hitting everyone in stride. Fitz, not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy2020 Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 The grade for everything is diarrhea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FidelioJet Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 2 minutes ago, will said: Fitzpatrick deserves a D. His TD should have been intercepted. But, worse, he's so darn inaccurate. Watching him in contrast to Big Ben was especially depressing. Ben was hitting everyone in stride. Fitz, not so much. exactly....People think because Fitz doesn't throw INT's he played well....they scored 13 points!.... I can think of maybe two accurate throws. Basic throws that every QB in the NFL make - hitting their WR's in stride. He was terrible today and absolutely the problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetsJets1962 Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 Big Ben could have played in a white tuxedo today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Mostro Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 So, looking at the report card as a whole, this team is only half a step from the Special Ed trailer. Bowles honking the horn on the short bus -- beep, beep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe W. Namath Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 QB was D- today. It was abysmal. Would of rather him throw 6 picks. At least he would have been trying to score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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