Upon further Review: Five Things I Learned This Week

[JetCane]

1. Kickoffs 8 yards deep in the end zone arent always better

Upon further review, the Jets' KO coverage team may have let up some, thinking the ball would not be returned. Missed tackles and a lazy effort running downfield doomed the result of the coverage, and claiming that Westhoff was upstairs in the box instead of on the sideline is just one of the weakest excuses I have ever heard for the STs committing physical and mental errors during the game. Coaches coach, but the players still have to play and get it done on the field. Too many Jets didnt get it done last week.

2. Cheating definitely helps the cheater (until he is caught)

Upon further review, when the opposing offense knows exactly what defense you will be in on the next play, you are at a distinct disadvantage when it comes to stopping the play. Good coaches compensate for deficient talent by creative scheming, and if their schemes are already known by the opposing QB and OL before the snap, any advantage you had in gameplanning is nullified. It taints the results.

3. Jets fans were genuinely happy to see Clemens get into the game

Upon further review, I had the opportunity to re-listen to an undoctored audio/video of the play when CP was injured, and I have lowered my estimate of the number of fans who actually cheered CP being hurt to about 5,000, and increased the number of fans who were cheering when Clemens came in to 60,000. Good luck against the Ravens, Kellen! Go get them!

4. That said, some Jet fans have an unhealthy hatred towards Pennington

Though most clearly did not cheer when he was injured, too many fans havent accepted the fact that Pennington was the best Jet player on the field last week in the loss to the Patriots*. If every player on the team performed their assignments last week as well as he did, the Jets would have beaten the Cheaters in spite of their cheating. There are players with more talent than him, but they play with less heart. More players need to play with his heart and desire, and the results will show on the field and on the scoreboard.

5. Football is a violent game, life isnt always fair, and modern medicine rocks

It only takes a simple twist of fate to bring it all back into perspective, and last week fate changed the life of Kevin Everett. It doesnt matter now that he could have missed some blocks in his career, or dropped some passes, or

shown up late for a meeting (not that he ever did). He now lays in a hospital ICU bed, fighting the fight of his life. But with the help of a relatively new medical procedure, he has already made a remarkable comeback from the devastating injury he sustained. Kevin, in the words of Jim Valvano: "Don't give up! Don't ever give up!"

Peace out.

[JetCane]

Wow, it must have been a busy morning- this already fell off the first page.

Shameless bump

[GreenBeans]

5. Football is a violent game, life isnt always fair, and modern medicine rocks

It only takes a simple twist of fate to bring it all back into perspective, and last week fate changed the life of Kevin Everett. It doesnt matter now that he could have missed some blocks in his career, or dropped some passes, or

shown up late for a meeting (not that he ever did). He now lays in a hospital ICU bed, fighting the fight of his life. But with the help of a relatively new medical procedure, he has already made a remarkable comeback from the devastating injury he sustained. Kevin, in the words of Jim Valvano: "Don't give up! Don't ever give up!"

Peace out.

While your other comments are on the mark, this is the one that really matters! Nice work, JC.

[AVM]

Great post as always JC. Great stuff.

[RSJ]

Awesome job JC!

[bitonti]

1. Kickoffs 8 yards deep in the end zone arent always better

Upon further review, the Jets' KO coverage team may have let up some, thinking the ball would not be returned. Missed tackles and a lazy effort running downfield doomed the result of the coverage, and claiming that Westhoff was upstairs in the box instead of on the sideline is just one of the weakest excuses I have ever heard for the STs committing physical and mental errors during the game. Coaches coach, but the players still have to play and get it done on the field. Too many Jets didnt get it done last week.

I've been saying this since last year. The answer is simple physics - a returner catching a kickoff at the 5 yard time has less time post reception to look and find the lanes than a guy catching it 8 yards deep in the endzone. It also makes the coverage team cover more ground - couple that with the fact that a longer kickoff will likely be kicked like a line drive and not a lofting arc, it gives the returner more time to find the weakness.

I said it last year and was scoffed - 9 out of 10 Jets fans wanted Nugent to kick longer kickoffs.

The Jets were the only team in the NFL not to have a 40 yard or more return last season. This year they got the NFL longest play record broken on them in week 1!

Sabastian Janikowski has maybe the strongest leg in the league, he gets returned on all the time for the same reason.

cmon it's time to eat crow Nugent bashers, turns out his range was better when it was shorter. Period, no ifs ands or buts. He was kicking them as good as they could be kicked last year, and the impact on field position battle was negligable. If this week we see lofted hang time kicks to the 5 or even 10 yardline i will be happy. the whole trying to boot it out of the stadium thing is risky and a bit greedy.

All that being said, not having Westoff on the sidelines hurt because ST is a motley crew of rookies, new additions and backups - they need to be watched like children and screamed at BEFORE they screw up, not after. David Bowens pulled that ole matador crap and Westy was in the booth. I don't know if he makes that same mistake with the cane on the sideline, i really don't. It's a mental game at heart and you have to want to tackle.

[LionelRichie]

I've been saying this since last year. The answer is simple physics - a returner catching a kickoff at the 5 yard time has less time post reception to look and find the lanes than a guy catching it 8 yards deep in the endzone. It also makes the coverage team cover more ground - couple that with the fact that a longer kickoff will likely be kicked like a line drive and not a lofting arc, it gives the returner more time to find the weakness.

if a kicker has to sacrifice hang time for distance i can understand this logic but that ugent kick was a monster. it was high and long and the team had plenty of time to make a play. bowens just whiffed and a few other guys took poor angles on the play. i will always take a kick 8 yds deep instead of the kicks last year that landed at the 8. that was poor execution plain and simple.

[SeniorFlaJet]

JC, regarding the Chad injury.

When Chad went down, I immediately heard a lot of groans in my area.

As he was trying to hobble to the sidelines he went down but when he got up again

there were a lot of cheers.

However the bulk of cheering happened when KC came into the game.

[JetCane]

JC, regarding the Chad injury.

When Chad went down, I immediately heard a lot of groans in my area.

As he was trying to hobble to the sidelines he went down but when he got up again

there were a lot of cheers.

However the bulk of cheering happened when KC came into the game.

Yep, the video i saw clearly, CLEARLY showed that the loudest roar occurred when the crowd saw Clemens running on to the field. That was a couple of seconds after CP got up and was hopping off the field. The roar was for Clemens, not for CP being hurt.

[Barton]

Yep, the video i saw clearly, CLEARLY showed that the loudest roar occurred when the crowd saw Clemens running on to the field. That was a couple of seconds after CP got up and was hopping off the field. The roar was for Clemens, not for CP being hurt.

No sh#t. I have no idea why the media and others have been killing Jets fans over this, its a total misunderstanding. Either that, or they just like to pile on us Jets fans. Probably alittle of both.