Week 5 Report Card

[Maxman]

Week 5 Report Card

Posted at 10:59 pm in Joe Grinwis, Jets Report Card by Administrator

Jets-24, Giants-35

by Joe Grinwis

Quarterback - F

Pennington - 21-36, 229 yards, TD, 3 INT

Chad threw three interceptions, two in the second half. The last one? A pick six for Giants rookie cornerback Aaron Ross with the Jets down 28-24 and driving with 3:15 remaining.

Running Backs - F

Jones - 13 carries, 36 yards

Washington - 9 carries, 13 yards

Oh where oh where has the running game gone, oh where oh where can it be? This was pathetic. 55 total rushing yards? Some can blame the offensive line all they want but there are plenty of times where both Jones and Washington are making stupid mistakes when the ball is in their hands on offense.

Wide Receivers - B

Coles - 8 receptions, 89 yards

B.Smith - 3 receptions, 44 yards, TD

Cotchery - 4 receptions, 31 yards

Laveranues Coles led the way, as usual, after returning from an early injury with eight grabs for 89 yards. Jerricho Cotchery had his least productive day of the year so far but Brad Smith stepped up and made a few very nice grabs, including his first ever touchdown in the NFL. Congrats Brad.

Tight Ends - B

Baker - 3 receptions, 52 yards

Chris Baker had his most yards in a game so far this season but no big play touchdown, unfortunately. Pretty good blocking in pass protection again for Chris but he is also part of an Offensive Line that cannot pave the way for the running game.

Offensive Line - C

Once again, Pennington was sacked just ONE TIME against a defensive line last week that had 12 sacks. Count ‘em, 12. As far as pass protection goes, this unit did one hell of a job. However, no run blocking is really hurting this team, or maybe its not the line, maybe its completely the backs. I don’t think it is.

Defensive Line - F

Brandon Jacobs (20 carries, 100 yards, TD) and Derrick Ward (13 carries, 56 yards, TD) ran up and down on this defense all day long and the line certainly did not help. When Eli Manning went back to pass he was barely pressured and it shows with this disgusting stat line: Defense: 0 sacks.

Linebackers - C-

Aside from Kerry Rhodes’ day, the linebackers were making all of the tackles for the defense. Victor Hobson, although not stat wise (6 tackles) played well as did rookie David Harris and Jonathan Vilma had an interception that set up a Mike Nugent field goal that gave the Jets a 17-7 lead at the half.

Secondary - B

Andre Dyson, please find a way next time, if you ever go up against him again, to tackle Plaxico Burress or at least push him out of bounds. That was just sad. Other than that, the secondary only allowed Eli Manning to throw for 186 yards when the front 7 could get barely any pressure on him. Kerry Rhodes led the Jets with 9 tackles, a forced fumble and a touchdown that gave the Jets an early 7-0 lead.

Special Teams - B+

Mike Nugent was 1-2 on field goals but this week three points was not the difference. Nugent also had a touchback, his fourth of the season. Benny Graham punted well and the unit did not allow a long return. Leon Washington sparked the Jets faithful with a 3rd quarter kickoff return for a touchdown to give the Jets a 24-14 lead. It was all down hill from there.

Coaching - C

The Giants offensive line was not that good and there is no reason that Mangini and or Sutton couldn’t find a way to put Eli Manning on his rear end at least a couple of times today. Decent Offensive play calling from Brian Schottenheimer, but with Chad Pennington at the helm the offense is not playing as well as it could be.

Stud of the Game: Kerry Rhodes

Dud of the Game: Chad Pennington

[joebabyny]

This came out quick, i heard 124 got a jump on it and wrote the first half in the parking lot this morning before going into the stadium for kickoff, bwahahaha

Messing with ya joe, didn't read it yet;)

[JetCane]

Special Teams - B+

Mike Nugent was 1-2 on field goals but this week three points was not the difference. Nugent also had a touchback, his fourth of the season. Benny Graham punted well and the unit did not allow a long return. Leon Washington sparked the Jets faithful with a 3rd quarter kickoff return for a touchdown to give the Jets a 24-14 lead. It was all down hill from there.

Okay, before i respond to this, let me say to 124:

LOL!

I'm just kidding with you, dude. Dont take it so cereally.

BUT, last week you wrote:

Special Teams - C

Mike Nugent missed a 37 yard field goal to end the first half and did not have a touchback. Ben Graham punted well minus one punt that was so-so that was, of course, right before the Bills’ first touchdown drive. No big returns today from Leon Washington, but no big returns from the Bills’ Terence McGee or Roscoe Parrish either.

Last week, Nugent's miss was the difference in the game, score-wise, so STs should have gotten a big, fat D, using your logic.

And though STs played better, and had a runback for a TD (which, going back to TC, was really due to superb blocking by the no-names Westhoff works so hard in practice), there is no way they get a B+.

That FG miss was a momentum shifter, and for a team that has as much difficulty as the Jets do putting drives together, you CAN NOT leave those points on the field.

Good job on the rest, i guess.

[124]

I don't know if there's that big of a difference from 20-7 or 17-7 at the half JC and thats why I went with a B+. Lowest I would've went was B. In the end, the Jets lost by 11.

[Irish Jet]

I don't know if there's that big of a difference from 20-7 or 17-7 at the half JC and thats why I went with a B+. Lowest I would've went was B. In the end, the Jets lost by 11.

But like you said last week the final score is irrelevent. Things would have been different, the gameplans differ, other plays would have been called. It could have been a totally different game.

[DonCorleone]

Week 5 Report Card

Posted at 10:59 pm in Joe Grinwis, Jets Report Card by Administrator

Jets-24, Giants-35

by Joe Grinwis

Quarterback - F

Pennington - 21-36, 229 yards, TD, 3 INT

Chad threw three interceptions, two in the second half. The last one? A pick six for Giants rookie cornerback Aaron Ross with the Jets down 28-24 and driving with 3:15 remaining.

Running Backs - F

Jones - 13 carries, 36 yards

Washington - 9 carries, 13 yards

Oh where oh where has the running game gone, oh where oh where can it be? This was pathetic. 55 total rushing yards? Some can blame the offensive line all they want but there are plenty of times where both Jones and Washington are making stupid mistakes when the ball is in their hands on offense.

Wide Receivers - B

Coles - 8 receptions, 89 yards

B.Smith - 3 receptions, 44 yards, TD

Cotchery - 4 receptions, 31 yards

Laveranues Coles led the way, as usual, after returning from an early injury with eight grabs for 89 yards. Jerricho Cotchery had his least productive day of the year so far but Brad Smith stepped up and made a few very nice grabs, including his first ever touchdown in the NFL. Congrats Brad.

Tight Ends - B

Baker - 3 receptions, 52 yards

Chris Baker had his most yards in a game so far this season but no big play touchdown, unfortunately. Pretty good blocking in pass protection again for Chris but he is also part of an Offensive Line that cannot pave the way for the running game.

Offensive Line - C

Once again, Pennington was sacked just ONE TIME against a defensive line last week that had 12 sacks. Count

[Irish Jet]

Decent Offensive play calling from Brian Schottenheimer, but with Chad Pennington at the helm the offense is not playing as well as it could be.

Are you sure you went to the right game????

The playcalling was beyond awful. Brad Smith in at QB twice on 3rd down, 2 manageable ones at that, thats a friggin joke.

INT by vilma before the half, Chad was after executing a near perfect drive. 30 seconds left and we call a draw, weak arm or not Chad could have done something there.

[NIGHT STALKER]

How do you give the QB an F and the receivers a B? They compliment each other. It's like giving the QB a B and the receivers an F...doesn't make sense.

And as far as Nugent goes...LOL. Put him on that Cowboys team last night and the boys lose.

[124]

How do you give the QB an F and the receivers a B? They compliment each other. It's like giving the QB a B and the receivers an F...doesn't make sense.

And as far as Nugent goes...LOL. Put him on that Cowboys team last night and the boys lose.

I love how two missed field goals have suddenly made Nugent hated again on this board. Amazing, just simply amazing.

The receivers are getting killed out there catching Eggboy's lame ducks. At least they are tough enough to come down with the ball more times than not and LC had one hell of a game and Brad Smith had his best day catching passes as a Jet. The receivers grade and Quarterback grade do not have much to do with each other in that sense.

[NIGHT STALKER]

I love how two missed field goals have suddenly made Nugent hated again on this board. Amazing, just simply amazing.

The receivers are getting killed out there catching Eggboy's lame ducks. At least they are tough enough to come down with the ball more times than not and LC had one hell of a game and Brad Smith had his best day catching passes as a Jet. The receivers grade and Quarterback grade do not have much to do with each other in that sense.

See, you younger guys have this love/hate thing with players. I don't hate or love any particular player. I don't "hate" Nugent, he's starting to remind me of the John Hall days...he's the PK that put this Jets fan on hypertension meds.

[Maxman]

See, you younger guys have this love/hate thing with players. I don't hate or love any particular player. I don't "hate" Nugent, he's starting to remind me of the John Hall days...he's the PK that put this Jets fan on hypertension meds.

Agreed it cracks me up. Let's defend half the team to our death and blast the other half. Gotta love it in a sick perverted kind of twisted way.

[AVM]

See, you younger guys have this love/hate thing with players. I don't hate or love any particular player. I don't "hate" Nugent, he's starting to remind me of the John Hall days...he's the PK that put this Jets fan on hypertension meds.

Whats up with our kickers anyways? Hall, Doug "I enjoy your pain" Brien, and Nugent. They're bipolar or something, one day they're clutch as all, the next 5 they couldn't kick it through goal posts a mile wide.

For the guys who have been around longer: Have we ever had a TRUELY clutch kicker in our history?

[Maxman]

Whats up with our kickers anyways? Hall, Doug "I enjoy your pain" Brien, and Nugent. They're bipolar or something, one day they're clutch as all, the next 5 they couldn't kick it through goal posts a mile wide.

For the guys who have been around longer: Have we ever had a TRUELY clutch kicker in our history?

Pat Leahy

[BP]

Whats up with our kickers anyways? Hall, Doug "I enjoy your pain" Brien, and Nugent. They're bipolar or something, one day they're clutch as all, the next 5 they couldn't kick it through goal posts a mile wide.

For the guys who have been around longer: Have we ever had a TRUELY clutch kicker in our history?

Pat Leahy

Leahy was horrible early on in 1978-1979, and then he came around and became very good. although I still remember him missing a chip shot in Chicago in a game that was all but over until the Bears ripped the ball out of Blair Thomas's hands at the end and won it. it cost the Jets the game.

Jim Turner