Monday, November 15, 2004

YOU PLAY TO WIN THE GAME!!!

Where do we start with this?
What can I say?

This is why this team that has not been in a Super Bowl in 35 years will never get to one. This is incomprehensible to lose this game when you have so much momentum. A 47 yard pass to Moss to put the ball deep in Baltimore territory late in the 2nd half. Jet fans always complain about not being aggressive enough on offense. But this is the time to just run the ball. Curtis had a great first half. Run ot down their throats.Worst case scenario, you get a field goal, you're up 17-0 going into halftime and you have the ball to start the 2nd half. Blame Herman, blame Hackett, Blame Lamont. They can all be blamed for that insane call, the HB option. That's the play? That's the play that Hackett decided makes the most sense in this spot? How does this guy have a job?

Now I'll quote what happened in the final minutes of the regulation. My thoughts in ()
"Trailing 17-14 with two minutes remaining in regulation, the Jets had a first down at the Ravens' 17-yard line. They took their first timeout with 55 seconds remaining and then Quincy Carter ran for a first down at the Baltimore 4-yard line. (Fine, looking good).
The next play was not run until 18 seconds remained on the clock, so the Jets inexplicably leaked away some 27 seconds off the clock for no good reason.
After a LaMont Jordan run to the Baltimore 3-yard line, the Jets called their second timeout with 14 seconds remaining (OK, you still have 2 shots at the endzone).
Carter then threw an incomplete pass, leaving the Jets with a third-and-goal from the 3-yard line, 8 seconds remaining and a timeout (Run the ball now).
That's when, with the clock already stopped from the incomplete pass, the Jets called their final timeout with those 8 seconds remaining and opted to kick the game-tying FG to send the game into OT (Is this happening?).
Edwards explained afterward that the play had gotten to the huddle in plenty of time, but he could see the play clock winding down as Carter broke the huddle and headed to the line of scrimmage. Edwards then conceded that, because on the second-down play the Ravens had it covered so well and pressured Carter, he "didn't want to take the chance" with 8 seconds remaining on third down to try to win the game before kicking the FG on fourth down."

Herman, are we playing to win the game?
And to kick the FG on 3rd down with 5 seconds left? Are we playing to win the game?
AND OT was really a formality. The defense did what they could. But the offense was dead in the water. It was a matter of time. And you knew Matt Stover was not missing the field goal.

I know they're 6-3. But 8 teams in the AFC are 6-3 or better. We've got Cleveland on the road next week. If we lose that one, it's probably over. This was a horrifying loss. It goes straight to the coaches on this one. You can't be a championship team and lose games like this. It's that simple. Just another stick it up your rear end loss for the New York Football Jets.

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