The New Guy
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Ari got the ball w/ 10 1/2 to play in the 3rd, scored a TD w/ under 3 mins to play. They had two possessions prior to the score changing to 28-17- the fumble for the TD on their 2nd play of the 2nd half and then a drive where they had 2 penalties for 15 yds. where were they supposed to run the ball?
That is part of the point. In a 4 point game, the D allowed a 6 1/2 plus drive that ended in a TD. How about the 7 possessions in the first half? It is not just about the opportunity to run the ball. The Falcons had opportunities to run the ball, they just couldn't do it very well. Against AZ they had 24 carries for 60 yards. That is a 2.5 average.
For your reference, while the Jets did run it well overall they didn't have great 1st halves running it outside of 1 play at Cincy '09 and Ind '10.
1st half rush yds:
2009 playoffs:
at Cincy: 15-72, 4.8 avg. Looks great but remove the 39 yd TD and it's 14-33 and a 2.4 YPC. Not exactly churning the yardage out.
at SD: 14-45, 3.2 YPC
at Ind: 17-46, 2.7 YPC
2010 playoffs:
at Ind: 13-74, 5.7
at NE: 14-56, 4 YPC
at Pit: 5-3 yds, .6 YPC
totals: 78-296, 3.8 YPC
But the Jets did have a 39 yard run for a TD against the Bengals. I'm not talking about games that the Jets lost. In the games they won they averaged 4.8, 3.2, 5.7 and 4 YPC in the first half alone. The Jets didn't run the ball very well in the 2 playoff games they lost.
AT Ind: 29-86-0 2.9 YPC
AT Pitt: 22-70-0 3.1 YPC
Those numbers are still better than anything the Falcons ever got from their running game. The Jets got big plays from their running game. The 37 yard TD against the Bengals, the 53 yard rushing TD against the Chargers, the 23 yard run against Indy, and a 20 yard run agasint NE. Those are the longs of each game.
The Falcons had a long of 8 yards against AZ, 12 yards against the Packers and a long of 13 yards against the Giants.
It doesn't matter where that first TO was, he gave a great offense the ball back and prevented his team from getting at least 3 pts. Ryan's INTs gave GB the momentum to pull away.
Sure it does. There is a big difference between a pick 6 and a turnover where the other team starts at their own 20 and still scores. One is all on the QB, and the other the D gets part of the blame.
Ummm how about after the D gave up a FG to Peyton manning and Indy Sanchez led us to a chip shot GW FG to win ON THE ROAD at the Colts in the '10 WC game?
Yes, I remember that. Thanks to Cromartie's great kickoff return, he didn't have to go very far. Sanchez was 18 of 31 for 189 yards 0 TDs and 1 Int in that game. The Jets ran 38 times for 169 yards and 2 TDs. He only had 20 more passing yards than the Jets ran for, and his D held the Colts to 17 points. That pretty much sums up how Sanchez wins.
I'm talking about the last 4 years not ben's first 4 years.
If Sanchez had won a Super Bowl and 3 division titles in his first 4 seasons, I would cut him a little slack. Pitt has been down these last 2 years, but with Ben, they have been to the playoff 6 out of 9 season. They have 4 AFCC game Apps. 3 Super Bowl Apps and 2 Super Bowl wins. Just because they have only been the the playoffs 2 times since 2009 doesn't mean that the Jets are consistent winners like the Steelers.
The Jets never attempted to get Peyton.
Because he told them that he wasn't going to play there. The Jets were interested in Manning.
He nearly brought them down from 24-0 down at Pitt. He led us to a double digit lead in Indy. Our defense was the main reason we lost both of those games. mark played well enough to win both if our D stepped up. If our D played like the Giant Ds of '07 and '11 we make the SB both times.
He was a big part of the Jets being down 24-0 against Pitt in the first place. He led his offense to 0 second half points against Indy.