I wouldn’t give him too much credit. The Jets are really that bad. Same old play calling as usual, a lot of the same thing he’s been getting crap for, it’s just this week they played a Swiss cheese defense and they finally had a competent oline.
The Jets absolutely are not "really that bad". No NFL team should beat another NFL team like the Pats beat the Jets yesterday. Going into yesterday's game...
- The Jets' D allowed opponents an average of 24.2 points a game. The Pats scored *54*.
- The Jets' D allowed opponents an average of 372.8 yards a game. The Pats gained *551*.
- The Jets' D allowed opponents an average of 23 first downs a game. The Pats had *32*.
And in some ways, the Jets' offense actually helped out a little more than normal. The Jets' offense through five games had averaged 267 yards and 15.6 first downs. Yesterday they gained 299 and had 18 first downs.
Pats' possessions yesterday:
- 4 plays, 65 yds, TD
- 7 plays, 53 yds, TD
- 8 plays, 41 yds, FG
- 12 plays, 73 yds, TD
- 11 plays, 72 yds, TD
- 9 plays, 43 yds, FG
- 4 plays, 32 yds, punt
- 5 plays, 43 yds, FG
- 4 plays, 53 yds, TD
- 9 plays, 78 yds, TD
That's what Alabama does to Louisiana Tech, not what one NFL team does to another. The Jets are bad, no doubt about that. But NO NFL team is *that* bad, not by a long shot. Hell, just two games prior, the Jets beat Tennessee 27-24.
There's no way to downplay how good the Patriots were yesterday. Would they have been able to do THAT against the Rams? No. But they shouldn't have been able to do THAT against ANY team in the NFL. But they did. It was a fantastic performance, period. No qualifiers.