Talkin' Jets With The Birdman

They said we had no chance. We couldn't go into Buffalo and win. The Buffalo pass rush would be too much for the young Jets offensive line.

Well, ya know what? We WON. We are 2-0 on the road and 2-1 overall and tied with New England for 1st Place in the division. So, how do you like them apples.

Let's start with the offensive line. They may not be making any holes for the running backs but they sure protected Pennington yesterday. The crew that had 7 sacks the prior week got ZERO vs the Jets line yesterday. I still am concerned with the running game and am NOT a fan of Running Back By Committee. Pick a running back and stay with one. Running backs need to get into a groove and when they are not in every play, they can't get into that groove. There were a few positives. The 4th and 1 QB sneak by Chad gaining about 4 yards on a second effort instead of just the one yard needed. Then, another 3rd down situation and Leon Washington had a great run only to be called back by an illegal man down field penality. Still, it was a nice run.

The throwing game was not as good as it was the past two weeks but Chad lead the team to scores when it was needed. It was very nice to see a Tight End catch a TD as that has been very rare in these parts the last 10 or so years. You have to love the tandem of Cotchery and Coles. They may not have had any long catches but they made the catches that were thrown to them.

As for the defense, yeah, they made us sweat a bit down the stretch when it became a 1 score game but that wouldn't be the Jets not to make you sweat it out a bit. I'm not a fan of the 3-4 as we don't get much pass rush unless we have a CB Blitz and the LBs are so far off the line that the oppossing running back runs for about 6 yards before we can even attempt to tackle him. But, I love the play of Kerry Rhodes. He's turning out to be a great mid-round draft pick with his forced fumbles yesterday. I was a bit disappointed in Vilma not scooping up the ball and running for a TD on a fumble but at least he picked up the ball and was able to change the battle for field position. And how about Victor Hobson getting a defensive TD even though his foot went out of bounds on the 2 yard line. The officials totally missed that one but it's nice to have the ball bounce in our direction once in a while.

So, who would have thought that we'd be 2-1 and a few less mistakes last week and we could have beaten New England Are we a good team? That remains to be seen. But will we be one of the worst teams in the league as many predicted, I believe the answer to that is NO.