It was time to take revenge on the Dolphins for embarrassing us with their Wildcat offense just 20 days ago.
We were home coming off a dominating win out west and hoping to bury the Dolphins and get to 5-3 for the first half of the season.
Things didn't go as planned. After starting out the season at 3-0, we've not fallen apart and are just 4-4 at the midway point of the season.
We dominated on both sides of the ball. Heck...our defense gave up just 104 yards ALL game long.
On offense, Sanchez went 20 for 35, 265 yards and 2 TD passes as well as running it in for another one.
We outgained them in yardage 378 yards to a pathetic 104 yards.
But the blunders killed us. In just the 3rd quarter alone, we gave up TWO 100+ yard kickoff returns to the same guy. That's a 14 point gift. We also gave up a fumble by Shon Greeen for a TD. That's another 7 point gift. All in all, we gave them 21 points in gifts in the 3rd quarter.
And the coaches made just as many blunders. When down 11 points in the 3rd quarter, you don't need a 2 point conversion. Go for 1. There is too much game left to be played. By missing the 2 point conversion which the Jets never convert, we had to go for 2 on the next TD which we also missed. If we went for 1 on the first TD and 1 on the second TD, then the end of the game would have been just to kick a field goal to tie the game. Coaching like that is inexcusable. And what was worse...we wasted a time out on a failed 2-pt conversion play. What a joke ! The fish went 12+ minutes between offensive snaps that 3rd quarter and wound up with 21 points. Yes, you heard me. I said TWENTY ONE points !
The coaches made more mistakes as well. In the 4th quarter, it looked like we had a fumble recovery and we didn't even challenge? Who knows if a whistle was blown but you at least have to throw the red flag.
So, it's the end of the game and we are down by 5 (should have been three if we kicked extra points). We have the ball on the 12 yard line and it's first down. We run the ball on first down. Sanchez runs on 2nd down and almost breaks thru but doesn't. We get sacked on 3rd down. And we throw a desperate pass on 4th down that was incomplete. When you are on the 12 yard line to win the game, why are we running for 4 yards on 1st down? Take chances at the endzone. Why limit your chances to get a touchdown by running plays that is only going to get you closer to the endzone? The play needs to be in the endzone.
Many of the 3rd downs all game were passes thrown well short of the 1st down marker. This has been a big beef I'd had with Schottenheimer in his tenor here in NY. When you need 8 yards for a first down, why do we only throw the ball 5 or 6 yards. You need to design plays that gets you to the first down marker. And why do we ALWAYS run on 1st down? We get put in 2nd and 3rd and longs every drive. Can we change it up a bit?
The big positive of the game was Jay Feely making two Field Goals with one being a 55 yarder. He also recorded two tackles.
We were supposed to squish the fish and all we did was squish our chances of making the playoffs and showing the league that we could win a big game.
Notes:
1. Sanchez has gone two straight games without a turnover.
2. Ginn became the first player in NFL history to score two kickoff-return touchdowns of 100 or more yards in the same game, He's the first player to return two kickoffs for a touchdown in the same quarter since Travis Williams of Green Bay did it in 1967
3. The Jets had last given up a touchdown on a kickoff return in 2007.
4. During special teams coach Mike Westhoff's nine-year tenure, the Jets had given up three before Sunday.
5. Miami swept the series from the Jets for the first time since 03'.
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