Disgusted

The last time the Jets were in Oakland, Mark Sanchez was on the sideline eating hotdogs in a 38-0 blowout.

This time, Sanchez and Co. suffered indigestion.

This could have been the ugliest game in the Rex Ryan era.

Is it me or are the Jets supposed to have this “great” defense that no one can run on? Darren McFadden had more yards in this game on the ground than I think the Jets have had rushing this entire season. Where was the tackling? The Jets were playing against an average NFL quarterback at best so you had to know, with Cromartie and Revis in the secondary, that they were going to try and run. With that being the case, I still don’t understand how we couldn’t stop the bleeding.

Cromartie was horrible with four penalities, a terrible fumble on a kickoff return, and a missed tackle on one of the long TD Runs. Of those four penalities, maybe two were questionable but it was still a horrific game. There were seven penalities overall which is bad considering we have a penalty free game to start the season. The worst call of the game had to be the Jets getting called for roughing the quarterback when he was barely touched. We actually got lucky that there were off-setting penalities on that play but it was still one of the worst calls of the year.

Everything was so piss poor in this game I don’t even know where to begin. Our pass rush is non existent. So, when it’s not a running play, the opposing quarterback has all day to throw the ball. It’s amazing how we can’t generate much of a rush. We couldn’t even get to the quarterback when we were blitzing. But, it didn’t matter since the Jets had the worst run stopping game in 3 years.

It’s amazing that we even had a 10 point lead in the first half only to quickly squander it away right before halftime.

The offense was better than the defense but I’m still not happy with the performance. Aren’t we supposed to be a ground and pound running team? We can barely get 2 yards per carry in most cases. We can’t run up the middle. We are mostly in 2nd and long and 3rd and long due to the lack of any running game. Most of this has got to be our pathetic offensive line. Fanaca has been gone for two years but it’s amazing the drop off from Damien Woody retiring. With both of these guys gone, Slausen and Hunter aren’t good enough to make the holes and protect the quarterback. There is either a penalty by either of these guys, or them miss a block putting Sanchez under pressure. And if that doesn’t happen, they don’t create any holes for the running game. This puts us into passing situations way more than I would like. You know something is wrong when Sanchez is throwing the ball 43 times for almost 370 yards. The Jets need a balanced attack to win games. Yes, Sanchez had a bad interception but he’s trying to make things happen because the offense doesn’t move otherwise. Maybe it’s Schottenheimer’s crappy play calling which I’ve had problems with over the years but I think it’s now a combination of poor play calling and lack of talent on the offensive line. And, I’m over Vladimir Ducasse. This guy is in his 2nd year and can’t even get into the game ahead of Slausen and Hunter whch makes me believe that Ducasse sucks. The loss of Mangold definitely didn’t help matters but I don’t think Dixon was the reason for the lack of protection and running game.

And the scary thing, despite how poorly we played, we still had a chance at the end. For a team that can’t run the ball, they call a QB draw on 4th and goal only to have Sanchez fall a yard short with his knee touching the ground. The announcers had it correct as well: KICK THE FIELD GOAL and try to get the ball back on an on-sides kick. Seven points does you NO good when you need 10 and instead they wind up with ZERO.

You would think that the Jets would play with some kind of urgency. They knew the Patriots had lost. They knew that the Ravens and Patriots were next. They know that they haven’t had a home playoff game due to losing to inferior teams like the Raiders and what do they do? They lay an egg in Oakland and now head into these two games where they MUST win one of the season could spiral out of control.

Maybe Sanchez should have eaten that hot dog when up by 10 points!

NOTES:
Darren McFadden, 177 yards, became only the third player to rush for 100 or more yards against the Jets in the Rex Ryan era He also notched the MOST rushing yards against the Jets since 2009.

Sanchez completed 27 of 43 passes for a career-high 369 yards

Tomlinson later caught an 18-yard TD pass for his 160th career touchdown.

McFadden got the Raiders back into it when he bolted around left end for a 70-yard run that was the longest against them since 1998.

Cromartie left with a rib injury and was undergoing X-rays. He committed four penalties to go with his fumble.

The previous high for a rushing yards in a game against Ryan's Jets was 153 by New Orleans in 2009.