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Posted: Sun 0:07, 14 Nov 2010 Post subject: Shonn Greene Jersey |
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On Sunday, the Jets should be able to expose a Lions defense that ranks 27th in the league against the run (130.4 ypg).
Despite trailing only 3-0 at halftime, the Jets continued to air it out in the second half. (They committed two penalties after intermission, by the way). Tomlinson and [link widoczny dla zalogowanych][/u] combined for 10 carries for 40 yards in the second half. Sanchez threw it 18 times in the third and fourth quarters.
"(The Packers) did a good job with eight or sometimes nine guys coming down there to play the run," Ryan said.
The Jets committed three penalties on seven first-half drives that created 1st-and-15, 2nd-and-15 and 1st-and-20 situations.
For all the new offensive toys at the Jets' disposal, their temptation to stray from their ground-and-pound roots has been evident at times this season. [link widoczny dla zalogowanych][/u]
Schottenheimer dialed up 21 pass plays in the first half alone. On the other hand, LaDainian Tomlinson and [link widoczny dla zalogowanych][/u] had 12 carries for 36 yards in the first two quarters. (Brad Smith had one Wildcat run). All this from a team with the league's second-best rushing attack at 159 yards per game.
Look no further than last Sunday's shutout loss to the Packers when the Jets inexplicably deviated from their rushing hallmark. The result was one ugly goose egg.
Rex Ryan's commitment to excellence should come with its own moniker: "Just Run, Baby."
Ryan and some of the players cited untimely penalties for forcing offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer's play-calling hand. However, the Jets had plenty of chances to ground and pound the Packers into submission. They simply chose not to.
That's hardly surprising. Every opponent loads up the box against the Jets. Most of the time, it doesn't matter. The offensive line has a track record of paving the way for high rushing totals no matter how many defenders it needs to block.
Then again, the Packers were vulnerable, too.
"As a play caller, it changes how you call plays at that point," right tackle Damien Woody said of the penalties. "I think that right there dictated (Schottenheimer's) play-calling as far as the run game is concerned."
The Jets opted not to attack a Green Bay defense that ranked in the bottom third of the league against the run. Excluding the final two meaningless snaps of the game, two reverses and a fake punt, the Jets had an eye-opening 62:38 pass-to-run split in a game that it trailed by one possession for all but the final 32 seconds.
The influx of pass-catching threats has turned the Jets into a more balanced offense than a year ago when it was ground and pound 59% of the time. Through seven games, the Jets have only seven more runs than passes.
As the weather turns colder and the Meadowlands winds kick up,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the most effective strategy may be to lean on arguably the best run-blocking line in the league. It'll be up to Schottenheimer to simplify the offense without making it predictable. "I think we're going to be who we are," Ryan said. "We're not going to change who we are one bit." [link widoczny dla zalogowanych][/u]
Jets find when Brian Schottenheimer strays from calling run plays against Packers, offense stalls
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