Bring Back KotiteIt's 6:50 and I just got back from the Jets game after driving from New Jersey to Brooklyn where I had dropped off my son, and then back to Queens.
I don't have time to write in detail and won't until at least late tomorrow and likely mid-week, because unlike Jets coach Herm Edwards, I play to win the game - specifically, in my case, I litigate to win cases.
For now, briefly, this was Edwards' worst performance as Jets coach. He has mishandled games before, usually in dramatic fashion, but today he consistently made terrible decisions. Justin Miller returning punts - or impersonating a punt returner - the bizarre timeouts stopping the clock no less than three times for the Jaguars, and the use of a quarterback who either could not or was not allowed to throw the ball were among the idiotic decisions Herm made today, as was the continued overuse of Curtis Martin runs up the middle.
GM Terry Bradway's offseason nap predictably proved devastating as well. Bradway did nothing as his offensive line weakened in the offseason, instead signing Derrick Blaylock to a contract that makes Blaylock the highest paid backup running back in the NFL despite almost never actually running the ball. In the meantime, the Jets offensive line is failing to open any holes on runs, is picking up holding penalty after holding penalty - generally following the rare downfield completion - and worst of all, is getting the Jet quarterbacks killed.
I also was not at all impressed with Ty Law today. He looked a step slow on several Jacksonville third down conversions.
Finally - for now - the Jets fans are lousy. Many if not most were gone by the middle of the fourth quarter.
I'll have more in the next couple of days.
posted on 9/25/2005
