This was a pretty easy win for the Jets at home.  Chad Pennington had one of his best games of the season as he completed 24 of 31 passes for 286 yards and a TD.  The Jets had a hard time running the football against the Texans.  Leon Washington led the way with 17 yards on 5 carries (3.4 ypc).  Cedric Houston had a rough go of it with 11 carries for 13 yards (1.2 ypc) and a TD.  Lauveranues Coles had a great game with 9 receptions for 111 yards and a TD.  Jerricho Cotchery also had a good game with 7 catches for 110 yards.

Kerry Rhodes led the way on the defense with 12 tackles and an interception.  LB Victor Hobson also played well as he had 11 tackles.  The Jets were tough against the run, holding the Texans to 25 yards rushing on 14 carries (1.8 ypc).  The Texans completed 39 of 54 passes for 307 net yards passing.

The Jets got a huge win and improve to 6-5 on the season.

The Jets really couldn’t get anything going against the Bears tough defense yesterday.  Chad Pennington completed 19 of 35 passes for 162 yards and 2 INTs.  Cedric Houston ran well, as he carried the ball 11 times for 50 yards (4.5 ypc).  Leon Washington had a rough game with 13 carries for 22 yards (1.7 ypc).  Lauveranues Coles had a good game with 8 catches for 80 yards.  Tim Dwight caught 5 passes for 40 yards and carried the ball once for 28 yards.

Kerry Rhodes (9 tackles, sack) and Victor Hobson (9 tackles) led the way on a good defensive effort by the Jets.  The Jets had a rough time with the Bears running game as the Bears carried the ball 35 times for 173 yards (4.9 ypc).  The Bears only completed 11 of 22 passes for 111 net yards passing.

The Jets fought hard but failed because the offense just isn’t that good for the Jets this season.

The Chicago Bears rebounded in a big way from their first loss of the season with a 38-20 beat-down of the Giants on the same field they will play on this week.  The Jets have won 3 of their last 4 games, including a rousing upset victory at New England to pull them with one game of the lead in the AFC East.

Look for the Bears to come out running the ball with Thomas Jones (725 yards rushing) and throwing short passes to Mushin Muhammad (41 rec, 566 yards) and Desmond Clark (30 rec, 431 yards).  The Jets are very poor against the run allowing 143.0 yards rushing per game and 4.5 yards per carry.  As soon as the safeties creep up for the Jets, look for Grossman to try to go deep to Mark Bradley who had a good game last week.  The Jets may try to blitz more than usual, because Grossman doesn’t play well when he gets hit hard a few times, tending to throw the ball up for grabs.

The Jets would be smart to run the ball alot with Kevan Barlow and Leon Washington, as Tiki Barber ran all over them last week.  The Bears only allow 98.3 yards rushing per game but 4.3 yards per carry….so it can be done.  Pennington must be careful when throwing the ball down the field as the Bears already have 13 INTs and hold opposing QBs to a 60.2 rating.  Look for the Jets to throw alot of short passes to negate the Bears strong pass rush.

The Bears are the much better team here and they will win this game with ease as long as they don’t turn the ball over.

The Jets have cut the Patriots lead in the AFC East to one game with a fantastic win on the road in New England.  Chad Pennington completed 22 of 33 passes for 168 yards with 1 TD and 1 INT.  Kevan Barlow carried the bulk of the running load with 17 carries for 75 yards (4.4 ypc) and a TD.  Leon Washington carried the ball 9 times for 35 yards (3.9 ypc).  Jerricho Cotchery had a big game with 6 catches for 70 yards and a TD.  Justin McCareins pitched in with 3 receptions for 31 yards.  Laveranues Coles caught 5 passes for 29 yards.

Kerry Rhodes led an opportunistic Jets’ defense with 10 tackles & a fumble recovery.  Safety Erik Coleman also had a huge game with 9 tackles and an interception.  The Patriots ran the ball well against the Jets with 25 carries for 143 yards (5.7 ypc).  The Patriots completed 25 of 37 passes for 234 net yards passing.

 

The Jets are 4-4, but they haven’t beaten a good team this whole season.  They played tough against the Patriots in the first game played between these two teams, but lost 24-17.  The Patriots are coming off of a tough loss last Sunday night against the Colts and should be focused this week.

Look for the Jets to try to run the football against the Patriots with Leon Washington (397 yards rushing) and Kevan Barlow (252 yards rushing), but it won’t be easy because the Patriots only allow 75.1 yards rushing per game and 3.2 yards per carry.  If Pennington gets the time to throw the ball and his shoulder feels good (it looks pretty weak lately) he could have a little success through the air.  Lauveranues Coles (46rec, 606 yards) and Jerricho Cotchery (35 rec, 461 yards) could have good games, but Pennington will have to be careful.

The Patriots will attack the soft Jets run defense with rookie Laurence Maroney (458 yards rushing) and Corey Dillon (381 yards rushing).  The Jets run defense has allowed 143.0 yards rushing and 4.4 yards per carry this season as it’s adjusting to the 3-4 defense.  After the run is established look for Tom Brady to attack the Jets deep with his play-action passing. 

Look for the Patriots to kick the Jets butt on Sunday.  The Jets can’t stop the run and that is the Patriots strength on offense.  Also, look for Tom Brady to rebound from his tough game last Sunday against the Colts.

Chad Pennington has played much better than the Jets could have expected after he’d been so banged up the last couple of seasons.  Chad has lacked the zip on his short passes which has resulted in some interceptions.  Pennington has completed 62.4% of his passes for 1, 558 yards with 9 TDs and 8 INTs.  Pennington has a QB rating of 82.3 which is about league average.  The Jets really need a running game to protect Pennington because his arm will fall off if he has to throw the ball 35-40 times a game.

Curtis Martin tried to comeback and ran pain-free when he ran in a straight line, but when he tried to cut he felt big-time pain.  The Jets decided to call it a season for Martin, but Martin refused to retire saying that he might want to play next season.

The Jets are 4-4 because of the weak schedule they have played this season.  The second half will be much tougher, so the Jets had better work on their running game on offense.  Leon Washington has run the ball well as a rookie, but Kevan Barlow had been a huge disappoinment.  The Jets need to run the ball better so that they can protect Chad Pennington (whose arm is looking a little weak) and their horrible defense.  It usually takes time to adjust to the 3-4 defense, but this is getting ridiculous.  The Jets are allowing 143.0 yards rushing and 4.4 yards per carry.  The Jets pass defense has been nothing to write home about either, allowing 216.1 net yards passing per game.

Did any of my fellow green backs happen to check out the segment on Total access called Officials review?  If didnt it was a total let down on how the officials make so called “judgement” calls.  It is totally mindnumbing to set there and listen to this head official tell Rich Eisen that the call was way to close to even discuss in a indepth manner, when quite frankly it was obvious that Chris Baker would have caught his first TD of the season to tie the game in Cleveland.  In this case I attended the game in person but was on the opposite end where this event occurred but still able to see it on the jumbotron made me believe that the Jets would have been able to even the score.  In closing I would like to say thanks for letting me vent to anyone reading this, I bleed green and hate anyone playing my beloved J-E-T-S!!!!                  seriously green,   Chuck…