It may have been a matter of time before Darrelle Revis felt some growing pains of returning to an NFL field after holding out for a month and a half from training camp.
Thursday, Revis missed parts of practice after feeling tightness in his hamstring. As a precatuion the Jets limited Revis in practice. NJ.COM.
Rex Ryan confirmed that it was not a hamstring injury or tear, and that Revis will play Sunday against the Patriots and will cover wide receiver Randy Moss.
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I read some commentary of yours elsewhere on Mark Sanchez's dinky throws (a result of timid offensive strategy, or lack thereof, in my opinion), and thought I'd add my two cents here. You obviously are not blinded by what I call "Pennington goggles" like most Jets fans (deluding themselves into thinking a QB is good because he completes lots of passes and wins games in an ugly manner)--instead, you seem quite perceptive.
Take today's game against the Patriots--Sanchez was abysmal, and only completed a ton of weak, wobbly, non-crisp, non-precise throws because the Pat's defense, and specifically their secondary, is (or at least was today) timid. A decent defense would have picked off and knocked down many of Sanchez's throws. The Pats defenders left the Jets' players wide open, with way too much space, to make ugly short play after ugly short play.
The only good football in this game was the Pat's first half offense, which was spread out, stretched downfield, disciplined, and self-assertive--and it prospered with Brady's sharp, precise passes, such as his gorgeously placed laser to Wes Welker for the TD in the right corner of the endzone. In the second half, the Pats became timid and wild on offense, running and going for dinky Jets-like weak, short throws too much; they stopped going after their bread-and-butter medium range laser passes.
Feel free to email me at jgold22@gmail.com (or just comment here) if you'd like to exchange some thoughts on football or sports in general. I actually don't watch much though, as I find most teams today to have no basic self-assertive strategy, instead trying to scratch unearned wins any ugly way possible, thereby going against the nature and structure of the game and taking the genuine excitement out of the game, which only smart strategy and aggressive playcalling can give.
That's why I like watching the Patriots--because Belichick, at least on offense (most of the time), has smart strategy and is aggressive--with wide formations and making sure his players master the fundamentals and execution, e.g., good route running and Brady's reputation for throwing a ton of balls in practice to keep his throws sharp and precise.
The former Rams' offense under Martz as Offense Coordinator and Coach, and the former Ravens' defense when they won the Super Bowl several years ago are two other teams that come to mind when one thinks of that strategic, self-assertive approach.
-Jason Goldsmith
Thanks for your thoughts Jason.
I'm not totally sold on Sanchez, a lot of his passes in the Pats game were of the short dink dunk variety, mostly toward the sidelines. I was at the game, and waiting for him to make the big mistake, but he never did.
I can't say he wasn't percise, I thought he was very accurate. His throws were crisp, and he had some great bullet passes in the game.
The Patriots are a terrible defense, and maybe a bad football team this year.
We will learn a lot about the Jets week in Miami for the Dolphins(2-0) home opener.
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