For the second consecutive week, the Jets were uncompetitive. For the third consecutive week, the Jets were uncreative offensively. Blame injuries all you want, the fact is it wouldn't have mattered if the Jets had a healthy Sam Darnold under center against Cleveland on Monday night, and against New England on Sunday, because the Jets would still be in the same predicament.
0 and 3 with the season all but over!
The Jets were nonexistent against the Patriots from the word go. It was like the Jets had listened to all the pundits and decided to literally not get off the bus when it arrived at the doorsteps of Gillette Stadium.By games end, the Jets managed only six first downs; 105 yards of offense; were 0-for-12 on third down, and whose longest play of the entire game was 23 yards. That was it. It was humiliating, embarrassing, ridiculous.
Many compared Luke Falk to Tom Brady during the week because both were drafted with the 199th pick in the sixth round, (granted some 19 years apart), but that is where the comparisons start and end. Falk had no chance Sunday. He was under duress all day, completing only 12 passes for 98 yards and an interception. He was sacked five times.
Almost every pass that Falk threw was of the underneath variety, as once again Head Coach Adam Gase, the so-called quarterback whisper hid behind his play sheet as he refused to extend plays, refused to gamble with a third string quarterback and a battered offensive line, and refused to show any confidence in the players he had on the field.
Meanwhile, the Patriots did whatever they wanted. With 13:34 to go in the second quarter, the Patriots scored their third touchdown of the day to build a 20-0 lead, before taking their foot off the pedal. If the Patriots wanted to score 50 points, or even challenge the NFL record for points in a game, they could have done so easily. The Jets were not stopping them.
Bill Belichick took pity on the Jets, and you know it's bad when the head coach who has hated the Jets for over 20 years, is taking pity on the sorry state of Adam Gase's ball club. Heck the Patriots didn't even have all their weapons, as Julian Edelman left the game with an apparent chest injury after hauling in a three-yard touchdown from Tom Brady in the second quarter. And of course Antonio Brown was released by New England on Friday ending his stay.
Hence the problem with the Jets. They just flat out stink. Yes, they are missing key pieces on both sides of the ball, it a good team that is well coached can overcome injuries. The Jets are neither. They are bad team, and they are not well coached.
When Sam Darnold returns to the lineup in two weeks (assuming he does) does anyone in their right mind think it will get any better? The Eagles are not going to be pushovers for the Jets. Neither will the Cowboys, or the Patriots in the rematch. This team is destined for 0-6. Heck 2-14 seems likely with the effort this team gives on a weekly basis.
With all of the bad coaches the Jets have had over the years, it is not unreasonable to think that Adam Gase could be on the hot seat after three weeks. The team is unprepared, unmotivated, and there has already been rumblings of ranker in the ranks with Jamal Adams supposedly demanding a trade with his antics after the Browns game.
This team is a fiasco.
And we thought the Giants and Mets were the biggest messes in New York City?
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