OK, but what's your beef with the playcalling? Are you suggesting that if we had just continued throwing we would've sauntered right into the end zone? Are you saying that calling a run play where the blocking got annihilated was a bad play call? Are you saying that calling a screen pass where the blocking sucked was a bad playcall? Sounds like you're playing the result in an attempt to explain away poor execution.
All but the screenplay, yes.
Yes, the running plays sucked.
Running Faulk out of shotgun is effective. Running BJGE from a running formation--much less so.
And it wasn't tried once, it was tried multiple times.
Look at this in the 4th qtr, it happened AFTER the Jets stoned our running plays (and our series) twice already in the third:
1st and 10 at NE 11 (Shotgun) T.Brady pass incomplete short right to R.Moss. PENALTY on NYJ-A.Cromartie, Illegal Contact, 5 yards, enforced at NE 11 - No Play.
1st and 10 at NE 16 K.Faulk left end to NE 24 for 8 yards (D.Coleman). NE-K.Faulk was injured during the play.
2nd and 2 at NE 24 B.Green-Ellis left guard to NE 26 for 2 yards (S.Pouha).
1st and 10 at NE 26 (Shotgun) T.Brady pass incomplete deep left to A.Crumpler.
2nd and 10 at NE 26 B.Green-Ellis right guard to NE 29 for 3 yards (M.Devito, S.Ellis).
3rd and 7 at NE 29 (Shotgun) T.Brady pass incomplete deep right to R.Moss.
4th and 7 at NE 29 Z.Mesko punts 38 yards to NYJ 33, Center-J.Ingram. J.Leonhard to NYJ 37 for 4 yards (M.Slater).
Brady is to blame here for the throw to Crumpler. The 3rd down play is a write-off because the jets were in dime and everyone was covered. Faulk ran out of shotgun. But BJGE twice? 2.5 yard average?
Then I look at passing throughout the second half. Brady's short throws were mostly on target and kept the offense moving. We had only two series in Jets territory, and both series were pass heavy. They got down there by passing. Both ended badly (INT and fumble) but the first was stalled initially by two running plays. The second was a hurry-up obviously.
I think we can break the second half down like this: those of us who had little faith in BJGE denting the Jets run defense would have preferred short passes. We look like idiots though when others point out Brady's long throws to Moss (3 of them) that ended up producing nothing. All three throws, however, were on 3rd and long situations.
Did Brady make bad throws? Yes, one to Gronk, one to Crumpler, and maybe the second INT to Moss (though AndyJohnson seems to think it was a good throw). That being said, the coordinators had a hand in the ineptitude.