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Read 'em and weep. I know many of you refuse to read him for obvious reasons, but nothing smarmy from Borges today. Just the ugly facts. This game was lost before the kickoff because the teams strength (offense) was not put in a position to win. Epic coaching failure set the offense up to fail. They were prepped for man and faced a day of increasingly disciplined deception via zone similar to what Manning faced the previous week... I saw Rap tweet yesterday afternoon that after watching 4.5 hours of tape Borges had reported that the WR were not getting open due to a combination of bumps and chips disrupting timing compounded by ensuing miscalculation as to what coverage they were actually facing (kudos to the JETS D for maintaining disguise discipline even post snap while mixing it up continually).
And while the defense played well in spurts early on, what they increasingly failed to do was make the big stop or stop the big gain play or get any significant pressure on Sanchez at critical junctures. Of course they were increasingly set up to fail field position wise by the offense and ST. That a fake punt option is even in play on your own 38 down 4 with a minute to go until you receive the opening kick of the second half is just situationally mindboggling. In a manner of speaking it was a snapshot of the entire failed effort.
Players individually certainly failed to execute albeit in fairly limited opportunities. But this was a true top to bottom system failure since overcoming a week of game plan preparation that was wildly off the mark would have taken one hell of an unscripted, impromptu, virtuoso performance by multiple players which is not this teams forte by design.
Jets-Patriots playoff report card - BostonHerald.com
And while the defense played well in spurts early on, what they increasingly failed to do was make the big stop or stop the big gain play or get any significant pressure on Sanchez at critical junctures. Of course they were increasingly set up to fail field position wise by the offense and ST. That a fake punt option is even in play on your own 38 down 4 with a minute to go until you receive the opening kick of the second half is just situationally mindboggling. In a manner of speaking it was a snapshot of the entire failed effort.
Players individually certainly failed to execute albeit in fairly limited opportunities. But this was a true top to bottom system failure since overcoming a week of game plan preparation that was wildly off the mark would have taken one hell of an unscripted, impromptu, virtuoso performance by multiple players which is not this teams forte by design.
Jets-Patriots playoff report card - BostonHerald.com