Re: An NY Jets fan's opinion (backed by stats) telling why the Jets will prevail Dec.
I do not think that the Jets will 'walk all over the Pats'. I just am giving my reasons for a victory. I am stating how the Jets would/should take advantage of certain match-ups. I never said/typed anything about walking all over anyone. I don't think the game will be easy for whomever wins. I'm just giving my rationale for thinking the Jets will win. I am very much a homer with a Jets bias, but I come with statistics to back me up instead of just opinions.
I just HAVE to know now....what statistics did you bring to back you up before the Packers SHUT OUT your precious green beanies...on YOUR home field...AFTER two weeks of preparation due to a bye. You post and post and post all these cherry picked stats, some you admit are flat out WRONG, yet you STILL refuse to discuss the whitewashing put up by ZeroZorro-chez versus the Packers. Was the humiliation too much to endure so you have sublimated this episode deep down into your subconsciousness? After all, if you are going to use game after game stats to prove your contentions then you MUST use the Zero Zorro humiliation and home field debacle to even begin to be considered semi-rational.
Well...that game was a defensive struggle between two of the league's top scoring defenses. The Jets and Packers defense did their jobs. I can give you excuses for why the Jets lost.
I can talk about all the dropped passes or I can talk about the two "interceptions", "interceptions" in which the football was ripped out of the receivers hands while on the ground.
"Sanchez was 16 of 38 for 256 yards and two interceptions -- both on disputed calls -- and had at least four passes dropped by receivers. The Jets had a nice drive end in the fourth quarter when Dustin Keller caught a pass from Sanchez, rolled and then had the ball grabbed out of his hands by Charles Woodson. Replays showed it should not have been an interception, but New York was out of challenges after using them both in the first half."
I can talk about the decision of the punter to run the ball on 4th & 19.
"The Jets took a huge gamble on fourth-and-18 from their own 20 early in the game as punter Steve Weatherford took off on a fake and sprinted along the right sideline for what initially appeared to be a first down. But McCarthy challenged, and officials ruled Weatherford stepped out of bounds a yard short of the first-down marker."
Turns out that the punter said he A) Didn't know the down and distance and B) just went on his own without the Coaching staff's say-so/knowledge.
So Nick Folk misses a field goal and the Jets turn the ball over on downs.
Here is a quote on the Associated Press regarding what happened next:
"After turning the ball over on downs, the Jets held the Packers to a three-and-out and had one more chance to get into the end zone
trailing 6-0 with less than four minutes left.Following a 5-yard run by LaDainian Tomlinson,
Jerricho Cotchery couldn't hold onto a long pass from Sanchez, who was sacked on the next play by Matthews. Sanchez then threw incomplete to
Braylon Edwards, and the Packers took over. Crosby sealed it with a 40-yard field goal with 27 seconds left."
So to recap:
Jets had more passing yards (241-156), rushing yards (119-81), out gained the Packers by 123 total net yards. Had a 3rd down efficiency of 41% compared to 14% for the Packers. But had two "interceptions" and a fumble that was lost. In essence we out every-thinged the Green Bay Packers. Turnovers doomed us. All three of the Packers scores happened when they got the ball on their side of the field.
Now Greg Jennings had 6 catches for 81 yards. I posted a stat earlier that says Revis held him down otherwise. Those stats I posed about Revis vs Andre Johnson, Megatron, Owens, & Jennings and holding them to 61 total yards is a stat I got from the NFL network. They showed the stats they had when Revis was covering them specifically. Those other yards Jennings had (apparently) were vs other defenders during that Jets game. Here is the video link supporting me.
NFL Videos: Who's better: Jets or Patriots?