Look, cry about the Jets losing to the Patsies all you want, but at the end of the day don't make it sound like the Patsies actually beat the Jets. They didn't.
The Jets beat the Jets beat the Jets in that game and I don't believe there has ever been a clearer example of them beating themselves.
Did the Patsies have anything to do with Joe McKnight fumbling that kickoff return? NO, they weren't even in the screen when he fumbled. It was purely a mental error.
Did the Patsies have anything to do with the Jets offense taking the first 1/3 of the game off? Well, normally you could make the case that the Patsies actually defended them well, But as you look further, you see the Jets offense ALWAYS takes the first 20 minutes off the game. They are notorious slow starters. It's a problem that has reached epidemic status. It's also a problem that is fixable. But it is on the JETS, not anyone else to fix it.
Did the Patsies somehow manage to get into Sanchez's ear and make him call a timeout allowing Brady to take the Patsies down the field before halftime? NO, Sanchez just made a stupid rookie error. A mistake that is inexcuseable for a third year QB.
I give the Patsies and Brady credit for taking advantage of all the mistakes that the Jets made, but lets be clear, the Jets allowed themselves to be beat by playing mistake prone football in the first place.
The Patsies as they always do, went out and played disciplined, sound, penalty free football. If the Jets had done that, who do you think would have won? The Jets would have won in a landslide.
So this is on the Jets. The Jets are talented enough to beat ANY team in the league including teams far better than the Patsies like the Steelers or Ravens. They just didn't show it. They put up a classic same old Jets performance and lost miserably.
At the end of the day, if Rex can get the team playing penalty free, clean, fundamentally sound football, I believe they can make some noise in the playoffs. It's just about Rex getting on the team and catching them up with the smaller fundamentals and details of the game.
The problems with the Jets THIS season, outside any offseason moves, are only fixed by the coaching staff.
