This is actually what I thought. I try not to whine like Sharp does (and I've found him off-putting at times, but this was not a talk show/internet content thing. Anyway, the first Twitter link will take you to the video. The second video link is of him and not the game so you might want to skip that one.
Warren Sharp
@SharpFootball
·
Oct 13
this was the most incomprehensible sequence of plays I can recall from the fake punt onwards, literally EVERY SINGLE play call/decision is the exact opposite of what a competent team is doing in that position simply incredible
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Warren Sharp
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@SharpFootball
·
19h
the Jets quite literally could be the dumbest team in the NFL right nowmost of what they do doesn't make senseit culminated in this sequence and I had to break it down:
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Okay, this is just mind-boggling. I've
got to get it off my chest. I don't know
what we're seeing here. The New York
Jets. Think about this. You have the
football with a minute and 4 seconds
left before halftime and you have two
timeouts. You decide that you want to
fake a punt in your own territory. If
you are doing that, there's only one re
one reason you're doing that. It's to
try to score points. So, the New York
Jets decide we're faking a punt. They
get the first down and they call a
timeout with one minute to go before
halftime. But then on first down,
presumably you're trying to get about 20
more yards, kick a field goal. You
decide to run the football with Bree
Hall on a draw play. That is
mind-boggling. Point number one. Number
two, you then don't even call a timeout.
Why are you calling a run after faking
the punt? Are you actually not trying to
score? Okay, so now let's think that the
New York Jets are not trying to score.
They call a run play and you don't call
a timeout. They must not be trying to
score. But then on second down, they
decide to call a pass play. And then
they take a sack. Are they trying to
score now? They must be trying to score
now because they called a pass play.
They also then call a timeout after they
got sacked on second down. So then the
New York Jets decide that they're going
to risk it all passing the football on
third and eight, which you would only do
if you are trying to score because
otherwise you could just run out the
clock with a run play. There's only 37
seconds left in the half at this point.
They call a pass. It sets up a fourth
and one with roughly 30 seconds left
from the Jets 47 yardd line. This is a
team that is trailing 10 to six. They
might try to run another play to convert
a first down, set up a field goal, but
no, they decide not to do that. Okay,
fine. You don't run another play
immediately to try to convert a field
goal. But at the very least, you should
be looking to throw a Hail Mary with a
couple seconds left in the half because
you have nothing to lose. The clock is
running. You snap it with a couple
seconds left. It's the final play of the
half. You might catch it for a
touchdown. You might draw a defensive
penalty that allows you to get another
play. The likelihood that an
incompletion that Justin Fields throws
gets caught by the defense turned into
an interception returned all the way for
a pick six is extremely low. That entire
sequence of play calls, beginning with a
fake punt at their own 37 yard line
with a minute and 4 seconds left, made
zero sense at all.
Not only did it not
make any sense, it quite literally every
single play, every single decision that
was made in succession was the exact
opposite of what any normal team would
do in that very situation. And it was
pinballing back and forth and back and
forth between this team is seriously
trying to score to this team has no
intention of scoring to this team is
seriously trying to score to this team
has no intention of trying to score. If
I saw that out of my head coach,
I would
do exactly what Garrett Wilson did,
which is lower his head, turn around
before the ball is snapped and the half
is even over and start walking backwards
away from the line of scrimmage while
the final seconds of the half ticked off
the clock, then running up to my head
coach and giving him an earful as to
what the hell are we trying to do here?
We are losing. We at least need to run
one final play. It makes no sense
whatsoever what the New York Jets were
doing in that sequence. This is a team
that has no wins on the season. What is
the worst that's going to happen? You're
going to lose a game that you're already
losing. I just don't understand this
coaching staff. I don't understand the
play calling. I don't understand the
decision-making.
I don't understand anything
about the New York Jets right now. It
started before the season with their
desire to go get Justin Fields in the
first place when all the data showed
that he would not have success winning
games as a franchise caliber
quarterback. But then you have Aaron
Glenn with his decision-making as well
both in-game as well as strategically. I
don't understand what they're doing.
It's not a surprise that they have no
wins. And I don't know where this team
goes from here, but I don't think
they're going to get very many wins with
Justin Fields and Aaron Glenn as
quarterback and head coach.
Me again (rockaction). Bill Barnwell is a reporter for ESPN whose personality runs at least ten degrees cooler than mine, and he's confused:
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Bill Barnwell
@billbarnwell
How to make a disastrous fourth-down decision, Jets edition
1) Make a move at odds with the data. NGS had punting on fourth-and-1 as a 4.3% WP swing against the Jets.
2) Be indecisive. Jets lined up to go for it, then burned a timeout so they could punt. If you're going to punt, the timeout in a close game is worth more than the five yards for a delay of game.
3) Get fooled by what you've seen. Jets defense has been terrible all season. Your defense didn't suddenly get great overnight. One thing to "trust your defense" if you're the Broncos. Jets immediately gave up the field position in six plays.
https://x.com/billbarnwell/status/1977410724239474900
