Week 11 New York Jets Team Grades

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Sunday November 18th

Final Score: New York Jets 27 St Louis Rams 13

Jets Team Grades

The New York Jets were able to snap their three game skid with a win against the Rams in St Louis by a score of 27-13, and with the win keep their slim chance for making the playoffs still a possibility.

Passing Offense Grade: B+

Mark Sanchez played much better this week compared to weeks past, as he showed once again that when just asked to manage the game he can be good, and with the win will keep the calls for Tebow at bay for now. Sanchez finished the game throwing for 178 yards on 15 for 20 completions with a touchdown pass to Chaz Schilens, and most importantly for the Jets and Sanchez was that he didn’t turn the ball over.

Rushing Offense Grade: B

The Jets had the ground and pound working against the Rams, as even thought they averaged under four yards per carry as a team they were able to control the game on the ground. There will definitely be some talk of a running back controversy after this game, as Bilal Powell had a much better day than Shonn Greene. Powell had 42 yards on 11 carries, and his first two touchdowns of his career compared to Shonn Greene who has been a disappointment this year, as Greene only ran it for 64 yards on 18 carries.

Passing Defense Grade: A

The Jets pass defense did a great job stopping the former number one overall pick in Sam Bradford holding him to a sub-par day throwing the football. Bradford only had 170 yards while completing 23 of his 44 passes, and was intercepted by Jets safety Eric Smith. Muhammad Wilkerson also had an impact on the game for the second straight week with a big play this time being a strip sack which led to a touchdown drive for the offense.

Rushing Defense Grade: D

The Jets were never able to stop the Rams on the ground, as ran it for 5.7 yards per carry as a team lead by running back Steven Jackson. Jackson had a really good day on the ground against the Jets running it 13 times for 81 yards which is a ridiculous 6.2 yards per carry. The Jets lucked out that they had a lead forcing the Rams to throw the ball otherwise they may have had a serious problem in this game with the way the Rams were able to run it.

Special Teams Grade: C-

The Jets special teams was better this week compared to the horrendous play from a usually good unit, but still not where the Jets need them to be. The big problems on special teams this week was a 26-yard field goal which was blocked, and a failed fake punt with Tebow. There was some good on special teams by Nick Folk who did his two 50+ yard field goals.

Coaching Grade: A

Rex Ryan was complemented by Rams coach Jeff Fisher for doing a good job preparing his team to play this week despite all of the Tebow chatter, and locker room issues so if the opposing coach says he did a good job the coaching grade has to be good. Sparano also did a good job not asking to much from Sanchez only having him throw the ball 20 times, and just managing the game something he does far better than when asked to throw it 40-50 times.