Jets Week 10 Team Grades

Sunday November 11th

Final Score: New York Jets 7 Seattle Seahawks 28

Jets Team Grades

The New York Jets coming of their bye week, and vows that they are still a playoff team saw that dream become a nearly impossible task after another embarrassing loss this time to the Seattle Seahawks

Passing Offense Grade: F

The Jets passing offense once again looked beyond bad, as Mark Sanchez continues to play poorly only going 9 for 22 for a mere 124 yards, and threw an awful redzone interception on a late throw to a previously open Dustin Keller which changed the game for the worst. Tim Tebow did however throw more passes than he had all season up until this point, as Tebow went 3 for 3 on three bubble screens to Jeremy Kerley but only gained eight yards.

Rushing Offense Grade: C-

The Jets rushing offense was ok, but not nearly good enough to make up for the horrendous passing offense, as the Jets rushed for 84 yards on 22 carries for 3.8 yards per carry. Two of the Jets failed runs came on the opening drive in the game where Shonn Greene and Lex Hilliard were both stopped on consecutive attempts on 3rd and 4th and 1 runs despite the Jets being a good team in short yardage efficiency. Shonn Greene was the teams leading rusher with 58 yards on 15 carries, but didn’t have a rush for more than 10 yards.

Passing Defense Grade: D+

The Jets pass defense had a few let downs in pass coverage which lead to some long touchdown passes by Russell Wilson, and a gimmick touchdown pass by Golden Tate. Wilson despite being sacked four times had an impressive game going 12 for 19 with 188 yards, and two touchdowns for a big 131 passer rating. The one positive for the Jets pass defense was the four sacks one of which by Mike Devito led to the fumble which was returned by Wilkerson for the Jets only touchdown.

Rushing Defense Grade: C-

The Jets run defense did a very good job for the first three quarters holding one of the best running backs in the league in Marshawn Lynch to only 64 yards rushing heading into the fourth quarter. In the fourth however was where Lynch did most of his damage weather it is that the Jets got tired or just simply gave up. Lynch was the Seahawks leading rusher, as he ran for 124 yards on 27 carries, and as a team the Seahawks had 174 yards on the ground.

Special Teams Grade: D

For the third straight week the Jets special teams let them down, as this week Jeremy Kerley fumbled a punt return leading to a Seattle touchdown. The Jets just simply can’t afford to make mistakes like this because they don’t have the offense to make up for it. The coverage team did however do well against former Jet Leon Washington keep him from breaking out a big return.

Coaching Grade: F

Another bad loss this one coming off a bye week blame has to go on the coaching staff. The offense has looked horrible making the chatter for Tebow to start over the struggling Sanchez louder and louder, and if Rex Ryan doesn’t do something quick it may cost him his job.

Jets Struggle in Seattle

New York Jets vs. Seattle Seahawks Post Game Recap 11/11

The Jets tail spin continued on the west coast in Seattle against the Seahawks, as the Jets were dominated by Seattle losing 28-7 to move the Jets to 3-6 on the season, and have lost five of their last six.

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The Jets offense looked awful again lead by an awful game from Mark Sanchez, who was only 9 for 22 with 124 yards passing, and threw a costly red-zone interception, and lost a fumble. Rex Ryan has to realize that Sanchez just isn’t good and make the switch to Tebow or Ryan maybe shown the door after the season.

Tim Tebow got to do some more than normal against Seattle, as Tebow threw one more pass on Sunday than he had all season. All three of Tebow’s passes were bubble screens to Jeremy Kerley but he was 3 for 3. He also ran it four times for 14 yards. The lack of Tebow use is a real head scratcher what do the Jets have to lose he can’t be worse than the way Sanchez is playing now.

The Jets rushing offense was mediocre against a good Seahawks defense, as Shonn Greene ran it 15 times for 58 yards, but as a team had less than 100 yards rushing so much for the ground and pound.

The Jets receiving core had a really rough time against the big physical Seattle secondary, as the Jets were lead in receiving by Jeremy Kerley who had five catches for 57 yards with most of that coming on a 43-yard catch. Dustin Keller was the only other Jet with multiple receptions, as Keller had three catches for 47 yards with most of that coming on his 32-yard catch.

The Jets defense was once again pretty good, as was the only reason that the Jets didn’t get shutout in Seattle thanks to a Muhammad Wilkerson fumble return for a touchdown. The Defense was playing well up until the 4th quarter but probably got tired from being on the field to long or just gave up that their offense was doing nothing to help them. Some bright spots for the defense were that they did a very good job putting pressure on rookie quarterback Russell Wilson sacking him four times.

The special teams once again let the Jets down this week, as Jeremy Kerley fumbled a punt return mistakes that just can’t be made with the lack of an offense for the Jets. A positive on the special teams was that they did a good job containing former Jet Leon Washington keeping him from breaking anything big.

The Jets will be on the road again next week to face the St Louis Rams, and a familiar face in Rams offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer.