Oh right, Jets game

I guess you can probably tell I’m happy about the outcome of last night’s Jets game. There’s not much to say, I think, except that the Jets probably should have won by a lot more — it was a bit frustrating that the Vikings held them to field goals on so many drives.

Mark Sanchez, for all his handsomeness and Taco Bell appreciation, did not play his best game. It seemed like he was having some understandable trouble with the wet ball at points, and it was a little baffling why Brian Schottenheimer kept calling pass plays down near the goal line in the torrential downpour.

Still, Sanchez didn’t turn the ball over, which is way, way better than Brett Favre could say. And Favre’s epically Favrey interception couldn’t have come at a more perfect time, obviously. Thrilling. Just awesome.

Antonio Cromartie played an amazing game, mostly quieting Randy Moss and helping Jets fans ignore how shaky Darrelle Revis looked at the other corner. Revis said afterward that his hamstring is still sore, which comes as no surprise.

Favre and the Vikings made a game of it late with the big flukish bomb to Moss and a couple of nice drives, but the Jets so effectively stopped Adrian Peterson and the Minnesota running game that they forced Favre to throw the ball, and when Favre has to throw he’ll inevitably just start chucking it. So that happened, so the interception happened, then Dwight Lowery returned it for a touchdown for good measure and to cover the spread, much appreciated.

The Jets head to Denver on Sunday with the opportunity to pick up their fifth straight win entering their bye week. But the Broncos, quietly, and with Kyle Orton of all people at the helm, have established a high-flying passing attack that will test the Jets’ secondary, especially if Revis is out or otherwise playing at sub-Revisian levels. They can’t really run the ball at all, which should help.

3 thoughts on “Oh right, Jets game

  1. It was nice to be on the other side of a Favre pick-six for once!

    I also think that Sanchez’s receivers didn’t help him any — I don’t have the official count, but it seems as though they dropped at least a half dozen passes, and many at critical times.

  2. Was it that the Jets completely stuffed the running attack, or that the Vikings more or less ran away from it after the first two abortive drives? (FWIW, Peterson was chewing up chunks of yardage by the mid-second half.)

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