N.Y. Jets: Ten Shades of Gase

From the desk: WALT MICHAELS REVENGE

WEEK TEN

Jets           28

Chargers  34

FINAL

Ten is the magic number.  

The Jets are now 0-10, which assures them of a tenth straight season without a playoff appearance.  That's not all Adam Gase's fault, but this season is certainly the punctuation mark denoting the end of a decade of futility.

However, things are looking up.  They've only lost their last two games by a total of nine points.  In fact, coming off their performance against the Patriots, I picked the Jets to cover the spread against the Chargers ... and they did!

So, there's that.

The Chargers fumbled on their second possession of the game, recovered by the Jets on their own four-yard line.  On the Jets first play from scrimmage, Joe Flacco ponderously throws a pass to the right flat that gets intercepted for a pick-six.  Add in two missed extra-points by Sam Ficken, and therein lies your margin of defeat and your tenth loss of the season.

On the prospect of finishing the season and his career for that matter with an 0-16 record, Frank Gore says, "I can't go out like that."

By the way, Frank Gore is the third leading rusher in NFL history.  

Just saying ...

GOOD NEWS: After battling injury earlier this season, second-round selection Denzel Mims is starting to demonstrate his worth.  Mekhi Becton, the eleventh overall selection of the draft, is also proving himself to be a major player of impact on the line.  There's no doubt at this point that Joe Douglas has his sights fixed on next year's number one draft pick.

N.Y. Jets: Throwing It All Away

From the desk of: WALT MICHAELS REVENGE

WEEK NINE

Patriots  30

Jets        27

FINAL

WHO CALLED THAT PLAY?

Add this to Adam Gase's resume: the New York Jets are off to the worst start in their nearly sixty-year history.  With Monday night's loss against the Patriots, the Jets this season are now winless through nine games.  Although, this was their closest margin of defeat.  Gang Gase led this game for 58:03 minutes.  So, there's that.

Leading 27-20 with six minutes left in the game, the Jets have the ball at their own 18-yard line.  Joe Flacco playing for Sam Darnold, has three touchdown passes on the day.  On first and ten, Flacco throws deep intended for rookie Denzel Mims but is picked off at the Patriots 28-yard line.  New England drives and ties the game on Cam Newton's one-yard rush.  The Jets go three-and-out on their ensuing possession.  The Patriots then kick the game-winning field goal.  Game over.  Gang Gase allows ten points in the final six minutes and 13 points in the fourth quarter.  It's yet another example of Gase getting out-adjusted after halftime.  The Jets generate no sacks and touch Newton just four times all game.  

Belichick ordered a heavy run game.  The Patriots gained 159 gross yards.  Cam accounted for sixteen yards.  In place of inactive Sony Michel, Damien Harris and Rex Burkhead joined for 26 rushes for 127 yards.

• Breshad Perriman catches five passes for 101 yards and two touchdowns.  Jamison Crowder also catches a touchdown.

Meanwhile, the Jets running game is nonexistent.  Frank Gore and La'Mical Perine join together for 65 yards on 18 rush attempts.  Joe Flacco otherwise handles the load until his ill-fated interception.  The play selection itself, the actual pass 55-yards downfield, and the failure to check down are the reasons for this loss.  Instead of concentrating on first downs and killing the clock, they elect to go as high risk as they can imagine.

... just stupid.

N.Y. Jets: Deep Sixed at South Beach

From the desk of: WALT MICHAELS' REVENGE

Third Winningest Coach

WEEK SIX
Jets              0

Dolphins    24 

FINAL

JOHNSON & JOHNSON: The Brothers Grim

We presently live in an age of unprecedented offensive achievement.  It seems as if the NFL record books get rewritten every year.  Playing defense has evolved into a prohibitive endeavor.  Today's

quarterbacks receive more protection than ever before and passing for 30,000 yards in a career has become common.  Receivers these days can make snow angels in the hail of pass interference flags being thrown in any given game.  

Yet, the New York Jets all-time leading passer remains Joe Namath who last donned a Jets uniform in 1976.  The club's all-time receiver, Don Maynard, retired after the 1973 season.  Their all-time ground rusher, Curtis Martin, retired from the Jets fifteen years ago.  

The Jets winningest head coach till this day remains Weeb Ewbank with 71 victories.  Joe Walton is second with 53 wins and Rex Ryan is next in with 46 wins.  Outside of Bill Parcells and Al Groh (no coincidence here), every head coach in Jets history has posted a losing record - every one.  By the time 2000 rolls around, there is one common denominator as to why Bill Parcells, Bill Belichick and Al Groh all ran from the Jets like the joint was on fire: Woody Johnson.

Since 2001, the Jets have been through five head coaches and five general managers.  The program on average changes every four years.  Meanwhile, the team is presently in the hands of Woody's brother,  Christopher Johnson, who makes his head coach and general manager report directly to him, separate and equally, and rarely in tandem.

Because this makes sense ...

Just as letting former general manager Mike Maccagnan conduct the draft and spend free agent money, then firing him made total sense ...

The Brilliant One, Adam Gase, on Sunday loses his twelfth game by double-digits as head coach of the Jets, seven times last season and five so far this season.  In Jets history only two coaches have posted a worse winning percentage than Gase:

• Adam Gase  7-15 (.318)
• Lou Holtz  3-13 (.214)
• Rich Kotite. 1-15 (.125)

Lou Holtz was so bad that he quit.  

No such luck with Adam Gase.

On Sunday the Jets lose to the rival Dolphins by a 24-0 margin.  Ryan Fitzpatrick torches his former team for three touchdowns.  The Fish rush for 106 yards.  On offense, Joe Flacco completes less than half his passes, throws an INT and is sacked three times.  The Jets rush 21 times for 115 yards but it gets them nowhere.  Sorry, but the availability of LT Mekhl Becton is far from being the reason for their woes.  In fact, Miami was so inspired by the Jets ineptness that they inserted their rookie QB with the safety of mind that the opposition really sucks.

Gang Gase is the lone remaining team in the NFL this season without a win.  They are now 0-6 and the schedule only gets tougher from here on out.