AFC East Questions: Part 1

by Brady's Revenge on Jul 26, 2010 8:03 AM EDT

With the dog days of summer upon us, the smell of football and two a days clouds the air. There are many questions for each team in the AFC East as they head into camp, some glaring and some subtle. In hoping to be serious and witty, I wanted to break down each teams 10 most glaring questions heading into camp. And without further ado, let’s start with the Super Bowl paper champions New York Jets.

1. Jekyll and Hyde Sanchez, which will we see? The one who looked lost eating hotdogs during his rookie campaign or the budding star we saw during the playoffs?

2. Can rookie Shonne Green who is injury prone team up with LT who has 2880 carries under his legs replace the workhorse known as Thomas Jones and Patriot killer Leon Washington?

3. Will Cromartie lock down the opposite side of Revis Island before he gets locked up for not paying child support?

4. Will ex-Cowboy Nick Folk a career 79% field goal kicker be able to handle the rigors of the East coast weather?

5. Will Santonio Holmes whose receptions total have increased every year and was a Super Bowl MVP, be able to check his ego at the door with a run first mentality team?

6. Does Jason Taylor have enough left in the tank to provide a constant pass rush or will his performance on "Dancing with the stars" be the best moves left of his career?

7. Can Kris Jenkins anchor the middle of the number one defense in the league once again or will his repaired ACL be bothered week after week by his ongoing weight issue?

8. Just like the Madden curse, will the curse of the HBO series "Hard knocks" strike once again? Ravens, Cowboys twice, Jaguars, Chiefs, and the Bengals all failed to go to the Super Bowl.

9. Will Revis repeat as being the premiere lock down corner in the NFL to allow Rex the Hut’s designed pressure by throwing the kitchen sink at teams?

10. Will the studying of Tom Brady’s game tapes help take the reins off of Dirty Sanchez to allow the offense to be more dimensional and less predictable?

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Will the Jets be the first team in the NFL to be declared both the OTA Champions and Training Camp Champions all in the same year?

by Finhead83 on Jul 27, 2010 3:22 AM EDT reply actions

And will all the big/odd personalities in that locker room explode?

Thomas Jones was one of the more solid leader-types in that locker room last year, and now he’s gone. Instead, they’ve added Santonio “what 4 game suspension?” Holmes, LaDanian “these aren’t tears, they’re concentration marks” Tomlinson and Antonio “no child left behind (without paternity tests)” Cromartie. That’s a combustible locker-room, and it could turn into a TO-vs-Donovan McNabb type mess pretty quickly.

Token southern hemisphere guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.

by Comedic.Sans on Jul 27, 2010 7:28 AM EDT reply actions

I like Cromartie's nickname...

“AlCrotraz” to play next to “Revis Island.”

Pats Pulpit

by Richard Hill on Jul 27, 2010 12:02 PM EDT reply actions

Rofl

Got locked up for not paying that child support huh

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by Phinatics on Jul 30, 2010 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

The issue with the jets

Would you bet $ on Sanchez? Not I.

Would you bet $ on the Jets D?

Yes, I would….but, They gamble far too much to beat BB.

BB showed in the second meeting last year that the Jets D can be managed like anything else. Going for sacks is for fantasy football. Committing to blitzes and zone floods over and over gain puts you in danger against “good” QB’s.Jets will win games…Sanchez will NOT win any games for the Jets.

On his own, Brady will win four or five for the pats and hopefully won’t throw up too many clunkers….ex Ravens. Pats 11-5.

Sanchez will throw up four or five clunkers that the defense can’t get back. 10-6.

How can anyone suggest the Sanchez Jets are better than the Brady Patriots?

by tstorey1 on Jul 27, 2010 4:45 PM EDT reply actions

The Jets will be hit-and-miss

which is precisely their philosophy. They’re a run-first, clock-eating offensive team who aren’t built to put up a lot of points, so their defence has to be blitz-heavy and hyper-aggressive, hoping to get turnovers and deny the opposition ball and points. That means Cromartie will be jumping routes like a kangaroo, the Jets linebackers will be blitzing anything that moves, and Revis will be stuck on an island with the #1 WR all day, even if that’s not the most useful thing he could be doing. It’ll definitely work in some games, but it’s almost guaranteed that they’ll flunk in some others, especially if the D is too aggressive and bites down to the point they get behind a couple of TDs.

They’re a team who could beat anyone, and could lose to anyone, and the difference between the two is almost impossible to predict in advance.

Token southern hemisphere guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.

by Comedic.Sans on Jul 27, 2010 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions

That goes for any team though.

“They’re a team who could beat anyone, and could lose to anyone, and the difference between the two is impossible to predict in advance” You’re basically describing every team in the NFL. That’s why anything can happen on any given Sunday. It’s useless to predict since we don’t know how new acquisitions will fare or the injuries that will inevitably come.

As for the Jet’s defense I wouldn’t call them reckless. They rushed 5 a ridiculous amount, but when you have the best secondary in the league it lets you get away with things.

by Jerrad p on Jul 29, 2010 2:35 PM EDT reply actions

True

But what I was really getting at was that if you put together all the likely playoff contenders and asked “which one of these teams could lose to the Lions, at home?” my answer would probably be the Jets. Not because they’re a bad team, but because on the flukey possibility that the Lions might get up a TD or two because the Jets blitzed when they shouldn’t, and the possibility that a run-first, Mark Sanchez-led offence might struggle to claw back a 14-point deficit.

As for the Jet’s defense I wouldn’t call them reckless. They rushed 5 a ridiculous amount, but when you have the best secondary in the league it lets you get away with things

It’s that hyper-aggressiveness that will cost them TDs at some point of the season (although it’ll also get them TDs during the season, too). Putting CBs one-on-one with no Safety help, blitzing everybody all the time, etc etc… it’s high-risk stuff. Sometimes it’ll work, sometimes it will hurt. If the latter happens, the Jets could be their own worst enemy, and they could lose to some pretty horrible teams sheerly through their own actions.

Token southern hemisphere guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.

by Comedic.Sans on Jul 29, 2010 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions