No More Accountants! The 2014-2015 New York Jets Off-season Thread

[King P]

Manish definitely has an axe to grind. Dude's been shytting on Marrone since his name came up

 

[WOLF2007]

Manish might be a ho, but I'm feeling Marrone at all so

Dont like the Maronne is great thing either based on his record. But Manish is such a bytch. i am surprised someone has not smacked the shyt outta him. he flat out makes shyt up

 

[King Crimson]

Dont like the Maronne is great thing either based on his record. But Manish is such a bytch. i am surprised someone has not smacked the shyt outta him. he flat out makes shyt up

Probably because his lame ass doesn't get close enough to players.

 

[Trip]

Dumbest team in football:

Rex Ryan was cleaning out his locker Saturday morning as the axe is about to fall on his coaching career with the New York Jets.

New York's 3-12 record can be blamed on one major factor: Ryan's Jets are the dumbest, most poorly coached team in football: No. 32 and dead last on the Cold, Hard Football Facts Intelligence Index entering the final week of the season (entire list below).

The Cold, Hard Football Facts Intelligence Index has taught us over the last two years that winning in the NFL is a matter of brains over brawn. Smart teams consistently win games, dumb teams consistently lose games.

We witnessed a classic example that phenomenon in action last week when Ryan's very dumb Jets, No. 32 on the Intelligence Index, hosted the very smart Patriots, No. 1 on the Intelligence Index. New York out-gained New England:

307-231 in total yardage
116-85 in rushing yards
191-146 in passing yards
5.0-3.7 yards per play
The Jets won all the physical battles. But the Patriots won the war, eking out a 17-16 victory and wrapping up home-field advantage in the AFC playoffs when the Broncos tumbled against the Bengals Monday night.

New York was the better team physically; but New England was the better team mentally. The Jets did all the little things wrong and pissed away their opportunities to win the game; the Patriots did all the little things right and capitalized on their opportunities to win the game.

The Patriots converted 6 of 13 third downs (46%); the Jets 5 of 13 (38%)
The Patriots averaged 52.6 yards per punt; the Jets 47.3 yards per punt
The Patriots returned 3 punts for an average of 21.0 yards each; the Jets returned 3 punts for an average of 11.7 yards each
The Patriots returned 5 kickoffs an average of 18.2 yards; the Jets returned 3 kickoffs and average of 15.0 yards
The Patriots netted 45.6 yards per punt; the Jets netted 31.5 yards per punt
The Patriots scored 2 TDs in 4 trips to the red zone; the Jets scored 0 TDs in 3 trips to the red zone
Patriots kicker Stephen Gostkowski nailed his only FG attempt; Jets kicker Nick Folk hit three field goals but missed his final go-ahead attempt midway through the fourth quarter when the ball was partically blocked.
The Jets, as a result, enter Week 17 in the same place where they've spent much of the 2014 season: in last place on the Cold, Hard Football Facts Intelligence Index, the dumbest team in football. The dumb Jets are 3-12 overall and 5-9-1 against the spread.

The Patriots enter Week 17 in the same place where they've spent much of the 2014 season: in first place on the Cold, Hard Football Facts Intelligence Index, the smartest team in football. The smart Patriots are 12-3 overall and 9-6 ATS.

The Intelligence Index at at the end of the day is a reflection of how well teams are coached and how well they execute in situational football. Smart, well-coached teams like the Patriots thrive in situational football; dumb, poorly coached teams like the Jets melt down in situtational football.

Ryan, coach of the dumbest team in football, was cleaning out his locker Saturday morning as the axe is about to fall on his career in New York; Bill Belichick, coach of the smartest team in football, has his Patriots poised as the favorite to represent the AFC in the Super Bowl for the sixth time in 14 seasons.



COLD HARD FOOTBALL FACTS INTELLIGENCE INDEX entering WEEK 17

Team Record ATS Bend Score Intelligence
1 New England 12-3 9-6 17.7 12.17 5.53
2 Houston 8-7 9-5-1 18.41 14.77 3.64
3 Baltimore 9-6 7-7-1 17.54 13.93 3.61
4 Arizona 11-4 10-5 19.7 16.11 3.59
5 Kansas City 8-7 9-6 17.98 14.52 3.46
6 Green Bay 11-4 8-6-1 15.94 12.72 3.22
7 Dallas 11-4 9-6 15.73 13.39 2.34
8 Buffalo 8-7 8-7 16.89 14.81 2.08
9 Cincinnati 10-4-1 8-6-1 17.04 15.03 2.01
10 Philadelphia 9-6 8-7 14.71 13.46 1.25
11 Seattle 11-4 9-6 16.23 15.13 1.1
12 St. Louis 6-9 7-8 15.78 15.05 0.73
13 San Diego 9-6 7-8 15.69 14.98 0.71
14 Atlanta 6-9 7-8 15.84 15.25 0.59
15 Detroit 11-4 7-8 17.61 17.04 0.57
16 Miami 8-7 7-8 14.88 14.32 0.56
17 Indianapolis 10-5 9-5-1 14.73 14.19 0.54
18 Minnesota 6-9 10-5 15.72 15.18 0.54
19 N.Y. Giants 6-9 7-8 15.26 15.17 0.09
20 Cleveland 7-8 8-5-2 17.15 17.07 0.08
21 Denver 11-4 7-8 13.78 13.78 0
22 Pittsburgh 10-5 8-7 15.15 15.23 -0.08
23 San Francisco 7-8 6-9 14.69 16.94 -2.25
24 New Orleans 6-9 6-9 14.36 16.72 -2.36
25 Chicago 5-10 6-9 13.27 15.9 -2.63
26 Tampa Bay 2-13 6-9 14.37 17.09 -2.72
27 Carolina 6-8-1 7-8 13.88 17.17 -3.29
28 Jacksonville 3-12 5-9-1 14.33 18.97 -4.64
29 Oakland 3-12 8-7 13.01 18.06 -5.05
30 Washington 4-11 5-10 13.3 18.75 -5.45
31 Tennessee 2-13 3-11-1 13.6 19.13 -5.53
32 N.Y. Jets 3-12 5-9-1 12.86 19.23 -6.37

 

[Trip]

fwiw:

Mike Rodak ‏@mikerodak
On ESPN's Postseason NFL Countdown, @AdamSchefter reports that Doug Marrone left Bills' draft room after team traded up for Sammy Watkins.

 

[NatiboyB]

fwiw:

Mike Rodak ‏@mikerodak
On ESPN's Postseason NFL Countdown, @AdamSchefter reports that Doug Marrone left Bills' draft room after team traded up for Sammy Watkins.

Damn even the coach knew it didn't make sense....but that Manuel pick didnt either.

 

[Trip]

Damn even the coach knew it didn't make sense....but that Manuel pick didnt either.

Apparently Marrone only wanted a trade up if they were targeting a QB...that trade looks awful right now. Especially with the Bills trying to hire a new coach and no first round pick.

 

[NatiboyB]

Apparently Marrone only wanted a trade up if they were targeting a QB...that trade looks awful right now. Especially with the Bills trying to hire a new coach and no first round pick.

I assumed that he was ok with it but for it to come out now I can't blame him...

I like Sammy but they could of pickd up multiple WRs and still had there pick this year.

Maybe Watkins or Mike Evans would of been there.

 

[NY's #1 Draft Pick]

Dumbest team in football:

Cold hard facts intelligence we listening to bullshyt like this now?!

 

[King Crimson]

Cold hard facts intelligence we listening to bullshyt like this now?!

Really. Gotta agree. Not saying that we haven't been playing idiot ball, but you don't need a bullshyt metric to tell you that. They're trying to turn everything into a bullshyt stat for the fantasy geeks.

 

[Trip]

It's fascinating ppl still think Rex is a good coach.

 

[King Crimson]

It's fascinating ppl still think Rex is a good coach.

I mean, in a manner of speaking, he is... He can do a lot well... There's just as much that he doesn't though.

 

[King P]

Greg Gabriel went in on Manish Mehta over his Doug Marrone article

Saturday, in the New York Daily News, New York Jets beat writer Manish Mehta wrote an article titled “NY Jets interview Doug Marrone, and with Bills, the average ex-coach rubbed many in the organization the wrong way”. After reading the article, I have one thing to say, it’s total garbage! In this year’s hiring cycle, I have seen media getting more involved with their opinions than at any other time in the past. In the case of Marrone and the Jets, all you have to do is follow Mehta’s tweets over the last week, and you see he is one who wants to sabotage the Jets possible hiring of Marrone. He doesn’t want Marrone to be the coach, so he will make his feelings known in any way possible.

There are some media who are very knowledgable people, have strong connections, and come up with excellent perspective in regards to some coaching/GM candidates. Mehta isn’t one of them. This article was nothing but an immature hack job. He quotes “sources” inside the Bills' front office, but names none. Were they the General Manager or CEO? I highly doubt it.

I know that Marrone had some problems with a couple of writers at the Buffalo News, but the people he had problems with, know absolutely nothing about football. He was criticized for being a conservative coach. What these people don’t realize is that Doug Marrone just coached the Buffalo Bills to their first winning season in 10 years, and they are complaining about it.

Going into the season, there wasn’t anyone around the league who felt the Bills had the slightest chance of having a winning season. Yet, 17 weeks later, we find that they swept the entire NFC North which included two playoff teams, swept Mehta’s Jets by 20 and 35 points respectively, and also beat the New England Patriots.

The Bills did this with an average roster and a journeyman quarterback. The naysayers in the Buffalo media felt the Bills should have been in the playoffs. These people are dreamers. The reality is this team was not a playoff team and was also one of the better coached teams in the NFL. When you look at Mehta’s article, you see the same “quotes” that negative Buffalo writers have written or talked about on talk radio which leads me to believe that Mehta’s sources were his media friends.

After spending 30 years in the National Football League, I have no problem with a writer or a radio host giving solid informed opinions. I do have a problem when they write/talk about things they know nothing about. Some of these media types feel that they are better prepared to make the football decisions than the real football people. Most of these people never played or coached the game past high school, and if given the opportunity to make a decision, wouldn't know where to start. Mehta is one who would fit that category.

Thae fact is, Doug Marrone is highly thought of by respected football people throughout the National Football League. What Mehta is trying to do is manipulate the process with his writing when, in reality, it’s an area he knows nothing about. This type of “manipulation” does not go on just in New York. I have seen it in Chicago, where the Bears are in the process of hiring a new General Manager and Coach just as the Jets are. Being that I live in Chicago, I can’t believe the things I have been hearing about some of the candidates. They seem to pull names out of a hat and push those names, yet they know nothing about the people they are talking about.

They also do the opposite and criticize a candidate because of his “association” with someone they don’t like. That type of thinking is ludicrous. Each candidate has to be measured on his own merit and philosophy, not what his bosses or friends may have done in the past. In each organization, there is a chain of command. Top employees know where they stand in the chain and don’t sabotage what their boss is trying to accomplish. Their job may be to give their opinion, but in the end, the final decision rests in the hands of the decision maker. The subordinate shouldn’t be judged on those decisions but only on the input he had in that decision. Yet, many in the media seem to think the opposite. That’s not right.

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Crossing-the-line.html

 

[Kings County]

It's fascinating ppl still think Rex is a good coach.

he is a good coach just never had a good qb

 

[King Crimson]

Greg Gabriel went in on Manish Mehta over his Doug Marrone article

Good article. Same thing we've all been saying. Manish is a hack. Glad another person with a voice of some sort is calling him out.