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The Jets went three-and-out on the first four offensive series of the game, and the line was inconsistent early. Then they got going. Let’s take a look at the Jets blocking from their win over Miami.
On the Jets second offensive possession, D’Brickashaw Ferguson missed a block on Kevin Burnett, and the inside linebacker stopped Shonn Greene for no gain on an off left tackle run.
Early in the second quarter, Wayne Hunter had a false start on the first play of a possession. For the most part, Hunter played well, but aside from the penalty, he also did give up a late sack to OLB Koa Misi.
When the Jets finally got their act together on mid-late second quarter scoring drive, the offensive line got into a groove.
Ind the middle of the possession, Greene ran for eight yards up the middle. On this play, Brandon Moore had a great block on DE Igor Olshansky, and this was a big reason for the hole. Then on second-and-two, Greene ran for a gain of three off right tackle behind Hunter.
The offensive line gave Mark Sanchez plenty of time to throw throughout this game, and this drive was no different. There were three key passes on this drive, 14 yards to Jeremy Kerley, 27 yards to Dustin Keller and 20 to Santonio Holmes. Excellent pass protection helped make these three plays happen.
The only poorly blocked play on this drive was a loss of three by LT off left tackle. It seemed like Brick was a little late pulling into the left flat, and cornerback Will Allen got by him to stop the runner. But it’s hard to be too critical of Brick on this play. It’s pretty difficult for a 300-pound offensive lineman to deal with a defensive back in space.
While he did have a holding calls bringing back a nice run by LT in the fourth quarter (the one he was horse-collared on), John Connor did a lot of good things. Early in the fourth quarter, LT had a 12-yard run off left tackle, and the key block on this play was by Connor on Misi. Connor also had a terrific block on Joe McKnight’s opening kickoff return that went for 31 yards.
Late in the game, Greene had a 20-yard run up the middle (the play the official got run over). The three interior linemen did a terrific job on this play, but the best block on the play might have been by Connor, who knocked talented ILB Karlos Dansby out of the way up the middle. This was the best blocked run of the day. Everyone lineman did an excellent job getting a hat-on-hat.
Matt Slauson had a solid game. On the first play of a mid-fourth quarter possession, Tomlinson ran behind him for a gain of seven. Slauson locked by DE Randy Starks on this play. In the middle of the third quarter, Greene ran behind Slauson for a gain of six. Also on this play, Greene helped his own cause by breaking a tackle attempt by DE Tony McDaniel on the line.
On the Sanchez TD run late in the first half, Nick Mangold pancaked DE Jared Odrick. Brandon Moore did a great job on McDaniel on this play. The work of Mangold and Moore opened up a huge hole for Sanchez to run up the middle into the end zone.
One of the best blocks of the game was by Kerley on the Santonio Holmes fourth quarter TD reception. Holmes caught a crossing route going right to left, and as he headed up the left sideline, Kerley, chipped OLB Cameron Wake who was pursuing Holmes (and covering him for some strange reason). Another key block on this play was by LT, who did a nice job of picking up the blitz.
Another penalty by #TE Matt Mulligan in the fourth quarter, bringing back a nice run by Greene.
Considering the amount of time Sanchez had, 14 of 25 completions was a little underwhelming.